Mark Kolmar wrote:
quoted 6 lines I suspect that abandoning groove in an ambient/techno context would yield> I suspect that abandoning groove in an ambient/techno context would yield
> wonderful results. Layer different meters, approach rhythm in a painterly
> way and disregard or subvert the 4/4 grid. It's difficult to avoid the
> usual rhythmic patterns. So the art-music scene has been working a
> half-century to devise various ways to organize coherent rhythms which
> don't center on pulse.
I agree with this - it seems that there is little experimentation with
more complex rhythms and time signatures in the majority of electronica
out there, despite the rhythmic innovation spawned by jungle. There are
several tracks within the idm arena, though, which hint at more complex
grooves:
1. Gescom - Key Nell track F2
2. Aphex Twin - Vaz Deferenz
3. Basic Channel - Radiance II
4. Squarepusher - Significant Others
One significant feature of several of these tracks is the use of triplet
sixteenth and triplet eighth notes, which are rarely used in electronica
- they pop up occasionally as a snare fill on jungle tracks, but are
hardly ever used to form a consistant rhythm. Can anyone think of any
other tracks that use triplets extensively?
GD