RE: [313] hood, mills, craig, nubian mindz, domu
Have to add that the Mills double is just what I've been waiting to hear from him. Really warm and fluid, gentle yet danceable. His use of subtle rhythm building just here and there in all the right places is perfect, plus I love all those marimba patterns! As Marsel says, there are elements of the original Detroit sound, hints of the beauty of some of Derrick May's original masterpieces. Not a duff track in sight, so buy on sight! Dan http://www.geocities.com/Paris/1267/index.html http://www.mp3.com -Original Message- From: marsel [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 July 2000 17:39 To: 313@hyperreal.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [313] hood, mills, craig, nubian mindz, domu what is techno? is techno still alive? is there still any good techno coming out? well, whatever.. i bought some records yesterday and i would like to share my opinios about them. ||| robert hood - nighttime world volume 2 - cd - m-plant - m-p318.cd nighttime world (volume 1) was robert hood's double pack release through pulsinger's outlet cheap from austria. on that release he successfully combined jazz elements with minimal techno, together with a good portion of soul. this cd album, volume 2, sees fourteen beautiful tracks and with those he even moves more away from his minimal style. first track after the intro goes smoothly downtempo and funky, as some other will do as well. most remarkable for me is that 'only' about three go in a more 'regular hood way', but nevertheless, as said, it's a very gorgeous soulful album. most tracks come in a lush, beautiful ambient way, reminding to older jon beltran albums and neil olliveira's 313 soundtrack, and also mills' ambient sound scapes. some come with soft beats, some with smooth breaks, but the soul is definitely always there. a very stronge real smooth, warm laidback album. millsart - every dog has its day - 2x12 - axis - ax-20 shortly after his lifelike album, and several purpose makers, jeff mills comes up with this double pack. first track takes of with the smooth tight mills'feeling, 4/4, but pretty downtempo. second track goes more downtempo, string-based, even somewhat breaky. side b brings two tracks, first track in a real may-styled positivism, soft strings, lush melodies, wonderful stuff. second track goes ambient, somewhat darker, deep things. second platter, side c goes again in more soft mode, still mills, but from his most romantic side, dreamy strings, gentle snares, and deeply, deeply soulful. side d continues in this lush style, again more downtempo techno, strings, funky melodies all around. second track maybe comes most close to his more familiar things, as it is pretty direct with a smooth euporhic feeling, last short ambient piece makes the circle round.. for me it's really best thing he's done, at least the last three years. axis as it should be, a timeless release as several others, which made axis so really wonderful!!
RE: [313] hood, mills, craig, nubian mindz, domu
Allthough my feelings about the Mills 2pack are the same, that is that its very pleasent and accesible it does seem a bit old-fashioned . Classic techno like May etc used to produce so are we full circle? even hood seems to flirt with real music more and more so is innovation at this point in time not an issue and do we just want quality products? or is innovation to be found in the symbiosis of old and new? I felt that in minimalism techno hasd found a unique quality and even subject matter interesting enuff to explore on its own. I still think there´s a lot of unexplored terrain in that area which might define techno and shape it into the effective language it can be. One of the most direct and focussed styles ever. I like the way techno is goin, that is i truly enjoy craftmanship but i prefer to be challenged just a litle bit more. In other words, Mills is playin safe and that is a shame, the man has been pushin techno towards extremes which in my opinion is his biggest quality. Same goes for hood by the way. So a definate 9+ for both but a litle note on the side, stay angry! J
RE: [313] hood, mills, craig, nubian mindz, domu
I guess I'm just happy to have a release that is choc full of quality tracks, whether it pushes forward the techno envelope or not. Too many artists are copying other artists, the originators. At least you can't accuse this release of that - even though it has a lot of classic elements in there, it still sounds fresh compared to the majority of whats in the racks at the moment. My jury is still out on the new Hood release though! Dan http://www.geocities.com/Paris/1267/index.html http://www.mp3.com/DanButler -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 July 2000 10:43 To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: RE: [313] hood, mills, craig, nubian mindz, domu Allthough my feelings about the Mills 2pack are the same, that is that its very pleasent and accesible it does seem a bit old-fashioned . Classic techno like May etc used to produce so are we full circle? even hood seems to flirt with real music more and more so is innovation at this point in time not an issue and do we just want quality products? or is innovation to be found in the symbiosis of old and new? I felt that in minimalism techno hasd found a unique quality and even subject matter interesting enuff to explore on its own. I still think there´s a lot of unexplored terrain in that area which might define techno and shape it into the effective language it can be. One of the most direct and focussed styles ever. I like the way techno is goin, that is i truly enjoy craftmanship but i prefer to be challenged just a litle bit more. In other words, Mills is playin safe and that is a shame, the man has been pushin techno towards extremes which in my opinion is his biggest quality. Same goes for hood by the way. So a definate 9+ for both but a litle note on the side, stay angry! J - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
