Jazz Is The Teacher

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3mb featuring Juan Atkins. Juan Aktins, Thomas Fehlman and Moritz Von Oswald put out a future jazz techno record in 1993. DX bass shuffle, wild pitch strings, georgeous chord hits and swung out percussion. Deep space grit, it is every Detroit cliche and it is fantastic. The Magic Juan Edit has been on winamp loop for the last hour. slsk at once.

― Nihilist Pop Star (mjt), Sunday, 23 November 2003 22:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Wait, I'm confused... Who is the preacher?

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Sunday, 23 November 2003 22:25 (twenty-two years ago)

― Nihilist Pop Star (mjt), Sunday, 23 November 2003 22:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Funk is the preacher of course!

― James Annett (jlannett), Sunday, 23 November 2003 23:31 (twenty-two years ago)

james blood ulmer and depeche mode caught in an elevator

― gaz (gaz), Sunday, 23 November 2003 23:40 (twenty-two years ago)

um, ulmer in a depeche elevator mode?

is that some lift to a scaffold?

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 24 November 2003 00:18 (twenty-two years ago)

this is one of those times that i really wish i could use slsk. grr.

― lauren (laurenp), Monday, 24 November 2003 01:12 (twenty-two years ago)

cheers for the recommendation,i'll have a look on slsk now..

― robin (robin), Monday, 24 November 2003 01:15 (twenty-two years ago)

That entire 3MB 12'' is bananas. I'm partial to "The Cosmic Courier" myself.

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Monday, 24 November 2003 15:35 (twenty-two years ago)

i have to guess that the opening five posts of this thread are better than the record itself

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Monday, 24 November 2003 15:41 (twenty-two years ago)

i like this,although i think i might have the wrong version cause i can't really hear much in the way of strings,unless theyre that noise that sounds like crickets chirping

― robin (robin), Monday, 24 November 2003 16:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Metal is the creature, punk is the feature! IDM is the beaker, house is the streaker!

― dave q, Monday, 24 November 2003 16:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Juan is the Originator, Derrick is the Innovator, and Kevin is the Elevator.

I think you have the wrong version Robin, the strings fade in after 20 seconds. They are in the beginning and the come in for the second time around 5.25. The Juan Mix lasts 9.40 seconds.

i have to guess that the opening five posts of this thread are better than the record itself

You should give it a shot, it grows on you. It is interesting to see what happens when you put those three into a studio. It is one of the few things Juan did in the 90's that I cared for.

― Nihilist Pop Star (mjt), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 01:47 (twenty-two years ago)

"The Passage" is a great Juan record from the 90's. Boy was he stoned when he did that one. And boy, was I stoned when I listened to it.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 01:49 (twenty-two years ago)

theres not much jazzy about it thankfully - its a great record.

― jed (jed_e_3), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 01:49 (twenty-two years ago)

oh i was just kidding mike. i will download it tonight in fact.

― fiddo centington (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 01:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Another good 90s Juan track: "I Wanna Be There," lush 20 minute vocal epic with big splashy synth flanges.

I don't think "Jazz" is great great, but it's pretty good and I kept it around through various purges. It's the rare jazz-dance record that isn't bland, probably because the jazziness is in the swinging drums, rather than saxophone samples or dodgy vocals.

― bugged out, Tuesday, 25 November 2003 01:57 (twenty-two years ago)

One of my favorite Juan tracks period is Infoworld from the Ocean To Ocean EP on Transmat. I still think that is one of the best things he has ever done. That track has some of his best DX100 programming ever.

Another thing I liked that never got much press was the Model 600 record he did a couple years back on Metroplex. I don't know much about it, but the rumour is that Mike Banks gave him a hand with it. It is super grungy minimal electro with Juan talking over the top of it. I guess it finally got a regular pressing but for the longest time you could only pick it up as a white label from Submerge. I need to go down there one of these days and do some record shopping.

― Nihilist Pop Star (mjt), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 02:14 (twenty-two years ago)

You should give it a shot, it grows on you. It is interesting to see what happens when you put those three into a studio. It is one of the few things Juan did in the 90's that I cared for.

I think the Infiniti stuff is some of his best ever. Some of the Skynet album is brilliant, like "Body Oil", "Higher" and the title track.

Colin 's OTM re: "The Passage".

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 16:50 (twenty-two years ago)

I just realized I am completely full of shit, I downloaded a copy of Deep Space because I had not heard it in years. Milky Way just entered my Top 5 Detroit tracks of all time.

― Nihilist Pop Star (mjt), Tuesday, 25 November 2003 18:11 (twenty-two years ago)

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