From abenn Sent Fri, Aug 21st 1998, 07:24
From abenn Sent Fri, Aug 21st 1998, 07:24
>the guy's saying (!) "bless the funk", hence the title. i can tell that >you (and most of the people on this list) aren't a house fan, well, don't count me in on that assumption! I was ravin the other day here bout the Larry Heard 'Dance 2000 part 2' album that I just can't stop playing, the lushest deep, deep house with some well hardcore aciiiiid tracks too. but those >into quality deep house or lush detroit will love these. either of these >records could have come out on guidance, prescription, balance, relief, >cajual, etc... > >>got it on a single CD along w/ some remixes by some House dudes. Begins >>w/ The Way (Secret Ingredients Mix), which I found boring until halfway > >this is one of my top 5 house tracks, _by anyone_ . the key is how they >slowly, word-by-word, bring in the vocal hook "i love the way you make >me feel" fucking genius. and after they've brought in the whole verse, >they crop those deep, solina-esque strings. > >>Reload - Archive 12" EVO036 (Evolution) - 3 tracks - Soaring 7:43, 6-8 >>Rhodes 5:37, 4-4 rhodes 4:50. I haven't heard it. > >i think this is just one of them. (the one who wasn't in aphex twin?) >it's wicked. soaring is a minimal, detroity track with very lush chords. >the rhodes tracks feature the same break (once in 6-8, the other time in >4-4, i presume) with more chords and (obviously) a rhodes. one song >segues into the other. it's a brilliant record that fans of the as >one/teebrooke/op-art sound will really like, i think. > >>Trivia Q Answer: Evolution Records was named after the Carl Craig track >>Evolution. Apparently Mark's a big fan. > >it shows. i always hold out for a stronger house/detroit presence on >idm, but alas it is not to be. for the open minded, it's not much of a >leap from this kind of stuff to deep house and detroit. I find it hard to believe that people could appreciate IDM stuff without appreciating its roots, surely if you're into one kind of music that has evolved from these sources, it would make you insatiably hungry to hear it all? >it always seems that house and detroit are the one influence of idm >artists that "the kids" can't get with. i wonder why? Maybe if you tell em all that the Rephlex lads are well into their house they might get interested, learn some respect? In the little book that came with TRans Europe Express, there was a big Rephlex article, with interviews on Aphex, Cylob, Mike Paradinas, the whole Rephlex crew and they mentioned their top 10 records at the time:- 1. DJ Pierre Box Energy (Trax Records) 2. State 808 with GErald Flow Coma (Creed Records) 3. HOuse addicts Come Together (FFrr) 4. Jack Frost 'Acid Rout' (Trax Records) 5. Farley 'Jackmaster Funk "the acid LIfe' (House REcords) 6. Mr Fingers, The Juice' (Trax REcords) 7. MDIII/Tyree 'Face the Nation' (Underground) 8. Bam Bam 'Where's your child' (Westbrook) 9. Sleazy D 'I've lost control' (Trax) 10. LIddel Townsell "The Groove' (Trax) and Aphex is well into the Jedi Knights too, cos despite his big Humph going on with Tom MIddleton, he was there, at the Blue NOte, ages ago, when the Jedi Knights were playing ... the Blue Note was absolutely rammed that night, and I'd climbed up onto this big amp for a chill and a chuff, and felt this person climb up and sit squashed up besides me, and twas Aphex, gettin well into it! >a friend of mine defines idm as "techno with all the house taken out of >it" anyone agree? hmmm, I know what you mean but don't reeeally agree with it, but sometimes it feels that way on some tracks which sound quite clinically cold to me ... its like the whole "Intelligent Dance" thing, I used to find it really offensive when I'd be going down Speed and some of my friends, hardcore junglers, would be going " she likes her jungle "intelligent", I hated that term, 'intelligent' drum'n'bass as the term seemed to scornfully deride all the other stuff which I was into as well. Aless ps: oh yeh, and talking of him, Tom MIddleton is playing Nubient on Sunday. pps: anyone have an email address for the MOnastery of Sound French geezer? >r.