hello all:
i'm with helix and donna on this one, and love Arovane. If you like Ae's
"Inncubala", "Amber", and BOC, i dont see why you wouldnt like arovane. . .
all cut from the same cloth in my book but one's man's pleasure is another
man's poison as they say . . .
His first cd "Atol Scrap" is very autechre sounding and some would even call
it derivative, but then again Ae has had such a powerful influence on modern
electronica, we could all make lengthy lists of 2nd generation autechre
artists. BOC's "music has the right . . ." was also chided as being too Ae
sounding when it first came out but it looks like we have all gotten over
that.
Arovane's "Tides" is simply lovely. Passionate, warm melodies, a little
melancholy, and fat hip hop style beats. Michael, if you're friend digs DJ
Krush (one of my faves as well), go with "Tides". I could definitely see
mixing the two together. Both sparse with a definite vibe to em, and similar
laid back tempos but dont expect any scratchin.
Also, in the classic hip hop vein: two great labels to check out are:
ninjatune (www.ninjatune.net) and old mo wax
(
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/~esvtk/mowax/). a veritable wealth of material
here so bring your checkbook. whether or not you can score the instrumental
soundtrack to "ghost dog", rent the flick. "black mask" is also a great
flick to rent with a hip hop soundtrack. hopefully, "dark days" (scored by
dj shadow) will be on video soon as well.
this "certain kind of music that hasn't been very clearly pigeon-holed" has
been called by many names: trip hop, acid jazz, hip hop avant guard,
downtempo, hip tech and now there's bip hop (www.bip-hop.com). idm is an
appropriate box as well for much of this music as it all depends on how you
define your terms. in the end, these genres are somewhat meaningless as they
tend to separate people instead of bringin em together . . . but whatever
you want to call this genre, "this" is the arena where new sounds are
forged; the space where styles/genres overlap and artists take chances, free
from trying to please "one" kind of listener.
ciao,
Ken
On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Helix Tradesman wrote:
quoted 4 lines In a word Arovane. Grab Tides, fantastic laid back stuff. Apparently Atol
> In a word Arovane. Grab Tides, fantastic laid back stuff. Apparently Atol
> Scrap is good too. I think the most apt description of Arovane I've heard
> was that he combines the aesthetics of Ae & BoC, and builds off the best
> parts of each.
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