From Greg Earle Sent Tue, Apr 7th 1998, 09:56
From Greg Earle Sent Tue, Apr 7th 1998, 09:56
Ninja Jeff (not to be confused with Mark Messier, on tour with the Ninjas):
>> Over the course of the next 45 minutes a half-full (at that time) club
heard
>> Ms. Neotropic cover a vast musical landscape. None of which had ever been
>> released! (Found out later she played material from her upcoming album,
>> which due to the glacial-like pace of Ninja Tune won't be out 'til
>> September.)
>
> Having just worked another 12 hour day, I am moved to respond (but no
> offence really taken)...
>
> 'glacial like pace'. Having this year alone already released 7 singles, 3
> full lengths, and a video, I would hardly think we move slow. These
> things need to be scheduled properly.
Sorry, no offense meant. Remember that I was in Riz Maslen Fanboy Rant Mode
at the time :-) I want to have her bab... erm, new music! And I want it
now dagnabit! And not being privy to the inner machinations of labels, to
my untrained mind "5 months" == "glacial-like pace". Sorry.
> To be fair to the artist we need to properly pace our release schedule so
> that similar styles of records don't come out at the same time (ie. if we put
> out Riz's record in the same month we released Irresistible Force it doesn't
> do either of them any good as they're then competing for press and sales).
Now *this* I just don't get. To me they're two different entities, regardless
of whether they happen to release albums that have similarities, imagined or
real. The press bit I can understand a little more ...
jimg/skoop wrote about SF:
> We got to the Justice League at about 11pm
Joe put this on? Props ...
> But, I was less than won-over by the rest of [Riz's] live show. First off,
> and this is just my personal taste, and I'm sure I'm gonna get flamed for it,
> I'm not keen on a 'live' artist spinning records and then just playing a
> few samples overtop ... which is what it seemed like she was doing.
Emphasis "seemed". Far be it for me to deny you your opinion of Neotropic,
but if that's what you think she was doing, you weren't paying close enough
attention. The keyboard was used to trigger samples from an Akai S3200
and at other times was played straight through. From what I saw she only
slapped on a record (or three) a few times during the set, presumably for
added ambience or flava. If you're grading her based on the "mixing skillz"
perspective, that's not what she's about at all.
> the last piece she played was very chill, and it kinda killed the vibe in
> the hot, sweaty, overcrowded club.
This might have been timing-related, down here she played 2nd and the club
was 2/3rds empty when she started ... so no packed sweaty masses to vibekill.
(Then again, the people down here - and it was 2/3rds full by the time she
finished - seemed to dig it.)
Tsog5000 wrote:
> and the sound... depending on where you stood, the sound was destructive (in a
> bad way). I was hangin' on the front right hand side, and the sound was great.
> but when I moved to the back where the bar was, I thought I was bleeding.
Most everyone I talked to thought it was 'way too loud. Of course, for most
of the time I was in the very back by the bar. (-: (Which is why you didn't
spot us, Dan Bremmer) That's why I hate the Troubadour as a venue, because
it's clear that somebody who's some battle-scarred rock veteran with shot
hearing is doing the sound in the damn place ... (i.e. too loud, too
mid-rangey, too shrill, trademark deaf stuff) Lord have mercy on whomever
goes to see Curve there this weekend (wauggh! I'll be in Florida :-( ),
as they're the Gods of High Volume ... (speaking of Curve, Andregurov/James,
Freaky Chakra is opening for them in L.A., not Witchman.)
(Wandering off-topic)
James wrote:
>> P.S. There was one skiier (sp?) from the last Winter Olympics who
>> was asked about his favorite music, and he listed like 5 Meat Beat
>> Manifesto albums, so go figure.
>
> I think I remember this guy. He was either a skier or a snowboarder. In one
> magazine ad or article, they asked three different competitors their
> favorite albums, and while two listed folks like Garth Brooks and 70's
> rockers, this one dude named early MBM and some other IDM type bands.
> Amusing.
C'mon, tell me, this has *got* to be the Norwegian dude with the flaming
bright red colored hair, right? He looked pretty cool ...
mr. selfish cameron wrote:
> however, spike should earn his biggest props for using skate_boarding_
> legend mark gonzales in his nissan ad [...]
You Know You're Old When dept.: When you have no clue who a skate "legend" is
because he's at least 10 years younger than the names you associate with the
term "skate legend" (Tony Alva/Alva Skates anyone? Jim Muir/Dogtown Skates?
Stacey Peralta? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Sherman, set the Wayback for '78)
np: The better half's soundtrack to an upcoming Digital Domain animated short
- Road-rash elbowed Greg