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Donald Byrd, Noel Pointer, Ronnie Laws, Gene
arlier this year, I had the unexpected
Harris, Horace Silver and several other jazz greats,
displeasure o f DJing at a dyke-ow ned
the product is a fresh set of songs that carry contem
club which mandated that DJs spin
porary flavor mingled with classic smoothness.
only “neutral m usic,” by which they
meant disco and techno (does this
mean hip-hop, soul and rap are “biased” music?).
R obi -R ob
For an all-around audiophile like myself, this type
Robi-Rob’s Clubworld • Sony Music
o f music ignorance and bigotry cannot be toler
ated. So listen up and listen carefully: There is
his latest release comes from half o f the C +
more to club music than disco and techno— no
C Music Factory: Robert Clivilles. A w el
com e relief after hearing the M acarena played all
over the place so dam n m uch, these Latin-
inspired grooves mark R obi-R ob’s first release
since the unexpected death o f the other C, David
Cole, earlier this year. Clubworld 's bilingual beats
(som e of the songs are sung in C livilles’ native
wonder P-tow n’s queer club music scene sucks.
tongue,
Spanish) are made even better by big-
But, negativity aside, h ere’sa buncha music that
name vocalists like M artha W ash and Ya Kid K
you’d be lucky to hear anyw here in the so-called
adding
their unm istakable voices on some o f the
"dance clubs,” a m ixture o f old and new releases
tracks.
that range from acid ja zz to house to dance hall
Definitely not much like the more popular C +
music.
C stuff played on the radio, R obi-R ob’s mixed
tracks are the product o f a DJ whose reputation in
V arious A rtists
the highly com petitive New York underground
club scene has steadily risen over several years. I
Jungle: The Sound o f the Underground • Sony/
especially liked the first track, "B oriqua Anthem
Colum bia
’96 Rem ix,” for its beautiful blend o f R obi-R ob’s
rapping with a Latin flavor that underscores the
rom that ever-evolving British music scene
M acarena’s bland redundancy.
com es the sound o f the jungle. O riginating
from a group o f predom inantly black and ragga-
inspired DJs w ho inevitably fused the sounds o f
the then em erging techno scene with their ow n
original mix o f ragga beats. That fusion then
evolved into w hat’s better know n as jungle: fast
and frenzied beats m ixed with slow ethereal am
bient sounds that m ake for a unique com bination
indeed.
This compilation includes one o f my favorite
“sing along at the top o f your lungs” versions o f
“Come Together.” Though a mix o f sounds that
perhaps may be too strange for those whose ears
are used to hearing a particular kind o f dance
music, jungle— like jazz— is the result o f DJs’
continuing experimentation with the tunes and
influences o f music styles from around the globe.
Unlike sounds you’d hear in Tarzan’s world,
however, this sound doesn’t go with lush green
plants and trees— it’s meant for those o f us trapped
G ay Classics, Vol. Ill
in the concrete jungle o f urban living.
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V arious A rtists
Da Undaground Sound: East Side, Vol. / «Priority
G ay Classics, Vols. I-X • SoBe/Hot Productions
f you are down w it’ da beats, you’ll greatly
appreciate groovin’ to this CD. With rappin’
hip-hoppin’ funkstas like Wu-Tang Clan, Das
Efx, A Tribe Called Quest, Gang Starr ( a k a
Guru), Slick Rick, Brand Nubian and KRS-One,
to name but a few, you’ll be wondering why the
current popularity o f hip-hopsters like The Fugees
didn’t happened sooner.
I’ve noticed that the rap and hip-hop style o f
delivery and mixing o f beats are being appropri
ated by more and more altema-bands like Cake
and Soul Coughing. Oh well, at least they know
how not to be neutral!
he arrival o f this set of CDs was not a surprise
to me. After all, we all know how much
queers have been a part o f the club scene. How
ever, having neither the time nor the energy to
listen to all 10 CDs in one sitting, I enlisted the
help o f a friend to determine if this set was any
good. Lo and behold, my disco-delighting friend
found most o f the songs on each CD poor imita
tions o f the original hits they were supposed to
have embellished upon and therefore improved.
The remix o f the disco hit “I Will Survive” by
Gloria Gaynor (the original is one o f my friend’s
favorites) was bland and mediocre in comparison.
I can’t honestly say, however, that there isn’t
a song worthy o f a listen among 120-plus tracks.
Eighties hits like “Stay with Me” by India, “Stormy
Weather” by Viola Wills, an old-style remixed
“West End Girls” by Pet Shop Boys, and a good
lip-synching song like “All American Boy” by
Barbara Pennington were tolerable. But a handful
o f OK songs among a bunch o f CDs wouldn’t be
a good buy, would it?
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The New Groove: The Blue Note Remix Project •
Blue Note
oming from Blue Note is another great com
pilation featuring great jazz tunes that provide
more than toe-tapping music. Remixed tracks from
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