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From:
Rob Thorley
To:
intelligent dance music
Date:
Tue, 2 Jan 1996 02:09:37 +0000 (GMT)
Subject:
(idm) Jimi Tenor
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I saw this guy live on Saturday night at Pure in the Barrowlands, Glasgow, and he was superb. Pure is a house/techno event, and he didn't really fit in, but everyone who was in the chill-out room seemed to love it. He had slicked-down, side-parted blond hair, big Joe 90 glasses, a spangly black suit and he looked geeky. He set up his keyboards and started them off, then played sax over one tune. His next was a disco number with the lyric "it's a disco feeling...from outer space". A lot of the set was just laidback jazzy stuff. It wasn't house, nor was it techno. I'd realised reading this list that he was a bit special, and I even missed Carl Craig to see him (but that was through ignorance rather than choice - no running times). But now the music for those after-club parties is sorted. His album is definitely to be bought, especially if you thought that Jake Slazenger wasn't cheesy enough. What a character. Rob.