quoted 3 lines If I played two operas to you side by side, and told you the names of the>>
>>If I played two operas to you side by side, and told you the names of the
>>composers, I'll bet I could play you a third track by one of the composers
and >>you could pick out who it was almost instantly. This was a big revelation
to >>me in my understanding of classical music and jazz. You don't have to be a
quoted 2 lines total fanatic to understand some basic indiviudual artistic tendencies....>>total fanatic to understand some basic indiviudual artistic tendencies....
>>Jungle is more formulaic than pop.
there is certainly formulaic jungle but to call it all formulaic is absurd. If
I play idm (Autechre, AFX, Orb etc) for my grandmother she says it all sounds
same. That's because she only hears the beat. She is not attuned to the
subtleties that distinguish styles. Anyone who says that the metalheadz sound
is the same as Amon Tobin or that the Penny Black darkness is the same as
Bukem's dolphin sound doesn't listen carefully.
Face it. electronic music as a whole is fairly formulaic. Start with a beat
and start layering over the top. Maybe some breakdowns or synthwashs or
whatever. Its an empirical music made largely by trial and error without much
need for specialized training or knowledge. It doesn't have the compositional
quality of classical or even jazz IMO. But to say jungle is somehow more so
than techno or ambient is really just climbing on a high horse about your own
personal taste.
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Mark Edward Bowen
Warmed Breakdown
mb@gettins.bche.uic.edu