Re: [313] hiphop/idm
speaking of which, the new 12" on Throw (#1008, a white label) has a kinda hiphop/idm sounding track > > The last issue of URB (Bjork on the cover) also had a > nice piece about the influence of Hip Hop (or 'bling > bling) on IDM (guess you could say the influence of > bling bling on blip bloop..hehe). They talk to Kid > 606, Matmos and Cex on the topic. I was really happy > to see this article, as the genre's influence on one > another has been especially present recently (check > out the new Dntel on Plug Research, some tracks also > show this).It was refreshing to see it spoken about in > URB. The article even touches on yet another "white" > genre being influence by "black music" (the article > praises Timbaland and the early productions of Dr.Tre > to name a few). > > The issue also has a nice article by Tamara Palmer on > Bjork, which concentrates on Bjork's musical > background and the audiofile side of her personality. > > ttfn > diana > ps...gee...a feature on rich...hmmm..that's new.;) > > > > > > > > > > > --- John Osselaer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I was just surfing around a bit and bounced on the > > site on Wire were I saw > > that Kid 606 is on this month's cover. They are also > > running a feature on > > Richie Hawtin. > > > > It's of to the store tomorrow for me! > > > > John > > > > > _ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. > http://phone.yahoo.com > > - > 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]
Re: [313] hiphop/idm
speaking of which, the new 12" on Throw (#1008, a white label) has a kinda hiphop/idm sounding track > > The last issue of URB (Bjork on the cover) also had a > nice piece about the influence of Hip Hop (or 'bling > bling) on IDM (guess you could say the influence of > bling bling on blip bloop..hehe). They talk to Kid > 606, Matmos and Cex on the topic. I was really happy > to see this article, as the genre's influence on one > another has been especially present recently (check > out the new Dntel on Plug Research, some tracks also > show this).It was refreshing to see it spoken about in > URB. The article even touches on yet another "white" > genre being influence by "black music" (the article > praises Timbaland and the early productions of Dr.Tre > to name a few). > > The issue also has a nice article by Tamara Palmer on > Bjork, which concentrates on Bjork's musical > background and the audiofile side of her personality. > > ttfn > diana > ps...gee...a feature on rich...hmmm..that's new.;) > > > > > > > > > > > --- John Osselaer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I was just surfing around a bit and bounced on the > > site on Wire were I saw > > that Kid 606 is on this month's cover. They are also > > running a feature on > > Richie Hawtin. > > > > It's of to the store tomorrow for me! > > > > John > > > > > _ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. > http://phone.yahoo.com > > - > 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]
[313] Nice article in URB (was Kid 606 on cover Wire + Rich)
The last issue of URB (Bjork on the cover) also had a nice piece about the influence of Hip Hop (or 'bling bling) on IDM (guess you could say the influence of bling bling on blip bloop..hehe). They talk to Kid 606, Matmos and Cex on the topic. I was really happy to see this article, as the genre's influence on one another has been especially present recently (check out the new Dntel on Plug Research, some tracks also show this).It was refreshing to see it spoken about in URB. The article even touches on yet another "white" genre being influence by "black music" (the article praises Timbaland and the early productions of Dr.Tre to name a few). The issue also has a nice article by Tamara Palmer on Bjork, which concentrates on Bjork's musical background and the audiofile side of her personality. ttfn diana ps...gee...a feature on rich...hmmm..that's new.;) --- John Osselaer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was just surfing around a bit and bounced on the > site on Wire were I saw > that Kid 606 is on this month's cover. They are also > running a feature on > Richie Hawtin. > > It's of to the store tomorrow for me! > > John > > _ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[313] Nice article in URB (was Kid 606 on cover Wire + Rich)
The last issue of URB (Bjork on the cover) also had a nice piece about the influence of Hip Hop (or 'bling bling) on IDM (guess you could say the influence of bling bling on blip bloop..hehe). They talk to Kid 606, Matmos and Cex on the topic. I was really happy to see this article, as the genre's influence on one another has been especially present recently (check out the new Dntel on Plug Research, some tracks also show this).It was refreshing to see it spoken about in URB. The article even touches on yet another "white" genre being influence by "black music" (the article praises Timbaland and the early productions of Dr.Tre to name a few). The issue also has a nice article by Tamara Palmer on Bjork, which concentrates on Bjork's musical background and the audiofile side of her personality. ttfn diana ps...gee...a feature on rich...hmmm..that's new.;) --- John Osselaer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was just surfing around a bit and bounced on the > site on Wire were I saw > that Kid 606 is on this month's cover. They are also > running a feature on > Richie Hawtin. > > It's of to the store tomorrow for me! > > John > > _ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > - > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[313] Kid 606 on cover Wire + Rich
