quoted 4 lines Over the past few days I've been listening to a lot of circa 1991-92> Over the past few days I've been listening to a lot of circa 1991-92
> electronica/IDM (Old Orb, Seefeel, Renegade Soundwave, SAW2, Artificial
> Intelligence, old FSOL, etc) and I thought to myself that almost none of
> this fantastic music used any drum-n-bass gestures at all, and none
involved
quoted 4 lines anything like *gag* big beat.> anything like *gag* big beat.
>
> I thought also that this stuff holds up *extremely* well over time,
> whereas a lot of more recent stuff even by the same artists (i.e., RDJ)
gets
quoted 7 lines tired for me after one or two listens.> tired for me after one or two listens.
>
> I mean, how much drum and bass/breakbeat/big beat can you listen to
> before it loses it's novelty? And who's doing music in the tradition the
> aforementioned artists were practicing in 1992 (actually, I'd say BoC is to
> a certain extent, and some of Squarepusher's less hectic stuff does too).
> What happened to melodic, dancy, trippy dub? Beat-oriented ambient? It's
all
quoted 8 lines a wash of plinkityplinkitychikachikaboom 180+ bpm nowadays.> a wash of plinkityplinkitychikachikaboom 180+ bpm nowadays.
>
> Don't get me wrong, I love the speed and power of hard ass dnb, but
> right now I'm listening to the Orb's Adventures beyond the Ultraworld and
> I'm thinking damn this stuff is well-crafted and melodic and enveloping and
> I don't hear that much anymore.
>
> -Cf
I totally agree with what you're saying. Sure, this d'n'b stuff is great, but
I think once the whole fascination with these 32nd triplet flanged snare drum
rolls at 250 BPM (okay, maybe that's an exageration) is over, only a few
artists will be remembered. BTW, a lot of the stuff I do is geared more
towards the spirit of '92. Programming d'n'b beats gives me a headache. :-)
Geoff
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