But what about the people who know nothing about Nord
Modular?! :)
--- Gilly <galaxey@sdccu.net> wrote: > anonymous
wrote:
quoted 100 lines There is nothing wrong with making music for
>
> There is nothing wrong with making music for
> yourself. That's missing the
> point.
>
> There is something wrong with charging me $15 + $7
> in ticketbastard fees to
> go watch two guys do a bunch of shit i sit here and
> do with my nord modular
> anyway.
>
> Let me elaborate on this.
>
> This recent autechre tour has become the joke of the
> nord-modular list. For
> those who don't know, the Nord Modular is one of
> many synthesizers available
> on the market today. It also happens to be ae's
> primary synth, if not the
> only thing they use on some of their tracks.
>
> One of the many capabilities of the modular,
> depending on the user's
> experience and skill, is that one can actually write
> chaotic evolving
> patches. Most of us know how to do it by now, and
> we all know Autechre
> does.
>
> So this entire week the list has been filled with
> "autechre concert" patches
> from people like me pissed that they paid money to
> go hear a demo of a
> synthesizer...
>
> ...and some of them are *dead on*. perfect.
>
> which basically shows that autechre is pulling a big
> "fuck you" to their
> fans. any of us who know how to use the nord can do
> this crap. it takes a
> bit of practice learning the ramp controls and logic
> functions, but once
> you've got it down you can be Instant-Autechre.
>
> This, to me, is not music. It's a patch on a synth.
> I can sit here at home
> and listen to my own versions of it instead of
> paying $22 to stand in a
> dark, hot crowded room and listen to Sean Booth act
> like he's actually doing
> something innovative.
>
> This is "wankery" to me. It's boring. Those of you
> listening to it
> thinking "man, that's crazy...they're switching from
> 3/4 to 9/15 and
> back"...well, no, they aren't. it's a bunch of
> algorithms on a synth doing
> it, and it wouldn't matter if there was someone in
> front of the synth or
> not.
>
> So obviously, I wanted to know why Roxi liked it (do
> try to read all the
> posts before replying next time ;), not "why she
> lacks the capability of
> knowing any better" or however that was twisted. I
> think a lot of people
> like this crap because it's Autechre, and Autechre
> is cool, so they're
> supposed to like it. That's just lame. There are
> hundreds of bands out
> there doing this kind of stuff, only better. Richie
> Devine writes his own
> dsp code for his tracks, for chrissakes...Phoenecia
> melded miami booty bass
> with idm...even some of Jake Mandell's stuff has a
> weird jazzy feel on top
> of the clicks and pops...and, of course, even though
> RDJ made up all that
> junk about making his own custom synths and
> software, he still did some
> amazing stuff with supercollider and has always been
> a positive innovator in
> the electronic music scene.
>
> I just wonder if all the same people would be
> listening to a cd of this
> music if it was some unknown band. I doubt it, but
> who knows. This isn't
> an attack, so please don't read it that way.
> "Anything that separates us is junk. Cause when it
> rains, both the pope and
> the prostitute get wet"
> -Carlos Santana on racism
> :::...\|/unity in diversity\|/..:::
>
>
>
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