From sun rob and his arkestra Sent Sat, Feb 6th 1999, 18:05
From sun rob and his arkestra Sent Sat, Feb 6th 1999, 18:05
> btw, is the scarmanga LP any good? i gave the 12" tracks a listen (via RA), > and i thought they were kinda blah, but the Cyclops4000 flexi that comes > with the afforementioned iss of urb is nice. Speaking of which, i was very > impressed with this issue of a zine i'm usually lucky to dig 1/4th of.. big > feature on IDM big names (Ae, TJ, LV), a short bit on BOC's film work, > plus great hip hop articles on the coup, outkast, styles of beyond, full > page (p)review of the new roots album. and a double ABB dose of a Defari > article and a dialated peeps multipage photo layout and all the menelik > stuff. recomended. although i doubt it'll touch the new sean cooper > idm-zine or the next exp. > urb is getting better and better. it's a good mag, even though it's not fully idm, i love the idea of covering all bases from hip hop to house to experimental techno, without balkanizing them into multiple magazines. and yes, i was going to mention that the sir menelik 7" is quite good. i really dig the squiggly little synth sound in it. good thing i waited that extra week before getting rid of my turntable! i've heard from a friend that the scaramanga lp is pretty dope, but a little on the bitter side-- i think the urb blurb explains why. on the hip hop tip===anybody heard anything on the j-live album? that kid is a bright light at the end of the dark rap tunnel. um...idm content...ummmm....just heard the funki porcini track off 'fungkungfusion' on the radio. i think i'm gonna go put that track on loop on the player. any word on new porcini? AND, i think rykodisc finally has the right idea about mp3-- i like mp3 as a good format for previewing music (i've been dissatisfied with realaudio) and if something is good, i'll buy it in cd format, mp3 or no. well, except that fatboy slim track that i can't bring myself to actually pay money for. :)