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Jacob Arnold wrote:

quoted 1 line I just posted reviews of the three Warp anniversary comps on Gridface (> I just posted reviews of the three Warp anniversary comps on Gridface (http://www.cnsp.com/jacob/). Would somebody direct me to a review of the new DJ Vadim LP? I didn't hear much about it when it hit the streets.

i don't have a review, but my friend has it (he bought almost every new ninja release in the past 2 months or so thanks to the sampler i got from ninjeff ~ see, those samplers really do pay off :) anyway, basically if you like raw, oldschool hip hop beats that don't sound aged, this is for you. the raps are quite decent (although i'm still baffled at the 'how many djs do you know that's from russia' chorus ~ i mean, vadim has to have more creds than just 'being from russia' :) ~ david

On Tue, 26 Oct 1999 11:07:24 -0400 david turgeon <david@evolutiontech.com> writes:

quoted 5 lines anyway, basically if you like raw, oldschool hip hop beats that don't

>anyway, basically if you like raw, oldschool hip hop beats that don't >sound aged, this is for you. the raps are quite decent (although i'm >still baffled at the 'how many djs do you know that's from russia' >chorus ~ i mean, vadim has to have more creds than just 'being from >russia' :)

Especially since he's Ukrainian, right? That having been said, _Life from the Other Side_ isn't as abstract and hallucinating and gassed as his first full length. As a taste of the cream of international underground (whew! too many adjectives) hip-hop it's stellar, if unspectacular. Very little happens in the tracks, as Vadim lets the mcs take center stage. It's a nice extrapolation from the Isolationist project. J np: Chris De Luca _Unknown_ "I am an acme of things accomplished, and I an encloser of things to be." Walt Whitman, _Leaves of Grass_ Join The Party @www.cpusa.org ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

Vadim is from Ukraine? Could you please elaborate. Do you know where he's from? I mean at least city so that maybe I had a chance to track him down since I live here. Alien

quoted 36 lines -----Original Message-----

> -----Original Message----- > From: idm-owner@hyperreal.org [mailto:idm-owner@hyperreal.org]On Behalf > Of James R McPherson > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 1999 12:30 AM > To: idm@hyperreal.org > Subject: Re: (idm) they are ten, vadim is not > > > > On Tue, 26 Oct 1999 11:07:24 -0400 david turgeon > <david@evolutiontech.com> writes: > >anyway, basically if you like raw, oldschool hip hop beats that don't > >sound aged, this is for you. the raps are quite decent (although i'm > >still baffled at the 'how many djs do you know that's from russia' > >chorus ~ i mean, vadim has to have more creds than just 'being from > >russia' :) > > Especially since he's Ukrainian, right? That having been said, _Life > from the Other Side_ isn't as abstract and hallucinating and gassed as > his first full length. As a taste of the cream of international > underground (whew! too many adjectives) hip-hop it's stellar, if > unspectacular. Very little happens in the tracks, as Vadim lets the mcs > take center stage. It's a nice extrapolation from the Isolationist > project. > > J > > np: Chris De Luca _Unknown_ > "I am an acme of things accomplished, and I an encloser of things to be." > Walt Whitman, _Leaves of Grass_ > Join The Party @www.cpusa.org > > ___________________________________________________________________ > Get the Internet just the way you want it. > Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! > Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

Vadim left the Ukraine when he was three, brought to the uk by his mother. He grew up and still resides in the leafy london suburb of surbiton. I spent my university days living in surbiton and it's not quite a mecca for underground abstract hip-hop, although the clear air and lack of city bustle might explain the space between Vadims beats. There was a really good article in the november issue of ID. It followed Vadim as he went to moscow to see their growing hip-hop scene. (it's the ID with Naomi on the front) I love both the Vadim albums and the isolationist project. Some of the raps are a bit harsh but i find the intros and short soundbites between tracks worth the price themselves. (i only wish they were longer)

quoted 18 lines Vadim is from Ukraine? Could you please elaborate. Do you know where he's

>Vadim is from Ukraine? Could you please elaborate. Do you know where he's >from? I mean at least city so that maybe I had a chance to track him down >since I live here. >Alien > > >anyway, basically if you like raw, oldschool hip hop beats that don't > >sound aged, this is for you. the raps are quite decent (although i'm > >still baffled at the 'how many djs do you know that's from russia' > >chorus ~ i mean, vadim has to have more creds than just 'being from > >russia' :) > > Especially since he's Ukrainian, right? That having been said, _Life > from the Other Side_ isn't as abstract and hallucinating and gassed as > his first full length. As a taste of the cream of international > underground (whew! too many adjectives) hip-hop it's stellar, if > unspectacular. Very little happens in the tracks, as Vadim lets the mcs > take center stage. It's a nice extrapolation from the Isolationist > project.

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