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>Dave said:
>>Kim mentioned:
>>>
>>>Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst
>>
>>if you like this, check out "The Instrumentalyst" instrumental remixes
>from
>>the above CD. Dan Nakamura, AKA the Automator, is one of the most
>>interesting hip hop producers today.
>>
>
>Is the Instrumentalyst album remixes? or the same stuff as the album
>without the raps?
>
Some of each. I haven't actually compared then side by side, but some
pieces are definitely extended, with different sections, etc. I just find
that I want to listen to the instrumental CD more often. The Dr's raps are
great, he seems to be one of the few honestly funny rappers out there, but
when the novelty wears off, the instrumental tracks are still very
interesting. The Automator produces most of the stuff on the Ubiquity
label, and everything I've heard of his has been quite good.
As far as the Dr. Octagon CD being one of the best of all time, well, I
think that the state of commercial hip-hop has gotten to be so low that
anything that shows a modicum of cleverness and innovation sounds
outstanding. Whether I'll still be listening to it 5 years from, as I am
still listening to "Fear of a Black Planet" and "Paul's Boutique" remains
to be seen.
BTW, the new Wu Tang Clan has some quite interesting production, kind of
murky and trip-hoppy, but very dark and menacing. Now if they'd only do an
instrumental mix of this record...
The MC Hellshit/DJ Carhouse CD has my vote for hip-hop disc of the year,
though.
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Dave Trenkel : improv@peak.org : www.peak.org/~improv/
"...there will come a day when you won't have to use
gasoline. You'd simply take a cassette and put it in
your car, let it run. You'd have to have the proper
type of music. Like you take two sticks, put 'em
together, make fire. You take some notes and rub 'em
together - dum, dum, dum, dum - fire, cosmic fire."
-Sun Ra
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