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JohnV wrote:

quoted 1 line ... a UFO comp off Talkin Loud records. These guys are kicking out some

>... a UFO comp off Talkin Loud records. These guys are kicking out some

mighty >jazz shit. Simply beautiful. Track 6 features beat poetry from the main man, Jack

quoted 3 lines Kerouac. A thread a while back mentioned IDM as the new jazz, well

>Kerouac. A thread a while back mentioned IDM as the new jazz, well >here's some proof that the old jazz is the new jazz. (Same as it ever >was, same as it ever was...)

I've read a whole bunch about UFO lately because they've just released the follow-up (someting with "Taboo" in the title) to the album you mention, which I also have but is at work at the moment. UFO also have an album before the one you heard, which contains a much heralded track, "The Silent Minority." [There's also a Greyboy track, "Panacea," I believe, that uses the "Silent Majority" sample.] UFO produce some really tight jazz/bossa nova/swing, etc., but it's all so glisteningly clean -- very Japanese style (two Japanese guys and one English bloke = UFO). I like the CD I got by UFO, but I doubt I'll seek out the others. If you dig the new jazz, you can do no wrong buying the Acid Jazz comps in the Totally Wired series: I just got Number 11, and it smokes. I'd also recommend the Cookin' series on the Ubiquity label, though it leans toward the traditional tip. I've seen some Japanese-oriented comps in Instinct's This Is Acid Jazz series. The Ninja Tune stuff by Coldcut and 9Lazy9 is also worth checking out. Peace, 19.