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kent williams
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Date:
Mon, 17 Feb 2020 10:31:38 -0800
Subject:
Re: RIP Andrew Weatherall
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fuuuuuck. i hadn't seen the news. I love all his early Primal Scream remixes, and his St Etienne remix - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGSS_-ggRls On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 8:48 AM kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 17 lines Some of you all weren't around for the IDM list in the 90s but Andrew> Some of you all weren't around for the IDM list in the 90s but Andrew > Weatherall was right up there as an artist frequently name-checked. What > this list talks about has evolved away from music like his, but he was > seminal in the scene that the IDM list was started to discuss. Because in > the beginning, IDM was about the dance music that wasn't one-dimensional > floor fillers. Weatherall made floor fillers with substance. > > He died today suddenly. It's a huge loss. He was a popular DJ who also > managed to be a DJ's DJ. When some people die, people talk of their body > of work, but Andrew Weatherall had a continent of work, an ocean of work. > Always inventive, always exploring, but never putting intellectual exercise > over making compelling dance music. > > So if you haven't heard him, or heard of him, it's time to check Sabres of > Paradise, Two Lone Swordsmen, and Andrew Weatherall's music under his own > name. >