Essential Theo Parrish
via FACT Mag
“The story goes that he threw the demo tape of this onto stage at a Jill Scott show, and her manager promptly threw it back at him. After a few repeats of the tape being tossed from stage to crowd, Jill intervened, took it home and liked it so much she left the endearing answer phone message you hear at the start of the vinyl version. This is Theo reshaping a neo-soul record into a lush slice of 4am warehouse music, chopping the Moe Kaufmann sample that drives the original into a slow, pulsating groove that rises and falls like waves, a prototype for the “slow house” music of recent years.”
Tags: Essential, FACT Mag, Mr. Beatnick, Theo Parrish