I was just surfing around a bit and bounced on the site on Wire were I saw that Kid 606 is on this month's cover. They are also running a feature on Richie Hawtin. It's of to the store tomorrow for me! John _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[313] Kid 606 on cover Wire + Rich
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[313] Fwd: Ultradyne interview
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 21:14:04 +0100 Subject: Ultradyne interview From: ear magazine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello dear internet friend, Who told you that Ultradyne was one of the most exciting and enigmatic electro band ? EAR se prononce oreille can't keep a secret, indeed. An interview with Alex Lugo one half of the cryptic duo. http://www.d2b.org/EAR - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[313] Fwd: Ultradyne interview
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 21:14:04 +0100 Subject: Ultradyne interview From: ear magazine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello dear internet friend, Who told you that Ultradyne was one of the most exciting and enigmatic electro band ? EAR se prononce oreille can't keep a secret, indeed. An interview with Alex Lugo one half of the cryptic duo. http://www.d2b.org/EAR - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[313] Carol Marvin
Does anyone out there have current full contact info for Carol Marvin. I hear she is in hiding. I'd especially like home address and phone number. Need to inform my credit card company. All my DEMF paperwork went through Carl Craig / Tim Price so that may not help them. Telepathic regards, fRED -- TELEPATHICA - P.O.B.80337 - Boston, MA 02180-0010 FX 978-741-8901 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mp3.com/fredgiannelli http://www.telepathica.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[313] Carol Marvin
Does anyone out there have current full contact info for Carol Marvin. I hear she is in hiding. I'd especially like home address and phone number. Need to inform my credit card company. All my DEMF paperwork went through Carl Craig / Tim Price so that may not help them. Telepathic regards, fRED -- TELEPATHICA - P.O.B.80337 - Boston, MA 02180-0010 FX 978-741-8901 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mp3.com/fredgiannelli http://www.telepathica.com - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[313] Magazine Fodder
Check the latest issue of Hour magazine to see what fashion templates Paris, Stacey, Derrick, Carl, and Godfather (!) are wearing this fall. And congrats to Derrick May for making Crain's Detroit Business Top 40 under 40. -- im - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[313] Magazine Fodder
Check the latest issue of Hour magazine to see what fashion templates Paris, Stacey, Derrick, Carl, and Godfather (!) are wearing this fall. And congrats to Derrick May for making Crain's Detroit Business Top 40 under 40. -- im - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[313] gear 4 sale
I'm making room in my studio and thought I'd give you guys first shot at some extra gear (these items are duplicates or stuff I dont use anymore) before it goes up on EBay. All items are in perfect working order and are in great cosmetic condition. they all come with original manuals and documentation unless otherwise stated. contact me off list for more info. feel free forward this info to anyone you know of who may be interested or any gear lists you may be subscibed to. roland SP808 (updated to *full* SP808EX with 250meg internal Zip drive) $550 Yamaha TG33 synth module: $175 (no manual) Roland R8 drum machine: $175 Electribe EA-1 synth: $250 Alesis SR 16 drum machine $140 yamaha QY 10 sequencer $120 Radio Shack PRO 46 Police Scanner $135 sean deason also: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[313] gear 4 sale
I'm making room in my studio and thought I'd give you guys first shot at some extra gear (these items are duplicates or stuff I dont use anymore) before it goes up on EBay. All items are in perfect working order and are in great cosmetic condition. they all come with original manuals and documentation unless otherwise stated. contact me off list for more info. feel free forward this info to anyone you know of who may be interested or any gear lists you may be subscibed to. roland SP808 (updated to *full* SP808EX with 250meg internal Zip drive) $550 Yamaha TG33 synth module: $175 (no manual) Roland R8 drum machine: $175 Electribe EA-1 synth: $250 Alesis SR 16 drum machine $140 yamaha QY 10 sequencer $120 Radio Shack PRO 46 Police Scanner $135 sean deason also: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [313] Stacey Pullen sets
