Hip Hop and Lo-Fi
Can honestly say that I have never been that great a fan of hip hop in any form. And I am still not the greatest fan but I have definately had my eyes opened to a new genre of music. After seeing Jurassic 5 and The Roots live I have a much greater appreciation for hip hop and rap. In regards to music I try my hardest to keep an open mind to all different styles and forms of music, I truly enjoy going to Jazz clubs, I gain alot from seeing live theatre and seeing the odd hardcore band at goo is entertaining. The only one style of music I have never been able to stomach is classical, big band is one thing and Deano still gets a play in my car now and again, but honestly classical music really just doesnt sit right. Its hard to put my finger on what exactly gets under my skin about it, but whatever relaxing qualities some people gain from classical I cannot empathise with at all.
My most recent acquisition is DJ Shadow's first CD "Entroducing....", which I would highly recommend to anyone, which I was introduced to by a good friend who is a drummer and he loves the beats that DJ Shadow puts in every track. There was a great documentary recently on SBS about the great DJs of our time and he was on there as one of the greats, heh and it just so happened that Cut Chemist was also on this doco and is also one of the two DJs for J5 weird coincidence. Anyway back to the doco, these guys spend a large majority of their lives pouring over the vast collections of obscure records in the basements of these prehistoric record stores and picking out the most obscure and original vinyl they can get their hands on. One guy even had a portable record player that kind of folded out into a mini player so he could try before he bought. Super interesting underground culture I thought, made me want to go out and buy a turntable just to play some vinyl, honestly with the way technology is always aiming to get the purest sound and the clearest note, I find alot of the more raw, home made lo-fi stuff to sound more authentic and far less engineered. Cody Chestnutt is a fine example of this, the guy has released a 2 cd set as his debut album, most of the tracks on the CDs would have been axed by any exec but he has put them all in. Even the little 30 second snippets that just sound like an idea he had late one night and all it eventuated in was a catchy rift and a few phrases for lyrics.
In closing here is some key words to throw in Kazaa or the like to get some relevant tunes: DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, DJ Swamp, QBert, The Roots, Jurassic 5, Cody Chestnutt and just for something completely different "Joy Division - Love Will Tear us Apart" off the great mocumentary '24 hour party people', which for anyone interested in the beginnings of the Sex Pistols and rave culture in manchester is a must watch.
My most recent acquisition is DJ Shadow's first CD "Entroducing....", which I would highly recommend to anyone, which I was introduced to by a good friend who is a drummer and he loves the beats that DJ Shadow puts in every track. There was a great documentary recently on SBS about the great DJs of our time and he was on there as one of the greats, heh and it just so happened that Cut Chemist was also on this doco and is also one of the two DJs for J5 weird coincidence. Anyway back to the doco, these guys spend a large majority of their lives pouring over the vast collections of obscure records in the basements of these prehistoric record stores and picking out the most obscure and original vinyl they can get their hands on. One guy even had a portable record player that kind of folded out into a mini player so he could try before he bought. Super interesting underground culture I thought, made me want to go out and buy a turntable just to play some vinyl, honestly with the way technology is always aiming to get the purest sound and the clearest note, I find alot of the more raw, home made lo-fi stuff to sound more authentic and far less engineered. Cody Chestnutt is a fine example of this, the guy has released a 2 cd set as his debut album, most of the tracks on the CDs would have been axed by any exec but he has put them all in. Even the little 30 second snippets that just sound like an idea he had late one night and all it eventuated in was a catchy rift and a few phrases for lyrics.
In closing here is some key words to throw in Kazaa or the like to get some relevant tunes: DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, DJ Swamp, QBert, The Roots, Jurassic 5, Cody Chestnutt and just for something completely different "Joy Division - Love Will Tear us Apart" off the great mocumentary '24 hour party people', which for anyone interested in the beginnings of the Sex Pistols and rave culture in manchester is a must watch.