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On Sun, 9 Mar 1997, Matthew D. Smith wrote: ]The problem is when POP wankers & the MAN hijack kif producers they tend = ]to lose their street appeal. I mean can I trust HowieB again after doing = ]work on POP. Likewise what about Eno????? even if they lose their street appeal, if they're hijacking "kif producers" then they're getting high as shit! hahaha.... .------------------------------------------------------------------------. | nm: nickworthington | ml: nworth1@umbc.edu | "Gott wuerfelt nicht!" ae | |------------------------------------------------------------------------| | http://www.gl.umbc.edu/~nworth1 | 25% grandizer -=*=- 100% wrecktangle | `------------------------------------------------------------------------'

quoted 15 lines At 11.53 97-03-09 -0500, you wrote:

>At 11.53 97-03-09 -0500, you wrote: >the dj shadow album "endtroducing..." is the most brilliant item i've heard >from mo'wax so far. it's a 9,5 out of 10. without doubt. >dj shadow (josh davis) says he's doing hiphop. he is, but then again he's >not. for some of the homeboys down at NYC this album probably's an >anachronism, and totally unlistenable. i guess a lynching of djshadow would >be kinda fitting for them homies. josh davis probably hasn't written a >single melodi on "endtroducing..." (well, maybe one;), and he probably have >got that 100MB sampler we all wish we had, cuz everything on this album is >sampled. blacksabbath, james brown, africa bambaataa, bjork, everything has >it's place on this record. and it's just so brilliant. >kool dj herc is probably smiling at his foremost disciple. the homeboys >would probably want to see him rolled in tar and feathers and old vanilla >ice sleeves. i want to kiss the man for bringing me a record like this. >incredible and totally uttery awesome.

Hi Franz, No doubt a 9.5 on the scale v. other Mo Wax beat lite releases, but you might want to check out _Terminator X & the Valley of the Jeep Beats_ from around 1990 before you deny Shadow the Vanilla Ice award and plant a big wet one on him. Wordout.

I just got DJ Food, _Refried Food_, and am wondering what the reaction out there is. Though my initial yeah-yeah-yeah excitement wears off by the end of the disc, there's some brilliant stuff on there. DJ Food's spinning in Maryland on March 31st, and I'm wondering what exactly he'll be doing. Will this _Refried_ stuff make any sonic appearances? Will DJ Food ever tour with DJ Shadow? And, if I remember right, how did someone compare DJ Spooky to DJ Food? While all food can sometimes be spooky, not all that's spooky constitutes food... Thoughts? Also: as someone paranoid of growing-up to be 45 years old & 800 miles from a sampler or a turntable, is anyone out there aware of any acoustic artists (guitar, handdrums, free jazz, etc.) who do shit similar to Squarepusher or Autechre? Crazy architectural rhythm-variations, but not dependent on a federal electricity supply? 'Cuz what happens when you got all these wild rhythms in your head but the lights go out?... What then? Who makes jungle/hip-hop brilliance, but electricity-free? Thirdly, and this'll be quick: the issue isn't what is "intelligent" about IDM, or what is "music", but, I think, what is "dance"? Is "dance" the kaleidoscopic whirligig of thoughts & daydreams I get while headphoning my way through Bela Bartok, or does "dance" always involve this thing we call the "body"? So is Igor Stravinksy "intelligent dance music"? Listen to the opening of his _Petrushka_; that's the fuckin' Autechre-ization of classical music right there; some unbelievable shit preceded the era of electricity & turntables; how do we find it, use it, and take it way, way, way further? Or who already has? Last: any reaction to Oval's disc, _systemisch_? Not quite IDM-worthy, but intelligent, musical, and even (bizarrely) danceable stuff... Anyway... Have a good today, and enjoy it thoroughly. We won't last; not even continents do... - DJ Bug

quoted 4 lines Also: as someone paranoid of growing-up to be 45 years old & 800 miles

> Also: as someone paranoid of growing-up to be 45 years old & 800 miles > from a sampler or a turntable, is anyone out there aware of any acoustic > artists (guitar, handdrums, free jazz, etc.) who do shit similar to > Squarepusher or Autechre?

Whaa? Two different animals as far as I'm concerned. If you want to hear some acoustic d&b check out Jimpster's 12's on freerange. A bit noodly, but good stuff all the same. Exactly what you're looking for. As far as Autechre, I think their heads are trapped in 1993 musically. I know it's not a popular opinion to hold on the list, but oh well. I still buy everything though. _____ / ,-,_) /,_) (/ RESH Live & Direct from the G-Spot, Orange County, California, USA Luke Vibert RA show + : http://www1.linkonline.net/fresh/fresh.htm