Tactics said:Co-Op's on Sunday - does anyone know if it has a dress code or whatever?
Freakaholic said:how do you define "broken beat"?
whered the name come from?
who broke it?
gumdrops said:heard the bugz album only once, but i like the move aside single, sounds like amerie and beyonces rich harrison songs but better and more songful (i read they were trying to focus on their songwriting more on this album which is why its taken so long, i wouldnt say theyre quite there yet, but its def good) and funkier. a lot of the album sounds quite early 80s in places, kinda zap-ish here and there. its quite basement jaxx overall. didnt hear much broken beat on there though...
Tactics said:I'll wait for about 7 months so its gets to be £5...."quite basement jaxx"?!?!, not much broken beat?!!??!
"ugh" (c) clipse
Return of the Rogue was released at the end of Nov 2005, so yeah I'd say it was basically this year.Domu's Return Of The Rogue - did that come out this year, or end of last year? I lose track.
People in the scene seemed to get so worked up about the idea of being pigeonholed, everyone's stopped making music along the lines of those raw Seiji / Bugz / I.G. Culture tracks from 3 or 4 years ago.
revive!
http://www.spinemagazine.com/index....t_per_page=64&category=All&listtype=datefirst
"Broken beat, for instance, used to be the sweatiest, darkest, groove-laden intersection of mashed beats, Dilla esque hip-hop and Brazilian tempos. Remember, Londoners, the gay dancers at the air conditioning-deprived Velvet Rooms? They were having mad fun right? And look at it now - acid jazz all over again if it's not careful."
cant say i ever really thought of it as sweaty or dark, more tasteful and at its best lush... but maybe i just never heard the good stuff (i need to know what the classics in BB are)