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quoted 50 lines Sorry, but I can't resist: you can tell that you don't really> Sorry, but I can't resist: you can tell that you don't really
> know much about music journalism, as the article was written
> by Simon Reynolds -- who, love him or hate him, is one of the
> more influential electronic-music journalists out there.
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> Also, maybe you should pay attention: "this genre," in the
> case of US (and especially San Francisco) artists like
> Clayton, Lesser, Kid606 et al, really has very little to do
> with Aphex & AE, much less Squarepusher. They're trying to do
> something a bit different stylistically (and in terms of
> "branding," seeing that they've all pretty much gone DIY
> without much support from European labels). (I'm tempted to
> say pull your head out of the sand: there are in fact other
> things going on that just Aphex and AE and yes, even Squarepusher.)
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> Reynolds did comment, in fact, that he tried to develop the
> argument around this generation's differentiation from "first
> wave" european producers, but Spin editors cut that part.
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> - phil
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> >Who has seen the latest issue of Spin Magazine? There is
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> >"Laptop Punks and Powerbook Pop" and it starts off with
> talking about Bjork
> >and Matmos working together on her Vespertine album. The
> article was
> >interesting but you could tell that the person writting the
> article really
> >didn't know much about the music.
> >Apperently they interviewed Matmos, Kid606, Lesser, and
> quoted Kit Clayton.
> >I thought it was quite funny that they believed this genre
> was lead by
> >Americans when the founding pioneers where European. I
> mean, come on, they
> >barely mentioned AE and Aphex Twin, didn't even say anything about
> >Squarepusher. They did however, give props to Matmos,
> Kid606, Lesser,
> >Blectum from Blechdom, Marumari, Kit Clayton,
> Phthalocyanine, Hrvatski,
> >Safety Scissors, and Cex. Imagine that.
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