On 1 Jul 1996, Dave Walker wrote:
quoted 3 lines tracks at the rate of 2 a minute. That 4/4 isn't> tracks at the rate of 2 a minute. That 4/4 isn't
> a crutch, in this context it's the center beam
> holding the damned _building_ together.
What's more interesting, a tower of steel cubes with christmas lights or,
for example, the Guggenheim museum?
quoted 8 lines Mills approach is to work three turntables +> Mills approach is to work three turntables +
> a drum machine in his set. the only way that's
> going to work without continuous
> trainwreck city is if the tracks he's using
> are skeletal. Does this disqualify him
> from the IDM club? Does the list
> primer have a "Thou shalt employ
> polyrhythms" commandment?
It would if I made the rules. I'm not qualified to criticize Mills on
technical grounds. I just think it's lazy and unneccesary to use such
boring rhythms. The sky is the limit with a drum machine and a good
sequencer. Why not use the tools?