No9: VARIOUS - 'Instrumentals - Staedtizism 3' LPVARIOUS 'Instrumentals - Staedtizism 3' LP
label: ~scape (distributed by SRD) format: CD (SC12CD) LP (SC12LP) release date: Monday 3 June 2002 website: http://www.scape-music.de Within what we call electronic music these days, HipHop has taken hold, resulting in an ever growing number of artists who approach HipHop from a completely new direction. What remains constant is the deep belief in the funk, the break and the power of bass. And what has disappeared is the tired lexicon of the overused sample library. Be it at the ~scape headquarters or at one of their numerous club nights, HipHop made it into the record box a long time ago. After Dub (part 1) and Jazz (part 2), it was a logical step to dedicate the third part of ~scape's Staedtizism label compilation series to HipHop. A lifestyle and a musical genre open to all kinds of influences and references, the artists involved found diverse starting-points in creating individual takes on HipHop. Andrew Pekler, Jan Jelinek & Bus clock in somewhere between jazz and weird funk. Cappablack from Japan and John Tejada - who teams up with Divine Styler - fan an earthquake full of scratch-inspired old skool attacks. Kit Clayton's unmistakable concoction of CutUp-R&B-Hop challenges Timbaland, but the same time, invites him to hang out in San Francisco. In the meantime, Thomas Fehlman is more interested in the relaxing power of the break and how beautifully crafted dub chords can best work with it, resulting in a wonderful rainbow track designed for listening to just after a thunderstorm. Deadbeat from Montreal approach HipHop from a much darker angle and take advantage of the tricks of minimal techno. Process then hit the brakes quite heavily and delete sounds, just to make sure that his slow-motion jazz fits on top of the break. Gazoo (aka Dan Bell) follows this strategy, although he spells jazz with a Detroit-dawn-techno bass drum. Antonelli Electr. join in with a cute little technogroove at which point everybody goes and sits in the sun. And System are doing research on the occurrence of HipHop in Danish minimalism and win the Nobel Prize. Staedtizism 3: getting fresh with HipHop. CD LP 1. A1. Andrew Pekler - 'Steady Bounce' 2. A2. Bus - 'Ticket' 3. A3. Jan Jelinek - 'Silver Circle' 4. B1. Cappablack - 'Components & Variables' 5. B2. Kit Clayton - '¡Etymon, No!' 6. B3. John Tejada - 'Cyberspace Visual' 7. C1. Thomas Fehlmann - 'Lindt' 8. C2. Deadbeat - 'Right As Rain' 9. C3. Process - 'Smooth Momentum' 10. D1. Gazoo - 'Esplanade' 11. D2. Antonelli Electr. - 'Mrs. Maze' 12. D3. System - 'Bruce' --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
