Adam J Weitzman writes:
quoted 3 lines I think it's fair to say that the Art Of Noise album (with its preceding> I think it's fair to say that the Art Of Noise album (with its preceding
> EP "Into Battle") and the M|A|R|R|S single "Pump Up The Volume" deserve
> a place in the family tree of IDM as well.
expect a column on AON soon! i think it's fair to say that "who's
afraid of the art of noise" totally changed my life.
quoted 5 lines from AR Kane and Colourbox meshed the rhythms of the street with the> from AR Kane and Colourbox meshed the rhythms of the street with the
> technology of the day and came up with quite possibly the funkiest
> machine-generated one-off pop song ever. The constant rhythm changes,
> the incessant scratching, the other-worldly vox sample of Ofra Haza,
> etc., just astonishing.
the thing i find most impressive to this day about stuff like
M|A|R|R|S is how much effort they put into making it seem smooth and
effortless. we're talking about programming the drum tracks in step
time at 96 ppqn resolution. we're talking about laying the bassline
down in two separate passes because their sequencer didn't do the
right kind of swing to hack it in one pass. but it doesn't sound
forced at all. that track is the quintessence of groove. compare
against the plodding simplistic daft punk, for example... no contest.
---jsd
"Sanity is a one trick pony...you only get one trick: rational thinking...
but when you're good and crazy,the sky's the limit!!" - The Tick.