quoted 9 lines And regarding the ongoning MTV/sell-out/etc. debate - as the message> And regarding the ongoning MTV/sell-out/etc. debate - as the message
> someone pulled from the '94 archives proves, this argument has been going
> on for far too long. Yeah, schmoes like The Prodigy are going to be big
> and will "bring techno to the masses", blah blah blah. So fuckin' what?
> The "underground" ain't gonna go away. Labels like Spymania and Skam and
> Chrome and all the rest of 'em will still exist in one form or another,
> givin' us the good stuff. In fact, they'll probably work *harder* to push
> the envelope as the mainstream appropriates more of the culture. Dunno
> about you, but I think that'll be A Really Good Thing (tm).
Finally, at last someone says something sensible in this whole tedious
debate. I can't believe you Americans get so worked up about this.
In England dance music is the mainstream, and where does 90% of
the underground IDM you guys worship come from? Every hip youth
program has dnb jingles, as do adverts. snippets of Autechre regularly
popup on BBC2 programme trails. Cheesy house music tops the charts,
and so does non cheesy house music sometimes. For christs sake,
shut up and learn to live with it. Whether it be underground or
mainstream, whether a million MTV kids like it or not, good music
is good music. Theres always going to be boring bandwaggoneers (here's
a clue - ignore them) and theres always going to be exciting new
music. You know what you like and thats what counts.
Phew.
~~
Ben Coffer <ben@hybridgame.demon.co.uk> wrote:
When
quoted 3 lines are people gonna realise that nearly *all* house music is completely> are people gonna realise that nearly *all* house music is completely
> and totally formulaic and most times constructed within a half
> hourly tea break in the studio.
Mmm, this sounds familiar. Oh look its someone claiming that a genre of
music is piss easy to create in only half an hour, and takes no
skill in fact a computer could do it, now where did I put my guitar?
BULLSHIT!
Though I will admit that GC seem to be going pretty retro nowadays, just
check the back of that Jedi Knights EP: "Remember when breakbeats where
Rrruff" and so on. Still when the tunes are this kicking who cares?
seofon@wco.com (Seofon):
quoted 1 line but since disco/house is definitively not this-listy,>but since disco/house is definitively not this-listy,
I have to disagree here. I know the classic Artificial Intelligence
album cover shows a guy sitting down, but there plenty of house music
out there that shows great care in its production and, yes, even
intelligence. Check all the recent GC releases, or Herbert, or The End
records, or Classic Records, etc.
We discuss plenty of dance floor oriented Techno on
here and lets face it techno and house are basically the same thing.
Some people just appear to be stuck in that ole Death b4 Disco attitude.
Goddamn prog rockers!
~~
Finally, whats up with the IDM archives. They seem to be stuck in
January 97. Updated daily, my arse! Erm, I missed a few digests
cos our mail server broke down. If anyone feels like mailing me
any or all of numbers 1005 to 1011 I'd be most grateful.
Cheers,
Andrew C.