ehBeth wrote:Quote:The Wheels of Steel.
When the turntable evolved from the gramophone, it was just another
way to play records. Only avant-garde composers such as John Cage thought it would one day become an instrument in its own right. But in the past 25 years, the turntable has become king, creating whole new ways of thinking about music. But how? How did a record player lead to the world of hip-hop and scratching contests and superstar DJs? Hear leading turntable artists, including Canada's foremost turntablist, Kid Koala, superstar DJs DJ Spooky and Amon Tobin, and archival clips of John Cage.
that sounds cool! i LOVE DJ Spooky, and some of Tobin's stuff been great too.
panzade wrote:nimh-you might have heard of grime music from the UK. Listening to Dizee Rascal and especially Lady Sovereign, a teenage rapper that sounds like Liza Doolittle rapping.
Never heard of grime music, but i really like Dizzee Rascal - or that is, some of his stuff is genius (some is tiresome). Will add Sovereign to my to-download list!
I was really happy to read in a review of that music festival they got in Austin round this time that M.I.A. made the biggest splash - I think she's cute - I mean, her music, everything about it, is just cute & infectious in this jittery lets-just-try-this way! Just having heard the two versions of Galang Galang was enough for me to order her bootleg cd Piracy Funds Terrorism - you can get it from turntable lab (its the only place i found it at - well, its a bootleg after all i guess) - and i never order nuttin! And tho its not all equally good, some of it is great - esp tracks 5 to 9, bootlegging missy elliott cutty ranks and the clipse ...
