Could you really like it that much if you thought it was a blatant Plaid rip-off?
Maybe I'm quibbling over definitions, but 'blatant rip-off' implies that it isn't as good as the original. If it's good, it's good, and any stylistic similarities are irrelevant to its quality. In a certain respect everything is a rip off of everything. "Shades of Jae" rips off Bob James. & listening right now to Daydreams In Cold Weather, I can hear the Plaid similarity, but Tejada is more straightforward rhythmically, and where Plaid makes melodic puzzle-palaces using random processes, Tejada seems to use more intentional composing. On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Rob Taylor <barringtonphelo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I really like his Daydreams In Cold Weather album from 2002, esp Young, even > though the whole thing is a blatant Plaid rip off > > On 24 Jan 2012, at 17:48, Matt Chester <chesterm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 'Song forms & freedom' on Mosaic is his best imo, along with Timebomb. >> There's a great one he did with Titonton as well, can't recall the name >> though - will dig it out tonight. >> >> I think he's got plenty of good material to be honest, lots of good b side >> tracks well worth digging out... >> >> On 24/01/2012 14:25, jwan allen wrote: >>> Agreed his strongest material to date, not to say he didn't have any >>> highlights on his palette material. But these records in particular >>> still kill it. I dropped the timebomb vip mix two weeks ago a gig here >>> in Pittsburgh and it was well received on the dancefloor. >>> >>> Unlike most collectors I'm happy with reissues, since one it keeps >>> vinyl going ( my medium of choice) and it keeps tunes current for the >>> new generations of people that aren't nearly as nerdy about dance >>> music as we are. >>> >>> John had some moments on the mosaic label as well, but I may be biased >>> on that front. I was a big fan of that label and its output. >>> >>> jw >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Aidan O'Doherty >>> <aidan.b.odohe...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=10304 >>>> >>>> didn't know this was happening - makes very happy. tejada's best >>>> stuff. as far as i'm concerned, the only releases you need from his >>>> back catalogue (except for his album on A13 and 'A Fading Memory' off >>>> the Toiling of Idle Hands' album on Immigrant). >>> >>> >>
