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I could really go for a record with a vocal of the old-school house vibe--sort of like Rick Howard on "I Won't Lay Back"--that isn't musically a throwback to old school house.
A bit grouchy about the press attention to the new LCD Soundsystem album. Conjures up memories of the backpack era of rap music--a scene of largely white fans of a black music form, whose favorite practitioners of said form are also... white (Atmosphere, early Eminem, El-P, DJ Shadow...).
Can't deny the quality of the music, or say it doesn't deserve praise, but I know this is headed someplace I wish it weren't. One of the primary facets of my experience of dance music was a cultural communication among blacks and latinos, that I could share in, but not reroute to my own cultural background.
I was looking at the DJ Charts section of Beatport yesterday, and it was one white guy after another. There's large sectors of the dance world where my dance upbringing isn't even a quaint relic, it's completely disappeared.
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Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 5:42 am Post subject:
ttauri wrote:
I know this is headed someplace I wish it weren't. One of the primary facets of my experience of dance music was a cultural communication among blacks and latinos, that I could share in, but not reroute to my own cultural background.
I was looking at the DJ Charts section of Beatport yesterday, and it was one white guy after another. There's large sectors of the dance world where my dance upbringing isn't even a quaint relic, it's completely disappeared.
80's pop music can be transcendent at certain times.
example: Howard Jones "What is Love?" driving through a serene canyon in southern Colorado on a glorious day yesterday. _________________ fEaRsOmE aPpArItIoN
Really enjoying the compilation Motown Around the World. a collection of foreign-language versions of Motown hits (recorded by the original artists to promote them overseas). Like listening to them with fresh ears thanks to the estrangement of the foreign language vocals. Dang, Motown was amazing!
So I was listening to Matias Aquayo's LP (Ay Ay Ay) in the car today, and discovered that, while I like the songs individually (sometimes quite a lot), going through it as an album was a really tiring experience. The whole 'Bobby McFerrin' vocal-sounds thing became overwhelming.
Which brings me to the real discovery of the day: what a success Ladysmith Black Mambazo's albums are... I can pretty easily coast through a whole one with no problems.
Sigha - "Light Swells (in a Distant Space)" / Sun Ra - "We Travel the Spaceways"; Pharaoh Sanders - "Kazuko (Peace Child)"; Julian Priester - "Images"; Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - "Visions of a New World (Phase I)"; Ifeanyi Eddie Okwedy & His Maymores Dance Band - "Happy Survival"; Chimp Beams - "Synthesized"; Jimmy McGriff - "Space Cadet"; Bebel Gilberto - "Bring Back the Love (Prins Thomas Remix)"; Greymatter - "Only to Fall"; Manmade Science - "Just Tell Me When…"; Patti Jo - "Make Me Believe in You (A Tom Moulton Mix)"; D'Influence - "Magic"; Jody Watley - "Still a Thrill"; Akwaaba - "Mudd Groove"; The Phenomenal Handclap Band - "Tears (Stallions Remix)"; Stroke - "Tokyo Amazon (Instrumental)"; Ajax - "Mind the Gap (Detuned Dub)"; Kalle, Magnus & Daniel - "Hjul Meg Ut (Prins Thomas Remix)"; Yam Who? - "Flunky Gone Punky (We Are Ready)"; DJ Quik f. Digital Underground & AMG - "Do Whatcha Want"; Eric B & Rakim - "I Know You Got Soul"; Chapter And The Verse - "Thank You to Be Free (Marshall Jefferson Midtempo Mix)"; Charles Earland - "The Only One"; Red Astaire - "Feel the Horns Blow"; Palov & Mishkin - "Muchachos"; Ras Michael & The Sons of Negus - "The Hour"; EPMD - "I'm Mad (DJ Scratch Remix)"; Emmanuel Jal - "Kuar (Henrik Schwarz Remix)"; Kimono - "Captcher"; Underground Resistance - "Mercury Berring-10"; Agoria - "Libellules"; Pfirter - "Arcon"; Abe Duque - "Following My Heart (Oliver Huntemann Remix)"; Dennis Ferrer - "The Red Room"; Eddie C - "It's Not a Fantasy"; Blackdub - "Melodies of Dub"; Cesar Merveille - "FK"; Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - "Colors of the Rainbow"; The Saxophonettes - "Secret Squirrel (Orb-ient mix)" / Hungrybear9562 - "Yosemitebear Mountain Giant Double Rainbow"
Makes me miss my garage days. (As in, the time when I bought more than the odd garage track a year, not the time I went to the Garage...) _________________ Marius
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One thing I won't miss about the pregnancy is the bland AOR/country/R&B "Spirit of Womanhood" music in the waiting room when we had medical check-ups. (For me, Des'ree's "You Gotta Be" defines this idea).
Ugggh! Play some Aretha or Chrissie Hynde or Alice Coltrane or somethin'!
In the quest for the perfect DJ mixer, sometimes I dream of really going for it with a full on recording console, like the 8 channel Soundcraft Delta (w. Jim Williams mods), couple of step-up transformers for the TTs...
Or, in still wilder flights of imagination, a Neve Kelso...
Joined: May 31, 2003 Posts: 2094 Location: in range
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 10:44 am Post subject:
ttauri wrote:
In the quest for the perfect DJ mixer, sometimes I dream of really going for it with a full on recording console, like the 8 channel Soundcraft Delta (w. Jim Williams mods), couple of step-up transformers for the TTs...
Peece,
T. Tauri
Have actually used something similar a couple of times at gigs in the late 90's, except that on that model the master fader was in the middle. Sounded pretty good too...
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