"John Bush" wrote:
quoted 7 lines [...]there's definitely a pattern in>[...]there's definitely a pattern in
>Britain regarding the lusher side of drum'n'bass. It started in the
>mid-'70s with jazz-funk-lite and fusion -- i.e. Roy Ayers, Lonnie Liston
>Smith, etc. -- which was huge in Britain, then cycled through rare-groove in
>the '80s, and acid jazz in the '80s and '90s. I'm sure quite a few
>junglists listened to (or were indirectly exposed to) fusion, quiet storm,
>and the breezier side of jazz while they were growing up...
that kind of explains a few things that had been perplexing me. recently I'd been scratching my head over the new LTJ Bukem 'Journey Inwards' because so much of it sounds like jazz-funk-lite. And I'd been straining to get with the vibe, all the while thinking, "but...who...likes...lite...jazz?" (answer: boring people, usually.)
perhaps I'll get my retro-fetish-irony-filter cued to the right setting after awhile.
Anyway, somebody had spoken of 'lush melodies' but I wonder if in fact any drum and bass has lush melodies. I've heard lush harmonic textures, maybe some evocative chord changes, but few melodies to speak of beyond some little riffs.
kurt
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