From Philip Sherburne Sent Thu, Nov 19th 1998, 21:13
From Philip Sherburne Sent Thu, Nov 19th 1998, 21:13
[Rodney Perkins wrote:
Mad Professor's new album "Dubtronic" (Ariwa/Ras) is
pretty fried....]
Speaking of which, the upcoming Sly & Robbie record (slated for Feb.)--
"Drum and bass strip to the bone by Howie B" -- is surprisingly good.
In my opinion, it's more a Howie B record than a S&R. Heavily, heavily
remixed. Stylistically, it's all over the map, from the opening, almost
chain-reactionesque minimal dub-techno (yeah, it surprised me, too), to
some weird big-beat stuff later on, that's obviously going to be the
single. (there's also a weird aeon-flux-like video, with combat-suited
Sly & Robbie doing battle against armed vixens and monster
transformers... very weird.)
It loses points big time, though, for the marketing tie-in. Checked out
Palm Pictures' web site last night (PP is Island Records' new imprint),
and discovered that the record is getting a co-release with a VHS/DVD
called simply "Strip to the bone." Some marketing wizard has taken
literally the verb in the title, and has put together an album length
video of LA strippers bumping and grinding to the tracks.
(Whatevah.)
phil
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