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Jeff Shoemaker
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Fri, 01 Dec 2000 14:29:57 -0600
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Re: [idm] "nu jazz"?
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quoted 3 lines Flanger are pretty damn exciting from a technical point of view... I can't>Flanger are pretty damn exciting from a technical point of view... I can't >suss out what's live and what's not any more on their latest. *shrug* Some >really nice tunes, either way.
yeah, i had the same reaction. the first one seemed to nod at a few different styles (dub and techno), but this new one is jazz. i think i'm more impressed by the "how'd they do that?" factor than the actual music.
quoted 8 lines Actually, on the Dego tip, and in response to other comments in this>Actually, on the Dego tip, and in response to other comments in this >thread, I really dislike all 4 Hero stuff I've heard.. (ie. released as 4 >Hero) so I think there's a fine line somewhere out there. That last album >they released was way too much of everything I hate about fusion. Why not >listen to Return to Forever or someone (and cringe and gag just as much)? >:-) The only tune I liked was the hip-hop one with Butterfly from Digable >Planets (calling himself Ish?). Mind you, I guess the second disk was >nothing like all of that, but I didn't like any of it still. D'oh.
late 4 Hero can only be described as an acquired taste. i agree that it's pretty damn silly at times, and i often get the feeling that they're overstepping their talent, i.e. their tunes should be better in order to justify a string section and all those black jazz/fusion/soul trappings. but when they're on, they're on. sometimes, though, i wish they'd just get to the point and stop showing us how well they've reined in all the elements. ------------ 1642 try 621 ------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org