Re: (idm) beat classic by js kane

From Michael Upton
Sent Fri, Jun 5th 1998, 01:43

On Thu, 4 Jun 1998, Jon Logan wrote:

| I saw a copy of a 2xlp set from DC records called Beat Classic.  It is a
| collection of rare proto hiphop from the early and mid 80's.  As the
| cover's biline ('Fuck Trip Hop') suggests, the tracks are abstract, spacy,
| groovey, and downright weird.  Oh, and they predate the triphop movement by
| 12 years.  Has anyone else heard or seen this? 

Yeah, I've heard it, and think it's damn worthwhile. Perhaps not
consistently rocking, but some wicked moments and the album as a whole is
just so damn freaky. It sounds to me like people with really crap budgets
(mainly) pushing their gear in weird directions. 

>From memory it seeks to fill in the gap between electro and hip hop as
most people know it. So it's experiments with the use of samplers and
effects boxes, and keeping it funky in a nice broad definition of the
word.


Michael

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