OK. I've come to the conclusion that MoodyMann, like Public enemy, is an IMPORTANT modern act, and like PE, has never made a really bad album. (In fact I'd put MM in the post PE canon for important 'black' music, just after UR )
SURE, his albums are hideously inconsistent, and I'm picking 'FOREVERNEVERMORE' as his masterpiece.
It's interesting as he is one of the only true HOUSE artists that has released 5 odd albums of original material as opposed to lazy DJ mixes and the like that so many other 'phonies' have done (Carl Cox, Derrick May, Danny Tanaglia, Barry Humphries, heck I'll even throw in Herbert and Recloose) and part of the reason why dance music went into such a funk - they're producers who make 'singles' as opposed to 'bodies of work'.
In fact Moody has put out more and better albums in his own right than Brit-House 'pop/electronica' acts like Chemical Brothers, Basement Jaxx and even Daft Punk.
As I mentioned in the 2nd paragraph his albums fluctuate in consistency, and his work can sometimes veer into the most horrendously bland acid-jazz realms and that Kenny G sax he often uses is really hard to take.
BUT, I always seem to find at least 4 absolutely sublime killer traxx on each of his albums, which begs for a defintive 'best of' to prove the bloke has an artistic and groundbreaking relevance, especially in regards to the whole 'Detroit Tech', that has been sorely overlooked , me thinks.
SURE, his albums are hideously inconsistent, and I'm picking 'FOREVERNEVERMORE' as his masterpiece.
It's interesting as he is one of the only true HOUSE artists that has released 5 odd albums of original material as opposed to lazy DJ mixes and the like that so many other 'phonies' have done (Carl Cox, Derrick May, Danny Tanaglia, Barry Humphries, heck I'll even throw in Herbert and Recloose) and part of the reason why dance music went into such a funk - they're producers who make 'singles' as opposed to 'bodies of work'.
In fact Moody has put out more and better albums in his own right than Brit-House 'pop/electronica' acts like Chemical Brothers, Basement Jaxx and even Daft Punk.
As I mentioned in the 2nd paragraph his albums fluctuate in consistency, and his work can sometimes veer into the most horrendously bland acid-jazz realms and that Kenny G sax he often uses is really hard to take.
BUT, I always seem to find at least 4 absolutely sublime killer traxx on each of his albums, which begs for a defintive 'best of' to prove the bloke has an artistic and groundbreaking relevance, especially in regards to the whole 'Detroit Tech', that has been sorely overlooked , me thinks.
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