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Fri, 12 Sep 2003 15:15:24 -0700 (PDT)
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Re: [idm] Venetian Snares is NOT scary
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Let's hope you last longer than Scott (aka Grandpa Techno) Forbush did in the gabberscene Concrete Cookie... --- Concrete Cookie <concrete_cookie@hotmail.com> wrote:
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 > > > > > > >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. > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: > idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > >For additional commands, e-mail: > idm-help@hyperreal.org > > > >
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