On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Matthew Tudor wrote:
quoted 9 lines Incidentally, for anyone who's interested, I've
>
> > Incidentally, for anyone who's interested, I've
> > posted a set of 2-step
> > samples at http://www.geocities.com/qubit_records.
>
> Chris Dukes 'Clearly' is the biggest slice of Kraft I
> have heard this year. 'I Can See Clearly Now' with a
> lame-ass backbeat...nuttin revolutionary
>
Ain't nothing wrong with purpose built tunes. I guess the divide
here on the IDM list is between people who are into it from the club
side, wanting to bring more variation and intelligence to music people
actually dance to, and people who are 'home listeners' who are ambivalent
about going out and dancing.
Once your ears are open to what can be accessible to a random crowd of
nutters who want to get sweaty, you want to bring some of that back into
music with more artistic ambition. When Stewart Walker and Kit Clayton
played here, they were definitely tailoring their sets to communicate
with the crowd, and while their sets elsewhere may have been more
adventurous, I think what they did here was real state of the art shit --
they brought some groove with their ideas, and some ideas with their
groove.
But more to the point: One man's velveeta is another man's brie. Some of
the most affecting work I hear flirts with the cheese factor, without going
over the edge. In two step, the cheese factor comes from their love of
American R&B records. As with R&B there's always a really fine line
between cheese and real emotion, and I have nothing but respect for
people who keep it real.
You gotta remember Sturgeon's Law: 99% of everything is bullshit. If you
take the time to find that precious 1% you'll be rewarded, and that goes
for IDM as much as it does Contemporary Gospel.
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