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From:
Miles Egan
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Date:
Mon, 1 Jul 1996 18:57:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:
Re: (idm) In defense of Jeff Mills
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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?