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From: "Phonopsia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Both of these have that characteristic West London vocal
chorus. I think
> I may be getting tired of it.
yeah, im not sure how i feel about broken beat stuff right this
minute. perhaps im just being unintenionally reactionary, but it
seems like theres a huge push behind it right now without any new
stellar tunes to back it up. afronaught and g force spun here on
friday, and while they were good, they werent mind blowing. and as
for records that have come out, i guess its just like everything
is sounding sameish. there hasnt been any tunes that crush any
dancefloor like "hold it down", "loose lips", or "this aint tom
and jerry" anytime recently. i was massively dissappointed with
the bugz rmx of the phuturistix track after a few listens, and
alot of their other stuff has just been mediocre. ive been feeling
john arnold's stuff alot more than the west london cats recently.
perhaps its because his stuff sounds more raw. the west london
stuff is rapidly approaching over production IMO. some of my
favorite broken beat records of the last year have been the
twisted funk releases simply because of their rawness. recently it
seems to be the concensus of people i chill with all the time that
broken beat is best mixed up with other genres, and i feel like it
might be because theres just not enough stellar material to play
unless you dig out every anthem or semi anthem the scene has
produced.
> Kinda cool, but I dunno. Didn't sell me for some reason. Way
more into
> that Kelley Polar.
ill be getting my copy of the kelly polar tommorrow. if that rmx
is the same one that was on the verve rmxed LP, then yeah i was
totally underwhelmed as well. i guess the concept of metro area is
better for original material than for remixing.
>Someone please yell at me if any of these are grave mistakes -
before it's
>too late! ;)
i feel you on your passes. i hope youre feeling that new mahogani
more than when you picked it up. that tune is year end top 10
material for sure. what a beautiful record. and i picked up that
ron trent rmx of the amp fiddler, and while its probably my least
favorite amp related record thus far, its still pretty nice.
tom
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