VA: Rapid Transit
Well, neither Mingus or Stravinsky come to mind when I hear it, but maybe
that's my shortcoming... :)
I actually made mention of this release the other day when someone mentioned
prefuse-73. I don't have it in front of me, but prefuse has 2 tracks and a
couple of remixes, el-p (company flow) does a remix of roots manuva's
"juggle tings proper," the original east flatbush project's "tried by
twelve" is on here along with the funkstorung remix of it, pbo and ko-wreck
technique have some stuff, doseone has a track, ummm, sluta leta is on
there, and while has the last track. i think saying that this release is
"jazzy" isn't such a great description... There are defintely elements of
jazz philosophies, I suppose, inasmuch as a number of the tracks are remixes
or reworkings of originals, and the producers took improvisational liberties
with the song structures... but, then you are getting into some bullshit dj
spooky intellectualizations and he's a fucking pretentious shit. SO, I
suppose the general vibe is definitely more hip-hop-ish than anything else,
and how far jazz is from hip-hop you can decide and argue for yourself.
While: Even
I didn't give it that good of a listen, so I won't comment.
As far as Choc. Industries "[rehashing mediocre crunchy beats]," well,
that's for you to decide. I haven't heard much of choc's output.
z
quoted 37 lines From: James R McPherson <andregurov@juno.com>
>From: James R McPherson <andregurov@juno.com>
>To: idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: [idm] Chocolate Industries madness
>Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 13:04:58 -0600
>
>Can anyone possibly describe these releases in plain, normal language -
>the descriptions which accompany most Choc Indus. stuff on sale lists
>seem to be far superior to the releases those words are about. Anytime
>the names Stravinsky, Mingus, and Coil are used in one descriptive
>sentence my quality alarm goes off.
>In other words, are these releases truly infused with the spirit of jazz
>that they purport? Or are they the same crunchy beat mediocrity Choc
>Indus. rehashes again and again ...
>
>VA: Rapid Transit CD (CHOCOLATE INDUSTRIES)
>
>WHILE: Even CD (CHOCOLATE INDUSTRIES)
>
>Thanks for any help!
>
>J
>
>np: CiM _Reference_ (DeFocus)
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>is not something to be faced." - _Our Man in Havana_
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