On Tue, 9 May 2000, zach bass wrote:
quoted 4 lines What? 4 Hero have done some of the most innovative and forward-thinking> What? 4 Hero have done some of the most innovative and forward-thinking
> drum and bass to date. Any nonbelievers should check the Jacob's Optical
> Stairway LP--this is one of the best jungle albums ever IMO, and nary a
> 2-step to be heard.
That came out like 5 years ago. There was no 2-step back then.
I mean I was making a gross generalization about the 2-step thing, but
that's because everyone and I mean EVERYONE in d'n'b is doing 2-step now.
I stopped paying attention to club oriented d'n'b 2 years ago so I could
be wrong, but all the stuff I've heard since then has been 2-step.
quoted 1 line Just curious, what did you think of the Miles Davis remixes?> Just curious, what did you think of the Miles Davis remixes?
Never got to hear them, can't say I'm interested. Some music just doesn't
need to be remixed. I don't see what there is to gain from remixing people
like Coltrane or Miles. Coltrane's songs (especially) are meant to be
listened to as long, continuous, developing pieces, so sampling a snippet
of one of his solos or whatever and using it in a d'n'b tune seems pretty
inconsequential. You might as well be sampling whatever else. It just
becomes another "found sound" and pretty much loses significance. I don't
think there's anything wrong with sampling any of these people, but
"remixing" Coltrane...
I did get to hear that that Laswell/Miles thing and that was OK I guess,
but that was simply a mix really. Might as well listen to the original
albums though.
Andrei
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