Derek Corcoran <gapv96@udcf.gla.ac.uk> writes:
quoted 6 lines Correct me if I'm wrong but I read in Jockey Slut that the jedi knights>Correct me if I'm wrong but I read in Jockey Slut that the jedi knights
>remix of antacid had an electro-revival remix on it. Is this the sam sort of
>stuff people used to breakdance to a few years back and if so what the
>hell is all the fuss about. It's not new and personally I think it's crap. I
>would say that I'm fairly open-minded but I thought that music was supposed
>to make you feel something which electro doesn't seem to,
well, if you're so open minded, you wouldn't go around calling it "crap"
out of hand. obviously electro offered a lot to a lot of people.
personally, there are some totally cracking tracks that i really dig.
unfortunately, there are also a lot of silly cliches in that style that
jedi knights are doing little to get away from. the antacid remix has some
nice drum programming and bass noises but the vocoder stuff and the string
melody are kinda lame.
personally (and i know teep is sick of hearing this as he and i have been
hashing this out in email for a week! apologies in advance, buddy.), i
think that there are plenty of good ideas to be incorporated without doing
a full on throwback to the mid 80's. jedi knights, however, are just doing
the total clone thing. i mean, it's interesting as an intellectual
exercise, but that's about it.
jon's top electro trax:
kraftwerk - numbers
herbie hancock - rockit
dynamix ii - ignition
bomb the bass - ten seconds to terminate
meat beat manifesto - i got the fear (titanium mix)
Jon Drukman
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