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quoted 8 lines what about the "two-step garage" stuff? Simon

>what about the "two-step garage" stuff? Simon >Reynolds dissected the style in the Wire comparing >it to 'Timbaland on E' which sounds appealing, but >then there's the house aspect & can i compare >notes with someone who considers the TLC album to >be one of the best of the year? > >has anyone been following this stuff?

been TRYING to, although the bulk of this stuff never seems to make it out of London. -------------- 1642 try 621 -------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 11 lines what about the "two-step garage" stuff? Simon

> >what about the "two-step garage" stuff? Simon > >Reynolds dissected the style in the Wire comparing > >it to 'Timbaland on E' which sounds appealing, but > >then there's the house aspect & can i compare > >notes with someone who considers the TLC album to > >be one of the best of the year? > > > >has anyone been following this stuff? > > been TRYING to, although the bulk of this stuff never seems to make it out > of London.

Don't bother, it's like a melange of styles that manages to take nothing interesting from any of those styles. People describe it as a cross between speed garage, garage, two step, and R&B. Well, I could hear the R&B, but the rest bored me stiff. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 9 lines has anyone been following this stuff?

>> >has anyone been following this stuff? >> >> been TRYING to, although the bulk of this stuff never seems to make it out >> of London. > >Don't bother, it's like a melange of styles that manages to take nothing >interesting from any of those styles. People describe it as a cross >between speed garage, garage, two step, and R&B. Well, I could hear the >R&B, but the rest bored me stiff.

a lot of it is really interesting to me. sorta disjointed and dark, but ultimately slinky and funky. i dunno, like i've said, i have had almost zero luck in researching this stuff. i've found that the genre is, like everything else, 90% crap ("crap" in the most objective way). i've heard choons that i really like and never find them. i guess same as any halfway-underground genre really. i've learned that the "two step garage" mix has found it's way onto more than a few UK Soul/R&B releases. Most of them are not particularly great, but certainly servicable dance music. however the more esoteric beats and such still elude me. thing is is that i think that sound would go over well in funk-obsessed Texas. In a broad the new garage straddles "breakbeat" and "house," two styles which have always done well here. and i've been thinking that UK garage would be the perfect new foil for achingly-post-modern idm, like dnb around 95 with SP, Aphex, Vibert, etc. well, maybe not. but it seems to me that there's a lot of potential energy wating around in those rhythms. . . -jeff -------------- 1642 try 621 -------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 2 lines thing is is that i think that sound would go over well in funk-obsessed

>thing is is that i think that sound would go over well in funk-obsessed >Texas. In a broad the new garage straddles "breakbeat" and "house,"

um, that should read "In a broad SENSE the new garage. . ." yeah. -------------- 1642 try 621 -------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org