Seems KDJ have got some influence from the UK (grime and dubstep). He was talking about the stuff on Gilles Peterson.
On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 10:45 PM, Kowalsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm loving the percussion on these tracks. The snaps on Keeping You > Satisfied and the grime flavour, or kinda krunky like one said, on Majestic > Line. The clavinet on Aggregate Goals. And i don't dig his jazzy side too > much either. With a few exceptions, i usually don't like when things try to > be literally jazzy, because i think jazz is already filtered into house and > techno. I like things being jazzy in syntax, not in timbre. One of the most > stupid labels i've ever seen around is funky house. House is born funky. > > > > On 29/03/2008, at 05:52, robin wrote: > > > > > > > > > > heard the very short clips over at Sounds of the Universe > (http://www.soundsoftheuniverse.com/releases/?id=11456) and i very much like > what i heard. > > > Forgive me as i haven't been following Moodymann lately, I thought he > was either getting to housey or formulaic for my tastes, but has he been on > some sort of new tip? or is the clip too short and the tracks develop > differently? > > > Here the blurb says "Kenny Dixon Jr keeps on developing his signature > sound in unexpected new directions and this single represents another > exciting step forward!" From what i hear it seems he has been making > stripped down dirty techno (God forbid i say the word "minimal") and the > last track sounds almost krunk. > > > > > > > His last couple of things have kind of been going in this direction, kind > of muddy live funk (the Mick Collins related things) - this particular 12 is > like a cross between that live funk vibe and the electronic side I prefer. I > find that more interesting than his jazzy side which I don't really dig that > much (and it's easy to see why someone would stop watching his output if the > jazzy stuff doesn't hit you). > > > > > > robin... > > > > > >
