Re: What electronica is inspiring you?

[Art Simon <simart@gmail.com>]

I'm just reopening an old thread because I just heard Skalpel. They
are a  Polish electronica duo that samples Polish jazz tracks. They've
been around awhile, so this is probably old news to many, but it's new
to me and I'm loving it. Search "Flying Officer Skalpel" on google and
you can listen to a great track on iLike.com. Here's the allmusic page
on Skalpel:

"Polish duo Skalpel channeled the influence of their homeland's rich
jazz traditions into their own contemporary electronic sound.
DJs/producers Marcin Cichy and Igor Pudlo first teamed in Wroclaw,
Poland, in 1998. Working in virtual anonymity, Skalpel soon began
assembling the first of their Eastern European fusion-inspired
cut-and-paste mosaics by sampling classic LPs from artists including
Krzysztof Komeda, Tomasz Stanko, and the Novi Sisters, spending months
and even years in search of the right sounds to complete each
individual track. In 2000 Pudlo  interviewed Ninja Tune label artist
DJ Vadim for the Polish hip-hop magazine Klan. Soon after, Vadim
invited Skalpel to tour Poland with his Russian Percussion ensemble,
and after returning to Wroclaw the duo issued their debut CD-R, Polish
Jazz. Despite limited distribution, the release was the subject of
rapturous acclaim and in 2001 Ninja Tune extended a record deal.
Skalpel spent the next three years working on its self-titled debut
LP, earning comparison to jazz icons Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock
with the end result. Konfusion  followed in 2007."

I'm loving everything of Skalpel's that I've found.

On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 8:32 PM, Art Simon <simart@gmail.com> wrote:
> I like the jazzy electronica. I hope you'll bear with me as "recent" to 
>me
> means "recently discovered" by me. Most of this has been around for 
>years. I
> really like Loka "Fire Shephards," DJ Cam "Lost and Found," Marc Cary
> "Rhodes Ahead, Vol 1," Odean Pope "The Misled Children meet Odean Pope,"
> Unforscene "Fingers and Thumbs," and I just love, LOVE, "flutter" by 
>Bonobo.
>
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