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On this weeks juno list, these three releases appear in a row: MADONNA/KRUDER & DORFMEISTER: Nothing Really Matters (unreleased Kruder & Dorfmeister dub) (white label Germany limited 12": GFL 001 [6.50]) MANSON, Marilyn: Rock Is Dead (original & Black Dog mixes) (Maverick 10" picture disc: W 486TE [4.33]) Warner MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO/THE MELLOWTRONS: SKA 012 EP (Meat Beat Manifesto- "Not Playing God" ("Funny Noises" mix); The Mellowtrons-"Bittersweet Synthphony") (Skam limited 12": SKA 012 [4.75]) Ideal Almost seems like a joke, but it's not. brock

quoted 3 lines MADONNA/KRUDER & DORFMEISTER: Nothing Really Matters (unreleased Kruder

> > MADONNA/KRUDER & DORFMEISTER: Nothing Really Matters (unreleased Kruder > & Dorfmeister dub) (white label Germany limited 12": GFL 001 [6.50])

Is it just me, or are K&D the most tedious downtempo act working today? Admitedly, I've only heard the Tosca stuff, but god, if you want hipster dub/downtempo, give me Thievery Corp.(not that they're anything spectacular, but at least they're bearable) Somehow though, K&D are the hottest thing since cinnamon toast. What's the deal? Is Tosca the worst thing either of them has done? And come to think of it, Kid Loco's sex-hop remixes are far more listenable than they have any right to be. Or maybe A Little Soul is such a solid pop song that no crap remix can unsettle its lithe Jarvisosity. I've heard his album is much worse than his remixes. But it's all just background music, social grease, chin-stroking stuff anyway, ain't it? Oh well, the kids must have their fun. Regardless of the mediocrity of the actual product. Sam

Sam Frank wrote:

quoted 9 lines Is it just me, or are K&D the most tedious downtempo act working today?

> > > > Is it just me, or are K&D the most tedious downtempo act working today? > Admitedly, I've only heard the Tosca stuff, but god, if you want hipster > dub/downtempo, give me Thievery Corp.(not that they're anything > spectacular, but at least they're bearable) Somehow though, K&D are the > hottest thing since cinnamon toast. What's the deal? Is Tosca the worst > thing either of them has done? >

perhaps so - i'm a big k&d fan, and never really warmed to tosca. best way to decide if you like 'em: check out the 2-cd k+d sessions compilation (available in the states thru k7, methinks). if you don't like this, you definitely don't like them, and need never worry about the topic again. if you do like it, well, hey -- you're welcome! jefff