quoted 13 lines At Friday, 5 October 2001, Lance wrote:> >At Friday, 5 October 2001, Lance wrote:
>> >
>>the new Burial Mix 10",
>>Jah Rule, is fabulous.
>
>i thought the interesting thing was the use of a live-sounding
>electric guitar sound, adding little bits of melody throughout. bit
>on the jazzy side, even. It strikes me as a major break from their
>usual drill, makes the 'jah rule' tracks sound a bit more like a
>convnentional 'band' than other Burial Mix products.
>
>I thought we made electric guitars illegal.
>I don't feel safe any more.
Actually i was also impressed with the slight change of style on
recent Rhythm & Sound releases like Jah Rule, King In My Empire, &
March Down Babylon. To me Rhythm & Sound seem to be moving their
sound more in a classic vocal dub-reggae direction. Dont get me
wrong, they've always had that as a significant influence in their
music, but with recent releases their song structures,
instrumentation, and even vocals (i.e. cornell campbell, chosen bros)
have moved away from the percussive 4x4 format of previous release. A
few points that support this conclusion are (1.) rhythm & sound's
recent usage of classic reggae vocalists like cornell campbell and
chosen brothers and (2.) the fact that Hardwax/Basic Channel
collective have started re-releasing classic reggae tracks from the
Wackies & PK labels. so the basic channel collective have now have a
financial interest in reggae in addition to their musical/personal
interest.
well maybe it's just wishful thinking on my part because i've been on
such a dub-reggae love-fest for the past 6 months but predictions
aside, i'm thrilled with the recent rhythm & sound releases and am
eager for more!
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