We've had this talk before...
I was downloading some MP3s off the internet, and I found one by a Swiss group who will remain unnamed to protect their embarrassment who were advertised as NuJazz. Jazz one can dance to, like Trüby Trio, who are great, and other such artists. However, there are limits to NuJazz, though the Miles Davis age coefficient is inapplicable in this case. I propose that the Amon Tobin windchime count be employed:
number of songs with windchimes involved >= total number of album tracks/3
=album inadmissible
Number of latin-jazz house albums also falls under this category.
number of songs with windchimes involved >= total number of album tracks/3
=album inadmissible
Number of latin-jazz house albums also falls under this category.
posted by Marc at
6:57 PM
1 Comments:
blindingly obvious misplaced instrumentation (we will sound, like, SO diverse if we add a sitar to this song) must be shunned.
Angklungs, sitars, bongos damn it, kotos, shamisens and whatever else are not inherently bad but there has to be a pretty good reason for their inclusion.
Three trips of acid a week and one month's backpacking around Goa and Phuket ten years ago are not reason enough.
I like The Tea Party to some extent but did they ever go overboard with instrumentation... look what I found in the Burmese flea market... we'd better throw it on an album...
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