(idm) Re: Clifford

From Aaron S Michelson
Sent Mon, Nov 9th 1998, 07:12

Excerpts from mail: 8-Nov-98 RE: (idm) idm-digest V2 #40.. by
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> Yeah, I can't say I agree with this... It must be Jenskinson. It's average
> SQP material which on it's own still sounds great in comparison to most
> breakbeat-jazz (read:'jazzy breakbeat'). I'm just baffled by the prospect
> of it being a third-party producer... Våt.

Yes, some of the tracks do some very much like Tom Jenkinson's output.
However, much of the album is different. To add some comparisons, there
are a few tracks that sound like newer Funki Porcini, and old Amon Tobin
Cujo-era stuff. 

I'm quite appalled that people would discount Clifford Gilberto as a
rip-off artist. I think that the album is a really gorgeous listen from
beginning to end. Whether or not some of the sound is a bit err..
borrowed remains to be determined by the individual listener. Clifford
Gilberto is about as much Squarepusher as Funkstorung is to Autechre, or
Komputer is to Kraftwerk. 

Aaron