Hope Grant aka Envoy...! ________________________________
Eamonn Doyle D1 Recordings 5 Moore Street Dublin 1 Ireland t+353 1 874 6023 www.dublindistrbution.com ________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Odeluga, Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] Org" <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 12:31 PM Subject: [313] Black Brit Tech > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > "Just wanted to hear about Black artists and their influence on the music > ..." > > 'What about Europe?' > > ... Do check out Colin McBean - AKA 'G Flame'. (sometimes with a 'Mr G') > also uses the 'Halcyon Daze' alias. > > ... he of course, with Francisco Feirrera (who was once Derrick May's > engineer) made up the other half of The Advent - which I now understand is > solely Cisco ... certainly on the Time Trap Technik LP out last year. > > G Flame & Mr G work appeared first in about 1996 ... Mr G is widely held to > be FF. > > Mr G's work differs in it's retracing more toward house than the > ultra-modern sheen of The Advent (Also check Soul Destroyaz on Synewave if > you prefer the Advent's strain.). Mr G's material is housier, more > conventionally funky. There are snatches of strings, vocals - but the beats > are always a lot more subtle if one scratches below the surface. It does > sound quite Lo-fi though. > > A very rough Mr G discography which is also totally subjective & therefore > virtually useless save for background info is ... ;O) > > 1. Tell Him (1999) (With G Flame) Phoenix G > 3. Lites (2000) (With G Flame) (Phoenix G > 2. Flight Of the Phoenix Double Pack (2000) (With G Flame) Phoenix G > 3. Change EP (Feat. Take My Back - which I would particularly recommend) > (2000) Cargo? - Anyway, released in NY > 3. Wot, Eh, Pardon? (Christmas 2000 Ltd release) Phoenix G > 2. Beatz For Yo Mind/Take A Toke (2001) Phoenix G > 3. Gs Strings/Walk Through (2001) Duty Free > > >From reading the odd rare interview of Colin McBean, I think anyone who > tried to refer to him as a 'black Techno artist' would get short shrift > though ... > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