Gary: > Can anyone advise me of a good place to find Stacey Pullen sets available for > down loading? There's at least one in the 'past shows' on http://www.betalounge.com/ Try searching Google, should be plenty more online around the place... Cheers, Tom :: tom churchill :: emoticon recordings :: http://www.emoticonrecordings.com :: :: emot 001 : fba/mark mclaren/cim/john braine : out now :: emot 002 : mark mclaren : nevernet : out now :: emot 003 : total science/tom churchill/russ gabriel/hal varian : out soon :: emot 004 : q project : spek : out soon :: distributed by rush hour : http://www.rushhour.nl - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [313] Stacey Pullen sets
Gary: > Can anyone advise me of a good place to find Stacey Pullen sets available for > down loading? There's at least one in the 'past shows' on http://www.betalounge.com/ Try searching Google, should be plenty more online around the place... Cheers, Tom :: tom churchill :: emoticon recordings :: http://www.emoticonrecordings.com :: :: emot 001 : fba/mark mclaren/cim/john braine : out now :: emot 002 : mark mclaren : nevernet : out now :: emot 003 : total science/tom churchill/russ gabriel/hal varian : out soon :: emot 004 : q project : spek : out soon :: distributed by rush hour : http://www.rushhour.nl - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[313] Stacey Pullen sets
** Entertainment UK Limited Registered Office: 243 Blyth Road, Hayes, Middlesex UB3 1DN. Registered in England Numbered 409775 This e-mail is only intended for the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. Unless stated to the contrary, any opinions or comments are personal to the writer and do not represent the official view of the company. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. Thank you for your co-operation. ** Can anyone advise me of a good place to find Stacey Pullen sets available for down loading? I've only ever heard him once in a club (would love to get a copy of that one from last year at The End) and was impressed so need to hear more! : ) Cheers, Gary. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[313] Stacey Pullen sets
** Entertainment UK Limited Registered Office: 243 Blyth Road, Hayes, Middlesex UB3 1DN. Registered in England Numbered 409775 This e-mail is only intended for the person(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. Unless stated to the contrary, any opinions or comments are personal to the writer and do not represent the official view of the company. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. Thank you for your co-operation. ** Can anyone advise me of a good place to find Stacey Pullen sets available for down loading? I've only ever heard him once in a club (would love to get a copy of that one from last year at The End) and was impressed so need to hear more! : ) Cheers, Gary. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[313] 313 in Spain?
Hi, (!Hola!) Going to Spain and Portugal later this week, can anyone point out good records stores, clubs, festivals etc to check out for one that is into 313, chicago, disco, electro ... (Vamos viajar en Espana y en Portugal el fin de semana. Me gusta la musica 313, chicago, discotto, electro etc Donde estan los discoteques etc ?) as you can tell my Spanish sucks...answers in English appreciated peace richard - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[313] 313 in Spain?
Hi, (!Hola!) Going to Spain and Portugal later this week, can anyone point out good records stores, clubs, festivals etc to check out for one that is into 313, chicago, disco, electro ... (Vamos viajar en Espana y en Portugal el fin de semana. Me gusta la musica 313, chicago, discotto, electro etc Donde estan los discoteques etc ?) as you can tell my Spanish sucks...answers in English appreciated peace richard - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [313] Track ID (Electric Soul)
I also understood that "Come on baby" and "x2" are the best selling Direct Beat releases ever. Hmm, I'm not really convinced that it's Juan on the mike, though (but your guess is as good as mine). .Kvantti >From: Eric Scuccimarra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I've had that single since it came out around 96 or so (complete guess on >my part). It was always one of my favorite records and it's starting to >get a bit scratched and worn down... Wasn't aware that it was on the >Techno Bass comp, but I may have to get that comp. > >>At 10:35 AM 10/1/2001 -0700, FC3 Richards wrote: >>how the hell can you go wrong if it is mad mike and juan atkins...i >>can't say that i knew it was Juan on vocals. that just confirms the >>thought that the X2 track on the Techno Bass comp is absolutly the sh!t. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [313] Track ID (Electric Soul)
I also understood that "Come on baby" and "x2" are the best selling Direct Beat releases ever. Hmm, I'm not really convinced that it's Juan on the mike, though (but your guess is as good as mine). .Kvantti >From: Eric Scuccimarra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I've had that single since it came out around 96 or so (complete guess on >my part). It was always one of my favorite records and it's starting to >get a bit scratched and worn down... Wasn't aware that it was on the >Techno Bass comp, but I may have to get that comp. > >>At 10:35 AM 10/1/2001 -0700, FC3 Richards wrote: >>how the hell can you go wrong if it is mad mike and juan atkins...i >>can't say that i knew it was Juan on vocals. that just confirms the >>thought that the X2 track on the Techno Bass comp is absolutly the sh!t. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [313] Herbie Hancock & Carl Craig article
