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Jazzanova : Big Chill
(Wednesday August 9, 2000 5:10 PM )

Gig played on 05/08/2000
Venue: Larmer Tree Gardens (Salisbury)

The Big Chill manages to side step the sort of unwanted musical snobbery that can sometimes plague the likes of Jazzanova - who have been deemed cooler than is strictly useful for their chances at real longevity - and consequently offers a line-up that is peppered with superb acts from the deeply fashionable to the terminally un-trendy.

It's the sort of balance that gives the festival its unique atmosphere and community and which pushes Jazzanova into the 8.30 slot in the dance tent, leaving the headline for true Big Chill hero, Mr Scruff.

With the three DJing members of the German collective now tending to take it in turns to take trips to the UK to teach us about dance music, this time it was Jurgen that seamlessly prepared the dance tent for Mr Scruff's Saturday headline slot.

The two hours from 8.30 take us on a trip through dance music from the quirky bossa of Joyce to drum and bass programming so rhythmically complex as to remind us of the brilliance of our own slightly beleaguered homegrown creation. It also, if we were not so sun addled and beer drenched to be mistaken, offered a few sneaky glimpses into Jazzanova's forthcoming album.

Beautifully detailed productions were the order of the day - in this case from the chart-topping production finesse of Timbaland and Aaliyah's 'Try Again' to the low-end assault of MJ Cole's mix of Wookie's 'Battle'. The diversity of styles was, as usual, almost unparalleled with coherence, magically, never being in question.

Ultimately, it's just feels like a mischievous treat to have sneaked past 10pm at a festival and still find yourself dancing to something other than a pounding 4/4 beat. Viva la Chill!


by James Poletti

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