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From:
Zenon M. Feszczak
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Date:
Mon, 25 Nov 1996 21:32:23 -0500
Subject:
Re: (idm) Deee-Lite remix lp...
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quoted 5 lines I know most of you may not think of Deee-Lite as>I know most of you may not think of Deee-Lite as >list worthy. But a few of the remixers on this >release are. And I'm sure many of you found youself >dancing to "Groove is in the Heart" many years ago. >So here's the 411...
Probably their weakest song, but Deee-Lite has some worthy funk cuts. Fun for parties, anyway. DJ Dmitri did a grooving Russian improv babble over a Sakamoto cut, also. Towa did a smooth cool though not particularly innov full-length of acid-jazzy matter. These Asian cats must lose the obsession with rap, however. The Sakamoto rap album was just an embarassment. A misguided attempt at hipness. Sakamoto doesn't need to prove anything - he should just do his own thing. Rap is done - it's mutated into the stagnant/ultraviolent or the pop/kitsch. It was probably done before it began. Hip-hop riddimz are another matter. This probably means that in four years time, the IDM greats will do a remix album of "Macarena". A rash of IDM list suicides will ensue, and the list will be decimated. Such is the inevitable and tragic fate of Artistic Puritans. 3ip