We get a good number of demo submissions here at SBR HQ. And no hate but most are really just drums that sample far too much of mediocre disco songs. In fact most usually sound like 128 mp3 files. With the progression of Ableton in the last 5+ years the simplicity and ease of sampling makes this 100% expected. It’s certainly not like the cost (and emotional energy) of buying an Akai S900 in the days of yore and actually digging through crates to unearth that random 4 bars that would make a tune… But no hate… swear.
Good music can be made with anything and be done anywhere. However, I will say most of what we get sounds a bit lazy. Enter Cajmere and Gene Farris. Well, it is much less an entrance than a history lesson. Cajmere (a.k.a. Green Velvet) has been doing this style since it’s beginning and his label, Cajual was one of the labels that gave birth to this style. Gene Farris is certainly no noob either. Check his discogs just to see – if you do not know.
That beings said, after a few tunes from Curtis Jones that were not up my alley recently, I was THRILLED to see Gene’s name on this record. Could it be? Is there a chance that they called on the old Chi-Town mojo? The answer is simply yes. And we at SBR could not be more thrilled. Hats off to a couple of the pioneers.
