Actually, quite a bit of Jazzanova's stuff is "broken beat", they're one of the firsts to experiment with those beats and develop that sound.
I absolutely LOVE the slick, jazzy, NOT "homogenised" - there's a lot going on in terms of influences (they have a unique and distinctive STYLE) - sound of Jazzanova. The soon-to-be-released album is brilliant, BTW.
And no, I'm not looking for breakbeats. It's definitely the more syncopated, jazzy, deep-house-influenced cousin of 2-step that I'm looking for, what's also referred to as the "West London sound". It's very eclectic and hard to pin down, though. 4Hero, Moonstaar are some of the people doing it that i know of... People like 4Hero are doing more eclectic "artist's" albums and not necessarily the "broken beats". It's the dancefloor stuff that I heard DJs spin that I'm particularly looking for.
----- Original Message -----
From: Irene McC
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 10:52 PM
To: idm@hyperreal.org
Cc: charlesjaxx@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: [idm] Broken beat
On 20 Apr 2002 at 1:02, thomas shrubsole wrote:
quoted 6 lines --- Charles Duchesne <charlesjaxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
> --- Charles Duchesne <charlesjaxx@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Are there any broken beat mixes (or compilations)
> > out there yet? The dancefloor stuff...
> >
> Jazzanova - remixes. 2xcd. some of it's alright and i
> assume its the kind of thing you meant by broken beat.
I'd like to warn the original poster that I do NOT think that the
slick, jazzy, homogenised sound that Jazzanova create is anywhere
near the 'broken beats' he is looking for.
Nothing *wrong* with Jazzanova, but I really don't believe it fits
the bill in the querent's case.
Maybe you'd want to look at a comp like "The Return of the DJ" .
although these are overtly hip-hoppy(quite vocal) breakbeats.
I
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