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...British invasion? That might be pushing it. For starters, much of Britain’s “new-sound?? is so stubbornly non-commercial that its growing popularity in America is due more to word of mouth and adventurous late-night use of KaZaA than any kind of hostile takeover. Even following the recent MTV-manufactured “return to rock,” the American airwaves remain inaccessible to British bands and cluttered with the bratty, pseudo-garage sounds of Sum 41, or the glam pop-rock of Nickelback and Creed...
There you are, surrounding by flashing bulbs and screaming Japanese. What’s going on? Where am I? Am I fighting? And what’s that whooshing sound?...
...exacting understanding of what makes people move characterized the night’s music. They began their set with immediately danceable beats and tunes that did not let up until the very end. An early track was a vivid demonstration of their obsession with the texture of sound??overlaying an ethereal instrumental sample onto a jagged, edgy beat. With that exception, the set’s first half was dominated by heavy bass rhythms without much of the airy, dreamy vocal samples that have characterized trance’s radio-friendly appeal. Deep Dish exemplified their love affair...
Trip hop has remained an almost entirely British affair since its inception in the “Bristol sound?? pioneered by bands such as Tricky, Massive Attack and Portishead. However, it was probably only a matter of time, particularly given the disappearance of many of the big names, before an American band figured they could mix big chillout beats and electronic burbles with blissed-out vocals. That band is Park Avenue Music. And the result is not half bad: captivating, ethereal vocals that mumble about how “I’ll always be with...
...eclectic Dispatch sound??with its reggae rhythms, rap-style verses, grunge electric guitar solos and bongo drum jams—evolved out of the more acoustically driven One Fell Swoop sound. Talking about their early days, Chad commented that, “We were all pretty affected by grunge and we had that electric sort of Pearl Jam, Soundgarden sound in the back of our minds. It was just a matter of producing that sound. In the beginning