Baltimore Breaks suck ass. Don't touch 'em with a 10-foot pole.
Think about the worst elements of Fatboy Slim, West Coast Breaks and
circa'92-rave crap (from what I've heard - not that all rave crap from '92
is crap) all meshed into one gruesome puddle of funkless muck. Some of those
in-the-know in the BaltoWash area (AKA Feelgood) sometimes profess a
nostalgic fondness for it, but I've never heard anyone worth a lick playing
it, and what I've heard was really lame. Perhaps I don't have the full
story, but I really don't want to know any more than I do.
Occasionally Buzz will have old school (err, old skool rather) nights, so
the interest remains alive in the area somewhat, and like most 'big' things
in the area, that's because of Scott Henry - I just can't for the life of me
figure out why this still gets some play. I've been told there was once some
good Bal'mer breaks, but I haven't heard them, and I can't conceive what
they could've sounded like.
Baltimore house is an entirely different thing I s'pose. I can't think of
anything defined by that term, but Pope and Oji (Soul Providers), and more
recently Patrick Turner, turn out some nice stuff. Patrick is
single-handedly injecting some depth into the larger (read: crappier) labels
of the 'tech-house' world and some of the good ones too. One of his most
recent efforts sounds very Detroit-y. He's a young'n, so keep your eyes
peeled.
Tristan (who isn't as angry and jaded as this post makes him sound)
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Cc: "Cyclone Wehner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "313 Detroit"
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Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 4:15 PM
Subject: RE: [313] Baltimore House / Breakbeat (was Mo' Ghetto Tek)
> charle feelgood (not name dropping- just a boston resident) was telling me
> about that once. i guess its their own littel local version of booty.
might be interesting to give it a listen.
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> On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Malcolm J. McAtee wrote:
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> > On a semi related noteIs anyone familiar with baltimore house or
baltimore
> > breakbeat. I have seen some floating around a couple of the record shops
> > here in Philly but have never really opted to give it a listen.
> >
> > Everyone that I have asked about it has sort of shrugged or
sneered...but
> > whenever I have heard it described it sound a whole lot like Booty music
> > or ghetto tech...apparently it sells in massive quantities in Baltimore.
> >
> > (i should just get off my ass and give it a listen I suppose)
> >
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> > >-- Original Message --
> > >Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 00:18:16 +1000
> > >From: "Cyclone Wehner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >To: 313 Detroit <313@hyperreal.org>
> > >Subject: [313] Mo' Ghetto Tek
> > >
> > >
> > >Thanks for all the great Ghetto Tek leads.
> > >
> > >DJ Godfather is making his first trip to Oz, hence my research.
> > >
> > >Why do you all think that Ghetto Tek has not crossed over (ie left its
> > >geographic base) in the same way that techno has?
> > >
> > >Miami bass hasn't either really - though Khia's My Neck has blown up
lately
> > >across the US into the Billboard charts (such a great song)...
> > >
> > >I guess Washington go-go never did either.
> > >
> > >Yet James Lavelle did flirt with bass on Mo Wax... and occasionally DJs
> > from
> > >hip-hop or breaks will drop ghetto-tech.
> > >
> > >Any thoughts?
> > >
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