on 2/13/02 5:08 PM, d_jak at d_jak@netzero.net scrawled:
quoted 6 lines i gather that because i like monolake i should probably look into trying to> i gather that because i like monolake i should probably look into trying to
> find the basic channel/chain reaction releases of years past. (good luck,
> right?) but how do these releases really compare to monolake? and all this
> stuff qualifies as minimal techno right? how much of a distinction do you all
> draw between minimal techno and microhouse?
>
I would definitely do some research on the chain reaction basic channel tip.
So much minimal house is rooted in that music. It may be all sleek and
stylized nowadays, but it's dirty and rough around the edges origins are
really worth checking out. I consider Octagon to be one of the best techno
tracks ever produced, it's one of the only techno tracks I could actually
describe using the word futurism and keep a straight face. Also worth
noting is the Berlin - Detroit connection (i.e. Mills's basic channel
remixes and the first several m!, basic channel records, and chain reaction
comps putting a new spin on that sound), to say nothing of the influence Rob
Hood and Dan Bell were to so many prominent producers right now. If you are
into these sounds I suggest checking some of the more sparse sounding
Detroit producers.
The old Chain Reaction and Basic Channel material is easy to track down. If
you are in US try submerge. To the best of my knowledge the basic channel
records are repressed fairly often, I don't think the original 4-5 chain
reaction comps are (anybody have a copy of 1 they don't need?) though -
which is a damn shame. I often see all other chain reaction records in
stores and so much of that label is archived on CD. I would actually skip
Monolakes earliest work.. I find it really uninspired. I'd start with
Interstate. You can't really go wrong with the chain reaction CD's but my
personal fave is biokinetics by porter ricks.
As for the categories you keep referring to, I wouldn't worry about them so
much and just find what works for you. What some people describe as minimal
techno, others might consider spartan disco.. As for 'microhouse' I was
astonished when I read the feature in the wire. The article was well
written and drew many valid connections together but the re-christening of a
genre that was already there put me off a bit.
quoted 4 lines it's kind of simplistic, but as far as i can tell, when it comes to the> it's kind of simplistic, but as far as i can tell, when it comes to the
> minimal side of things i seem to prefer something that pulses to something
> that thumps. does that make any sense?
>
Yes.. subtlety.
quoted 3 lines anyway, i hope you can see what i'm driving at here and recommend some other> anyway, i hope you can see what i'm driving at here and recommend some other
> artists/releases i should be checking out.
>
-mannequin lung - art of travel on plug research
-geez n' gosh - my life with jesus on mille plateaux
-rob hood - movable parts/minimal nation on mplant
-all the farben releases on klang, the gramm album on source, and jan
jelineck album on ~scape
-dan bell's most recent output on central (remix!) and ladomat record from
last year.
-nanospeed's material on shitkatapult
-rechenzenstrum's john peel sessions album
-anything herbert does under an alias
-sutekh's period make sense
-background records in general
-ditto for revolver
-mitch akiyama's hope the lines don't cross on substractif
-akufen's trapez and perlon records
-deadbeats primordia on introversion
-the rip off artists' pump album on mille plateaux (fairly new and damn
good)
Happy hunting..
~g
ps.. get a good pair of headphones and listen to Kit Claytons 'loads early
like normal' on the first clicks and cuts comp. That experience may have
you singin' a different tune about the album.
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