http://negroplease.vox.com/library/posts/tags/troublemakers/page/1/ rumor has it, a blogger once lived here. en Vox Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:20:31 -0700 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss troublemakers http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/lastfm-says-downtempo.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Jason) http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/lastfm-says-downtempo.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/lastfm-says-downtempo.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sun, 28 Oct 2007 02:20:31 -0700 <p>In this round of last.fm recommendations, there was a distinct push towards the chillout end of my musical spectrum. Well, that&#39;s not exactly true. I&#39;ve never really liked the term chillout and especially not as interchangeable with downtempo. Zero 7 doesn&#39;t relax my mind and heart. They ignite it. See also Jazzanova, Koop, and the rest of my favorite European NuJazz acts, or whatever you want to call them.</p><p>Anyway, the best of the bunch in this crowd of newly found is <a href="http://www.33rpm.com/index.php?page=artists&amp;id=4038&amp;p=detail">Troublemakers</a>:</p> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400e398b77f4f0005" at:format="large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-large audio-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item audio-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400e398b77f4f0005.html"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400e398b77f4f0005-320pi" alt="Hum Hum" title="Hum Hum" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400e398b77f4f0005.html" title="Hum Hum">Hum Hum</a></div> <div class="enclosure-asset-subtitle overflow-hidden">Troublemakers</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <p> I&#39;m less sure about <a href="http://www.exceptionalrecords.co.uk/artists_detail.asp?id=39">Fat Jon The Ample Soul Physician</a> (who regularly shows up in my recommendations) but I do like this track a lot:</p> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400e398b77d2d0003" at:format="large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-large audio-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item audio-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400e398b77d2d0003.html"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400e398b77d2d0003-320pi" alt="You Are" title="You Are" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400e398b77d2d0003.html" title="You Are">You Are</a></div> <div class="enclosure-asset-subtitle overflow-hidden">Fat Jon The Ample Soul Physician</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <p><br /> <div>and, finally, there&#39;s <a href="http://www.jehro.com/">Jehro</a> who has a wonderful voice but may, in fact, be too &quot;chillout&quot; for me:<br /><br /> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400e398b769de0002" at:format="large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-large audio-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item audio-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400e398b769de0002.html"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400e398b769de0002-320pi" alt="Continuando" title="Continuando" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/audio/6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400e398b769de0002.html" title="Continuando">Continuando</a></div> <div class="enclosure-asset-subtitle overflow-hidden">Jehro</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <br />For all my last.fm friends, what has the music site been recommending for you?<br /></div><div><br /></div></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://negroplease.vox.com/library/post/lastfm-says-downtempo.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c10e0f6f1fd3b400e398b77c580004?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> downtempo chillout troublemakers jehro last.fm says fat jon the ample soul physician