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Has anyone actually listened to all or most of the new triphoppers? Let's see, I can think of a few off the top of my head--Moloko, Lamb, Sneaker Pimps, hooverphonic, Morcheeba. If you have, can you do a run-down, with short reviews, etc.? And can you compare them to Tricky and Portishead so i'll have a reference point? There are just so many of them--any help distinguishing would be much appreciated. Sam

quoted 4 lines Has anyone actually listened to all or most of the new triphoppers? Let's

> Has anyone actually listened to all or most of the new triphoppers? Let's > see, I can think of a few off the top of my head--Moloko, Lamb, Sneaker > Pimps, hooverphonic, Morcheeba. >

Ahhh, this is the sort of music now in heavy rotation on Jason Bentley's once interesting metropolis radio show here in LA on KCRW. In a word: boring. Sorry Lamb fans (hey brock, don't you like the sneaker pimps?). Basically all the acts you mentioned here are perpetuating some variation of the trademark Bristol trip-hop sound that originated in the late eighties/early ninties from the work of the Wild Bunch dj crew which spun off into such acts as Massive Attack, Portishead and of course Tricky's solo stuff (there is actually a book about the bristol trip-hop music scene, can you believe it?). I mean the massives and tricky are pretty fluffy to begin with but moorcheeba and the sneaker pimps take it to a whole nother level. I say enjoy your copy of blue lines and save for a remix or two (autechre & fillas Lamb mixes) forget about these watered down 2nd wave trip-popers. If you're set on hearing new stuff in the same vein you may want to check out some of the releases on Cup of Tea records. There is a compilation available domesitcally on Quango (back to Jason Bentley again!). Oh, btw, Jason Bentley is leaving quango to take an A&R post at Maverick so they can find themselves another Prodigy. I love LA. Godbless, _____ / ,-,_) /,_) (/ RESH Live & Direct from the G-Spot, Orange County, California, USA http://www1.linkonline.net/fresh/fresh.htm

gonzi wrote:

quoted 3 lines I say enjoy your copy of blue

> I say enjoy your copy of blue > lines and save for a remix or two (autechre & fillas Lamb mixes) forget > about these watered down 2nd wave trip-popers

enjoyed blue lines back then. and now. undisputed classic. but check out the nature of the breakneck breaks on the LP version of 'cotton wool' -- abstract enough to make our beluv'd 33.3/45 revolutionary sweetheart, tom j., blush. imo, bien sur. and let us not forget that the wild bunch gave birth, in a way, to soul II soul. for whatever that means. =-=-=-=signifier over signified signing off=-=-=-=

quoted 2 lines lines and save for a remix or two (autechre & fillas Lamb mixes) forget

> > lines and save for a remix or two (autechre & fillas Lamb mixes) forget > > about these watered down 2nd wave trip-popers

What single is the Autechre remix on? I have the "gorecki" single w/ filla brazilia rmx, but no ae...? Bill -- f u t u r e listening radio show - hosted by dj marathon t h u r s d a y 10pm-1am o n wmtu 91.9 fm e l e c t r o n i c m u s i c * w i t h * s o u l http://www.hu.mtu.edu/~wdvanloo/personal/

On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, William D. VanLoo wrote:

quoted 5 lines lines and save for a remix or two (autechre & fillas Lamb mixes) forget

> > > lines and save for a remix or two (autechre & fillas Lamb mixes) forget > > > about these watered down 2nd wave trip-popers > > What single is the Autechre remix on? I have the "gorecki" single w/ filla > brazilia rmx, but no ae...?

whoa, is this as in Henri K. Gorecki? (estonian?) composer?

quoted 10 lines Bill

> > Bill > > -- > f u t u r e listening radio show - hosted by dj marathon > t h u r s d a y 10pm-1am o n wmtu 91.9 fm > e l e c t r o n i c m u s i c * w i t h * s o u l > > http://www.hu.mtu.edu/~wdvanloo/personal/ >

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I remember reading that it was somehow inspired by Henri Gorecki, but I don't know exactly how. I think the interview/article I read said it was some sort of re-interpretation of a piece he did? Bill

quoted 24 lines What single is the Autechre remix on? I have the "gorecki" single w/ filla

> > What single is the Autechre remix on? I have the "gorecki" single w/ filla > > brazilia rmx, but no ae...? > > whoa, is this as in Henri K. Gorecki? (estonian?) composer? > > > > > > Bill > > > > -- > > f u t u r e listening radio show - hosted by dj marathon > > t h u r s d a y 10pm-1am o n wmtu 91.9 fm > > e l e c t r o n i c m u s i c * w i t h * s o u l > > > > http://www.hu.mtu.edu/~wdvanloo/personal/ > > > > __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > > > > gil yaker / orbital@hazmat.com > >

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At 10:08 -0400 24.07.97, you wrote:

quoted 4 lines I remember reading that it was somehow inspired by Henri Gorecki, but I

>I remember reading that it was somehow inspired by Henri Gorecki, but I >don't know exactly how. I think the interview/article I read said it was >some sort of re-interpretation of a piece he did? >

Sounds like the string samples may be of a Gorecki piece. Full of Euro melancholy. 3