[quote]detazathoth wrote:
Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
detazathoth wrote:
It’s alright these things happen, although I will say if you like SS, Mike Gilbert does have some “nu-jazz” stuff in his playing style.
“nu-jazz” ?
I can already see the wikipedia article coming…
How about urbandictionary?
Traditional jazz tracks overdubbed with a trip hop and/or Bossa Nova bassline. The freshened up melody is then laced with violins, vibes or live arrangements to create movement. If vocals are added, they are often by an emerging eclectic vocalist or sampled classic jazz lyrics. Nu jazz is a fusion of old jazz rhythms and modern mucical textures. Commercially, the generic version of the sound is branded as lounge music. Nu jazz has a click and a twist, the music has a silky feel and the ability to create a glossy atmosphere with a cool energy that has some soul.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nu+jazz[/quote]
God no…
I remember too well how the “nu-” part worked for metal.
And I hate it when people invent a new goddamn category for every tiny change in the music.
Even more amazing if you look at the promotional texts by labels such as nuclear blast… Like every band who has a contract with them apparently is so darned unique that it requires a whole new genre to be invented…
That would go something like this:
Ok, during one of their songs, band xyz uses a one-note riff and some polyrhythm is going on(or not, the one-note riffs are apparently enough on their own) during 5 seconds of one song on their new album.
Also, they have a break-down somewhere.
And the guitars are tuned so low that the strings hit the ground when played.
The shouter sounds like your average hardcore-shouter. I.e. no variation in his voice at all, etc…
Oh, and they have some simple power-cord staccato riffs here and there (or everywhere, as is more likely the case) played over some real simple 4/4 beat.
And they have an inverted cross on their CD cover.
And they use keyboard samples.
The drummer occasionally does a roll on the toms. Of which he has 2.
Both are triggered with the worst possible sound.
Best is saved for last: One of their songs in the middle of the album starts off with a dead-simple acoustic passage!
This clearly makes them:
“symphonic-math-death-jazz-industrial-crust-core-black’n’roll with oldschool-thrash influences and an edge that other bands do not possess, coupled with amazing technical aptitude, bone-crunching riffs and insane fills!”.
Mind you, the super-exotic band above probably sounds like your average hardcore-band in the end.
And because they are using a nuclear-blast producer, chances are that their kickdrums will be triggered to sound like pencils hitting a wooden desk at machine-gun speed.
I know that sound well, as do my colleagues at work (“STOP PLAYING DRUMS WITH PENCILS ON THE DESK” is what I get to hear daily).
If you put the record into your hi-fi, then you’ll even get some totally un-related and constant bass-drone along with the incessant click-click-click-click of the mighty doublebass…
Ok, I think I was trying to get a point across, but I forgot what it was.