OK first thing's first : You better not get into an Ibizan Jail, the ingenious ways of torture they use are of a psychological nature but still : Nina Hagen again surprised her public by putting on a free performance for the inmates at Ibiza's jail. The singer declared that "music is a symbol of peace and union." September 30, 2001 Article in the NY-Times : Techno Dances With Jazz By MIKE RUBIN Arts & Leisure (Sept. 30, 2001) YIELDING samplers and laptops instead of saxophones and pianos, electronic musicians are increasingly borrowing from - and aspiring to make - jazz, and now they have a new ally in the pianist Herbie Hancock. While Mr. Hancock's electronic forays into the outer reaches of jazz, as well as his experiments with pop, funk and disco, have mostly been scorned in the jazz world, they've won him a following among techno producers. Mr. Hancock is revered in electronic circles less for his 1960's acoustic piano work - both on his own albums and those of Miles Davis - than for his prescient early 70's records like "Head Hunters" and "Sextant," which helped introduce synthesizers to jazz, and his 1983 hit single, "Rockit," which featured percussive turntable scratching and was an MTV staple when many current electronic musicians and D.J.'s were children. Mr. Hancock remains an icon. Drum-and-bass artists have prolifically sampled his work, while the British techno producer Kirk Degiorgio released a record called "The Message in Herbie's Shirts," which suggested that the clothes Mr. Hancock wore in the cover photos of his 70's albums offered clues about the merits of the music inside. In the case of Mr. Hancock's new album, "Future 2 Future" (Transparent Music 500112), Mr. Degiorgio's hypothesis proves accurate: the cover shows Mr. Hancock wearing a clear plastic windbreaker like those that are popular in the techno subculture. The transparency hints at some of the insubstantial music contained therein. The album's flaws are readily apparent, especially compared with recent releases by others that have striven to create a techno-jazz hybrid. "Future 2 Future" is notable for bringing together a jazz musician of Mr. Hancock's stature with contemporary electronic artists (though they make only token appearances on the album). They include the British acid house and drum-and-bass innovator A Guy Called Gerald (Gerald Simpson), the New York turntablist DJ Rob Swift, and the Detroit techno standout Carl Craig, one of the black musicians who developed this soulful, heavily percussive electronic dance music more than a decade ago. "Kebero," the collaboration with Mr. Craig, is inexplicably broken into two segments on the album; female vocals float ethereally amid his loops of African percussion, over which Mr. Hancock layers keyboard textures. But just as the song seems as if it might swirl into something interesting, it's over, segueing into an inconsequential spoken-word track. Mr. Swift and Mr. Simpson's contributions don't fare much better. Mr. Swift displays more dynamic scratching work in his current Gap commercial, and while Mr. Simpson's hyperkinetic drum-and-bass beats strive to stake out a groove, Mr. Hancock's keyboards are too soggy and saccharine to enhance it. The rhythmic clatter of drum-and-bass pervades the record. "The Essence" sounds like an outtake from Roni Size's 1997 album, "New Forms," right down to the rapid-fire beats, acoustic bass lines and diva vocals (in this case from Chaka Khan). But 1997 hardly qualifies as the "future" anymore. The album's most successful track, "Alphabeta," is built around sturdy drumming from Jack DeJohnette, with the refrain provided by a muffled sample from Derrick May's landmark 1988 Detroit techno single "Strings of Life." A gently funky collage of acoustic and electronic elements, the track heralds the possibility of a true techno-jazz fusion that the rest of the album fails to deliver. But even as "Future 2 Future" disappoints, Mr. Hancock is, as usual, onto something that other artists have been more adept at attaining. While jazz and popular dance music have intersected since the days of disco, dance music has usually been drawn more to the sweet, uptempo soul grooves of Roy Ayers than to the spikier electronics of Mr. Hancock's "Sextant." But as dance music itself has become more electronic, its creators' interests have expanded. Electronic producers of all stripes are now inspired by a broader jazz palette, whether as fodder for samples, as part of the search for rhythmic diversity, or as a reference point for their own artistic aspirations toward a cerebral sophistication removed from the sweat of the dance floor. Among techno-jazz fusion endeavors, Mr. Craig's Innerzone Orchestra project is noteworthy for having taken its cue from the more abrasive sounds of records like "Sextant" rather than from the treacly tones favored by the acid jazz movement (a glossy mixture of 70's jazz, soul and funk) and drum-and-bass artists lik
