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From:
Muffin
To:
Brandon Tallent ,
Date:
Tue, 26 Nov 2002 18:18:45 +0000
Subject:
Re: [idm] better than squarepusher
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<BA096B85.1BA90%muffin@signmytits.com>
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<20021126043947.32903.qmail@web14706.mail.yahoo.com>
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So, what is the best Venetian snares release I should be checking out first of all? _muff._ on 26/11/02 4:39 am the person going by the name Brandon Tallent at djresonance@yahoo.com spake :
quoted 74 lines Well, of course they don't sound exactly the same.> Well, of course they don't sound exactly the same. > But for someone who is looking for that same vein of > fast breakbeat type jungle, they're pretty close to > each other. I think the venetian snares odd time > signatures are one of the most interesting and cool > aspects of his tracks. Half the time, it doesn't even > register on a conscious level that he's writing in an > odd time signature. For example, vokesheads on ultra > higgins is like 7/8 but the whole track flows > perfectly. And it's very hard to make a track in a > weird time signature like that and STILL have it > groove so you can bob your head to it. I'm sure > anyone on this list could point out all of the nuances > in the sound between aphex twin vs autechre vs > squarepusher, but for someone who is just getting > familar with the genre(s), I think venetian snares > fits the bill quite well for what he is looking for. > > Brandon > > > --- Brandon Smith <gozravp@yahoo.com> wrote: >> I'm seeing this quite a bit. I can see the >> connection, especially on a few tracks frow his >> recent >> work on planet-mu, but he really doesn't flow like >> Tom. This isn't a criticism of course, but a big >> attraction to squarepusher, for me anyway, is how >> the >> mutilation is reconstructed to form an even better >> flow. In short, his music is accessable on all >> levels. >> Vsnares often seems to make it a point to NOT make >> things "right", or at least not as accessable. Tom >> doesn't switch time signatures every loop and a >> third. >> There are exceptions in both cases of course. Fuck >> Toronto Jungle is probably the closest tracks I can >> think of that compares. >> Also, Squarepusher has a much cleaner sound. >> brandon >> >> >> --- Brandon Tallent <djresonance@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> try venetian snares, if you haven't already. >>> >>> >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do you Yahoo!? >> Yahoo! Mail Plus ? Powerful. Affordable. Sign up >> now. >> http://mailplus.yahoo.com >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >> idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: >> idm-help@hyperreal.org >> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >
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