quoted 5 lines to think that using fractured drum and bass beats is being a rip off is> >to think that using fractured drum and bass beats is being a rip off is
> >wrong. why are both tom j and aphex being original about it while he's
> >not?
>
> Short answer: they aren't.
true enough, though aphex did invent both acid and ambient as we all know.
and squarepusher was the first to melt jazz with more modern forms of
music.
i should probably put a little smiley here.