Spaceways

Hip-hop/jazz fusioners Spaceways record for the Bristol-based Glass of Tea label, whose produces by Grantby, Crimson, Monk & Canatella, and Crimson Penguin coupled with those of higher-profile Bristolean functions such as for example Massive Assault and Portishead to make the town a hotspot of types for smoky, dub- and jazz-inflected mind music. Championing a groove-based, live-sounding integration of funky, sequenced beats and live percussion with plenty of brass, guitars, standup bass, along with other instrumental impacts not normally connected with digital dance music, Spaceways are, like Crimson Snapper and Propellerheads, among a fresh crop of performers re-exploring dance music’s origins in live show. A seven-piece filled with horn section, the group created in 1989 in the elevation of the united kingdom acid jazz trend, and their origins tend to be more than obvious in their 1st string of COT produces, “Japanese Flute” as well as the full-length debut, Trad (even though jazz is usually of a freer, much less “processed” sort compared to the Talkin’ Loud and Acidity Jazz tracks which were the staples of this picture). Spaceways tour frequently and are a continuing around the Bristol picture through Glass of Tea’s numerous club occasions, which regularly feature mixed expenses of DJs, visible performers, and live functions.