At 01:43 PM 1/1/96 -0500, Ryan G. Pals wrote:
quoted 17 lines Without meaning to dis GD in particular, I'd just like to address his>>>>
>Without meaning to dis GD in particular, I'd just like to address his
>statement re. jungle's supposedly "more" complex rhythms -- this is a
>cliche that's oft repeated, but seldom questioned.
>So, *what* exactly are jungle rhythms more complex than?
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>The "complex" rhythms bit is kind of silly. People just say jungle's
>got a complex rhythm cos they feel it's too fast and too layered
>to dance to. Isn't that silly?
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>If more jungle would really work at creating complex rhythms instead
>of sampling a few records and layering the effects the genre would
>have moved forward a long time ago. Amen ragga got boring, now
>there's the hip hop style. Eh...
>
>Anyway, I completely agreed with the above quoted post.
Fuck yeah. Kraftwerk was just twisting knobs, too.
I think it's great that artists such as Autechre and Single Cell Orchestra
(et al, of course) have discovered that combining a Drum Machine with a
suitably arranged delay pedal can give a loop that satisfies the doubletime
jones I have acquired through listening to Jungle. Oh yeah, the 606 on mode
2 is a wonderment in itself. Fuck! Shit! 32nd notes!
It ain't Jungle though. Jungle is cutting breaks. I've never heard that
cliche mentioned about complexity, but that's not what Jungle's project is.
Jungle's _intense_, not complex.
I wonder how much Jungle Ryan has listened to to feel he is capable of
providing an authoritative overview of what it is working toward to someone
who doesn't know. I mean, it WAS an honest question, right?
eh
onnow: Four Eyes - Electro Acid Dub II