i gotta debate you there. i haven't heard the whole album but.. kayne west is responsible for the whole chipmunk sample crazy- easily the worst thing to EVER happen to pop music.
now if anyone doesn't mind- i could easily start a thread regardi hip=hip that i've recently discovered. stuff that probably has more in common with carl craig than public enemy anyone? On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Cyclone Wehner wrote: > It's not techno/house but I am totally enamoured with the Kanye West album > The College Dropout - esp Never Let Me Down and Jesus Walks. > The production is excellent - he's developed the Blueprint template - and > the lyrics insightful, astute and candid. > > > as far as techno, i'm pretty into the new Damon Wild doublepack on > > Kanzleramt. especially "mr mean" and "halflife." the combo of "tough" > > stompy drums and totally wussed out synths is, in general, pretty > > unbeatable, imo. > > > > as far as rock music, i'd always have to go with Lungfish and the Lungfish > > side-project The Pupils on Dischord. if you want to give them a shot, i > > think i'd recommend starting with Lungfish's "Sound in Time," completely > > amazing start to finish. > > > > not that i necessarily think you've never heard these records, but those > > are the things i'm into right now. > > > > also, i'd agree with Chad about Stars of the Lid. droning, largely guitar > > based, i think, ambient. and the show they played in urbana last year was > > one of the best i've seen. which i think is saying a lot, considering i'm > > an impatient guy and it was an ambient show. > > > > eric > > > > On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, synthetic tom wrote: > > > >> sorry to re-post this question, but i'm craving some new music that > >> i've never heard of before, and there's no better place to ask than > >> here. > >> > >> as for me, i've recently discovered DeepChord and Docile Recordings and > >> i'm loving them both. buy on sight as far as i'm concerned. > >> > >> playing right now: Drexciya "Digital Tsunami" > >> > >> later y'alls > >> > >> t > >> > > >