RE: [313] Herbie Hancock & Carl Craig article
OK first thing's first : You better not get into an Ibizan Jail, the ingenious ways of torture they use are of a psychological nature but still : Nina Hagen again surprised her public by putting on a free performance for the inmates at Ibiza's jail. The singer declared that "music is a symbol of peace and union." September 30, 2001 Article in the NY-Times : Techno Dances With Jazz By MIKE RUBIN Arts & Leisure (Sept. 30, 2001) YIELDING samplers and laptops instead of saxophones and pianos, electronic musicians are increasingly borrowing from - and aspiring to make - jazz, and now they have a new ally in the pianist Herbie Hancock. While Mr. Hancock's electronic forays into the outer reaches of jazz, as well as his experiments with pop, funk and disco, have mostly been scorned in the jazz world, they've won him a following among techno producers. Mr. Hancock is revered in electronic circles less for his 1960's acoustic piano work - both on his own albums and those of Miles Davis - than for his prescient early 70's records like "Head Hunters" and "Sextant," which helped introduce synthesizers to jazz, and his 1983 hit single, "Rockit," which featured percussive turntable scratching and was an MTV staple when many current electronic musicians and D.J.'s were children. Mr. Hancock remains an icon. Drum-and-bass artists have prolifically sampled his work, while the British techno producer Kirk Degiorgio released a record called "The Message in Herbie's Shirts," which suggested that the clothes Mr. Hancock wore in the cover photos of his 70's albums offered clues about the merits of the music inside. In the case of Mr. Hancock's new album, "Future 2 Future" (Transparent Music 500112), Mr. Degiorgio's hypothesis proves accurate: the cover shows Mr. Hancock wearing a clear plastic windbreaker like those that are popular in the techno subculture. The transparency hints at some of the insubstantial music contained therein. The album's flaws are readily apparent, especially compared with recent releases by others that have striven to create a techno-jazz hybrid. "Future 2 Future" is notable for bringing together a jazz musician of Mr. Hancock's stature with contemporary electronic artists (though they make only token appearances on the album). They include the British acid house and drum-and-bass innovator A Guy Called Gerald (Gerald Simpson), the New York turntablist DJ Rob Swift, and the Detroit techno standout Carl Craig, one of the black musicians who developed this soulful, heavily percussive electronic dance music more than a decade ago. "Kebero," the collaboration with Mr. Craig, is inexplicably broken into two segments on the album; female vocals float ethereally amid his loops of African percussion, over which Mr. Hancock layers keyboard textures. But just as the song seems as if it might swirl into something interesting, it's over, segueing into an inconsequential spoken-word track. Mr. Swift and Mr. Simpson's contributions don't fare much better. Mr. Swift displays more dynamic scratching work in his current Gap commercial, and while Mr. Simpson's hyperkinetic drum-and-bass beats strive to stake out a groove, Mr. Hancock's keyboards are too soggy and saccharine to enhance it. The rhythmic clatter of drum-and-bass pervades the record. "The Essence" sounds like an outtake from Roni Size's 1997 album, "New Forms," right down to the rapid-fire beats, acoustic bass lines and diva vocals (in this case from Chaka Khan). But 1997 hardly qualifies as the "future" anymore. The album's most successful track, "Alphabeta," is built around sturdy drumming from Jack DeJohnette, with the refrain provided by a muffled sample from Derrick May's landmark 1988 Detroit techno single "Strings of Life." A gently funky collage of acoustic and electronic elements, the track heralds the possibility of a true techno-jazz fusion that the rest of the album fails to deliver. But even as "Future 2 Future" disappoints, Mr. Hancock is, as usual, onto something that other artists have been more adept at attaining. While jazz and popular dance music have intersected since the days of disco, dance music has usually been drawn more to the sweet, uptempo soul grooves of Roy Ayers than to the spikier electronics of Mr. Hancock's "Sextant." But as dance music itself has become more electronic, its creators' interests have expanded. Electronic producers of all stripes are now inspired by a broader jazz palette, whether as fodder for samples, as part of the search for rhythmic diversity, or as a reference point for their own artistic aspirations toward a cerebral sophistication removed from the sweat of the dance floor. Among techno-jazz fusion endeavors, Mr. Craig's Innerzone Orchestra project is noteworthy for having taken its cue from the more abrasive sounds of records like "Sextant" rather than from the treacly tones favored by the acid jazz movement (a glossy mixture of 70's jazz, soul and funk) and drum-and-bass artists lik
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