Hey Irene,
If you like Talvin check out Nitin Sawney. The work of his that I've heard
is pretty good.
David
quoted 40 lines From: drift wood <sequential_circus@yahoo.co.uk>
>From: drift wood <sequential_circus@yahoo.co.uk>
>To: Irene McC <substar@iafrica.com>
>CC: idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: Re: (idm) talvin's ok
>Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 13:49:32 +0100 (BST)
>
>--- Irene McC <substar@iafrica.com> wrote:
> > Hmm, so I hear on the radio this morning that "after
> > some
> > acrimonious debate amongst the judges" they decided
> > to award
> > Talvin Singh the Technics Rotary prize (is it?) for
> > OK.
> >
> > Is the British press eating this one up? Who else
> > was on the
> > shortlist?
>
>I'm not sure that the press are 'eating it up', more like greeting it
>with widespread indifference. Not helped either by Talvin's
>pronouncement 'Nobody asks where a tomato comes from. A tomato is a
>tomato'. Of course it is, Talvin.
>
>Others on the list were (yawn!) Manic Street Preachers (a friend of
>mine keeps calling them the Janet Street Porters by mistake),
>Stereophonics, Chemical Bros. er...can't remember anyone else and I
>don't think I want to.
>
>Anyway congrats to Talvin for his award and for coming up with a much
>better album than I thought he was capable of.
>
>
>
>
>
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