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february.27.2003 - #1113
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artist : Baretta
album : Velvet Brick
year : 2000
label : Emanate Records
genre : Lo-Fi
catalogue : EMA007
url : www.emanaterecords.com
quality : CD 192k HQ True Stereo
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01.Running with the Bulls 04:28
02.Fork Split Jam 05:58
03.Man Form Unkle 04:54
04.Eulogy of an Era 04:37
05.A Playground Called Life Part 1 06:42
06.A Playground Called Life Part 2 05:51
07.When We Were Young (Stay with Us) 06:05
08.In the Sprocket 05:54
09.Keep it Light 05:47
09 tracks | 50:16 mins | 69,1 MB
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Baretta is jeff allen, born in late 1960's in new york city, one of
two sons of immigrant parents. He grew up in and around the
streets of brooklyn. His early musical influences include classic
rock artists such as pink floyd, steely dan and peter gabriel.
Never having an ear for disco, he was drawn to the more
technological funk based dance music of the time, soul sonic force,
grandmaster flash, crash crew, etc. His growing interest in the
new sound of what was then coined electro & hip hop drew jeff
deeper in to explore both early break dance as well as subway
graffiti culture.
In his first year of high school he began hanging with various
graffiti crews, listening to hip hop, smoking angel dust,
vandalizing trains & buses, getting into fights, dropping out of
school, vandalizing more trains & buses, getting into more fights,
until he out grew that nonsense, by that time it was 1986.
Then came the new sound of house music, particularly chicago, then
followed by the detroit sound, which led him into those late nights
with 98.7 kiss fm mix sessions. Working various odd jobs he spent
most of his time at late night parties dancing to this new fusion
of electro beats, synthesizers, and jazz piano riffs.
As the acid house movement exploded, and then eventually rave
techno, jeff found himself not at all into what was happening with
dance music, and shifted his musical ears elsewhere. Then he began
to explore jazz & fusion music.
Having played piano a bit as young child, as well as a little
electric bass in middle school, he began jamming with some friends.
Then one day he had the idea to record these little jam sessions on
a 4-track recorder he had borrowed. Around the same time a friend
introduced him to the artificial intelligence albums out on warp
records. Artists such as black dog, autechre & b12 renewed his
interest in electronic music.
After picking up a copy of model 500's deep space for a mere 99
cents, his musical interests shifted once again towards ambient
techno. A year after listening to what had become one of his
favorite cd's he released his first ep as varathane. Together with
a friend he formed hydrant records and released two more records as
varathane.
In late 1999 he formed sprout recordings along with an old friend
who is an accomplished dj & graphic designer. This new label
concentrated on cd-r releases. Sprout, with it's cd-r format would
allow him to release the first baretta ep. Soon after the baretta
ep he once again shifted gears towards hardcore idm with the
release of the brittle ones ep, followed by the chipsett ep.
After hooking up with emanate records, jeff began working on tracks
for a baretta lp. As of late he has been exploring more academic
tools, such as granular synthesis as a means to make music with.
--emanaterecords.com
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