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Techno) Forbush did in the gabberscene Concrete
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--- Concrete Cookie <concrete_cookie@hotmail.com>
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quoted 102 lines I'm 56 and I don't find VS scary or agressive, just
> I'm 56 and I don't find VS scary or agressive, just
> energetic, GWB, on the
> other hand IS scary and agressive.
>
> I play anything I enjoy myself when my friends are
> around and don't really
> have any rules about what music is good to play
> when. Sure, It'd be really
> safe to play some jazz or something slow and
> 'melodic' but why be safe?
> Everybody plays that stuff already.
>
> Just saw Snares in Los Angeles, and there were 20 of
> us bouncing around,
> jumping, picking each other up and it was quite good
> fun. Not scary at all
> ;)
>
> cookie
>
> http://www.mashup.org
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>
> >From: "chthonic" <chthonic@chthonicstreams.com>
> >Reply-To: <chthonic@chthonicstreams.com>
> >To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
> >Subject: Re: [idm] Venetian Snares is too scary
> >Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 09:34:18 -0700
> >
> >---------- Original Message
> ----------------------------------
> >From: "Martin Lomas" <mlomas@rogers.com>
> >Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 12:11:28 -0400
> >
> >
> > >I love IDM in many of it's guises, but I find
> Venetian Snares (& the
> >like) too scary, too disturbing, too aggressive.
> Big deal, you might
> >say. But I'm just wondering where I fell off the
> "hardcore" wagon. In
> >my youth, I would be front and centre at shows such
> as Motorhead,
> >Black Sabbath, and many other really aggressive
> acts, loving every
> >minute.
> > >So, for you who enjoy the more hardcore
> electronica - are you
> >young and carefree, or forever committed to noize,
> or enduring it for
> >it's artistic merit, or what? Another question - if
> you have various
> >friends over, would put Venetian Snares on?
> >
> >
> >personally, what i've heard of VS i don't much
> like. there are
> >certain harsh frequencies i don't appreciate any
> artist using,
> >because they just hurt. on top of that, their
> violent artwork puts me
> >off a bit. maybe i'm missing the point or lacking
> context, but to me
> >there's a difference between the accused "sexist"
> artwork of brute
> >on the KMFDM covers (which is clearly an OTT joke
> and does not
> >always feature brutalized women), and the VS covers
> i've seen.
> >
> >as for other "hard" electronica, i enjoy somatic
> responses,
> >celluloid mata, morgenstern, imminent starvation
> (though not their
> >newer incarnation imminent). of course, kid606,
> aphex twin, and
> >chris clark have their hard (though not actually
> distorted) moments.
> >
> >if i have friends over i might put on miles davis
> 'bitches brew', or if it
> >was a party, the beastie boys or jane's addiction.
> but not hardcore
> >electronica. to me that's working, travelling,
> dancing, or
> >get-yer-ass-in-gear music.
> >
> >d.
> >
> >
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