you're 100% right. allow me to elaborate on why this is such an increidble
record and what it's like:
this is instrumental hip-hop at its' best. choice samples, good groove, and
thick sounds. the first track is a little intro biut with some jazzy
samples and a nice beat, only about a minute long. things start to pick up
with the second track, really dirty/mean bassline. amazing flow. and the
right amount of variation to keep you from getting bored. some beautiful
flute samples kick in right at the end add the perfect touch. the third
track is one of my favorites. a bit of an older hip hop feel at first (even
cowbells make an appearance), but the bassline in this track is GREAT. just
really odd and unique. rather minimal, but works really well. next track
has really light beats, a nice bassline and jazz piano. next up is another
jazzy bit. wonderful flow on this one. next is definately my favorite.
it's got the east coast independant hip-hop sound that i love. you could
hear the soulquarians coming up with something like this (this would be a
perfect track for a common record or taleb kweli). to continue... an odd
track here. chanting vocals, i'm not sure how to describe this. for some
reason, the movie "stand by me" comes to mind. i'm sure that doesn't make
any sense though. mashall law follows this track with 8bit sounding synths
and a bit lighter on the drums. take me home ends the record with more
jazzy samples, slide bass some hiss and hum. only a couple minutes long.
anyhow, i'm not the best at describing records, but you're right...
something more than "this is GREAT... the end" is an order. fans of
prefuse73, the roots, taleb kweli etc will enjoy this. as i said,
instrumental hip-hop, at its' best. hope this helps.
peter
acre
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Hollo" <raven@fourplay.com.au>
To: "idm list" <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 7:04 PM
Subject: [idm] Re: HEFTY!! News: Dabrye (East Dev), Delarosa+Asora
(Pearineel)
quoted 54 lines the new dabrye 12" IS INCREDIBLE. everyone needs to check this out! i
> > the new dabrye 12" IS INCREDIBLE. everyone needs to check this out! i
> hardly
> > ever recommend anything, but this is one of the best for the year.
>
> You know, __please__ peter-acre don't take this personally, this is a
> message for the whole list, but I HATE seeing reviews like this. There
> is NOTHING here about what the 12" is like and why it might be
> "INCREDIBLE". It may well be brilliant, but what happens is that I'm
> left with a vague impression that there's something special about this
> release, but no real content for me to make up my own mind. Some of the
> time then, when I'm doing a big international order, I'll go "oh that's
> meant to be good" and waste money on something which just isn't my style
> at all.
>
> In this case, I'll probably love the Dabyre. But there was, for
> instance, a spate of Freeform reviews a few years ago going on about how
> brilliant her was, and whenever I listened it sounded like that "funky
> house" shit I hate... I'd really appreciate that if people are going to
> come out and comment on some release they really like, they'd maybe just
> _try_ and explain what's so good about it, and give us a few points of
> comparison... Please?
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
> PS Something that annoys me potentially even more is the level of
> "creative writing" one might say in the press releases or label-written
> blurbs we read on the bentcrayon/skimo/forcedexposure releases lists
> these days. There's similarly so little information given about what the
> _music_ actually sounds like half the time. [Don't get me wrong - half
> the time they're highly informative.] Ah well.
> --
> Peter Hollo raven@fourplay.com.au http://www.fourplay.com.au/blog/
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> Peter Hollo raven@fourplay.com.au http://www.fourplay.com.au/blog/
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> Raven: experimental electronica
> http://www.fourplay.com.au/raven.html
> "Of course, dance music can be a music where you lie on your back and
> your brain cells dance" - Michael Karoli of Can, quoted in Wire mag.
>
>
>
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