Word: hip-hop
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...Zone should not be consigned to the world music section of record stores. It's a pop and hip-hop album, and it markets itself as such, down to Martin Ledyard's hip stylised cover art. "Songe" and the impossibly beautiful "Call Waiting" both blend in the stuttering backbeats of 90s R&B, while the inclusion of rapper Black Thought (from the Roots, Philly's famed hip-hop collective) on "Rafiki" makes a great counterpoint to Daulne's scat. Perhaps it's odd that a group that uses its foray into technology so well should decry its dehumanizing effects...
...darling store selling wood carvings of Biblical characters. In such a store, one is so taken by the statues that it's easy to forget one's surroundings--which is for the better, in this case, since even in this little alcove of Christian peace, a quiet but immutable hip-hop bass line whispered from hidden speakers...
...general mayhem in a sonic soup that is equal parts John Cage, Sun Ra, Grandmaster Flash, and Aphrodite. DJ Spooky, a. k. a. That Subliminal Kid, a. k. a. Paul D. Miller, is a founder of the New York illbient sound, which blends the urban, rhythmic edge of hip-hop, dub and jungle with the abstract, ambient noise techniques of French musique concrte. And Subliminal Minded is chock-full of the sound. DJ Wally, the Dub Pistols, Karsh Kale and DJ Spooky himself reconstruct four songs from Riddim Warfare, ranging from the delicious spy-movie groove of the Dub Pistols...
...hop scene. Countless bands and performers have followed the path he laid out with his work with Massive Attack and his debut album, 1995's Maxinquaye. Since then, Tricky's moved on: his albums following Maxinquaye, including Juxtapose, his latest, largely abandon its mellow vibe for a darker, harder hip-hop sound. The audience that came to see him at Avalon last Thursday seemed to be hoping to sway to the sounds of his first album, by far the most popular work he has done. His live show, however, took pieces of his entire four-album discography and melded them...
...With Juxtapose, Tricky is positioning himself to appeal to mainstream U.S. hip-hop crowd. It's going to be a tough sell, though: Tricky's hip-hop resembles little else on the market. He's an extraordinarily versatile musician; while he may not always be palatable, he's certainly interesting, and you can't say that he doesn't put on a good show. Avalon unfortunately marred the ending of his show: the lights went up during the second encore, halfway through a terrific rendition of "Vent." Next time, maybe, they'll let him finish...