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Alan Lockett
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Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:31:15 +0100
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Re: [idm] Speaking of descriptive reviews...
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That's no 'review', it's a 'blurb'. Actually, it seems to transcend 'blurb' (or whatever the equivalent of 'transcend' is, going the other way), to the point where I feel it demands "another entirely imaginary genre" (sic) tag: Promobollox. alan --On 11 October 2005 16:19 -0600 Mantrakid <mantrakid@neferiu.com> wrote:
quoted 55 lines I stand corrected...> I stand corrected... > > this is now. the best. review. ever. > > StaticBeats wrote: > >> Try this one on for size from the latest PBE mailout: >> >> $16 STACS OF STAMINA: Tivoli CD (WERK 001CD). >> "Bursting onto the scene like an over-inflated >> colostomy bag, Stacs of Stamina are the freshest, >> funkiest product out of Sweden since a 3-and-a-half >> ounce turd that Benny from Abba produced last Tuesday >> which finally made its way into the North Sea this >> morning. But forget for now the anal rectitude of >> Europop, this summer the Stamina boys are drunk at the >> wheel of a shiny new juggernaut hurtling pell-mell >> down the highway of music. Prepare, mere mortal, for >> Eurocrunk. And what is this mysterious new genre, I >> hear you cry? Yes, you've guessed it, it's another >> entirely imaginary genre of music that's taking the >> worldwide music scene by force. A mixture of crazy >> Euro lyricism and blip-hop over snazzy syncopated >> beats, Swedish production outfit Stacs of Stamina have >> here produced the definitive Eurocrunk LP of this >> century, and centuries to come. It's electronic >> hip-hop, Jim, but not as we know it. Arriving in the >> wake of their debut EP on Werk Discs, Mistake Rewind >> Repeat, Tivoli sees Stamina taking the unclaimed >> territory between hip-hop and electro by storm, with >> 11 tracks of crunked-up 8-bit hoptronica that will >> have even the most ascetic dullards swinging from the >> rafters to join in the digital love-making. And >> there's plenty of partner swapping on the mic, with >> superstars Mike Ladd and TTC adding guest vocals, as >> well as the latest MC 'on road,' Ears, all throwing >> their car keys into the bowl." >> >> >> Shimone/Justes >> http://www.staticbeats.com >> http://www.jungle-life.com >> http://www.boomboombap.com >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >
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