[re: The WARP AI series, except the Speedy J album :) ]
*right, well, that's *my* point - this is not fresh, exciting and new.
*it's old stuff being done again. i've got no problem with that, on
*its own... i just wish people would realize that this is just a
*celebration of old stuff rather than some grand innovation.
Ok, here's my pov: There does not exist a collective musical consciousness
in our planet. What is fresh and new in Singapore is old news in Honolulu,
what is phat shit in Detroit sounds like garbage in Koln, etc. I would
argue that nobody on this list has heard the dance sound of all the remote
places in this world. For me Detroit is in many ways 'fresh', because I
mostly missed the first wave and because it is so clearly different from
the hardcore movement of two years back (which almost killed my interest
in techno).
*i don't understand how being excited by the chord changes & melody is
*compatible with it being awkward to listen to. i mean, i've got
*plenty of keyboards, i can play lush melodies and chords all day long.
Please put them on vinyl and send them over here! You'd make many people
happy :)
*another apparent contradiction: how can going back to old stuff be "a
*cool change"? i don't get it.
If you haven't heard something for a long time it may sound 'fresh' or
timely again, don't you think. Besides, I don't think B12 is a just a
rip off from old Detroit stuff, they do have their own style.
*total agreement - fresh being the key word. when have you ever heard
*anything even remotely like R2D2? innovation!!
I'd argue that anyone can make blips and blurps and cool sounds. I have
two friends who make nothing but that. That isn't anything fresh for *me*,
but I do like the track nevertheless. Freshness isn't everything after all.
*but i wish there had been more innovative stuff like speedy j and less
Jon, can you tell us a bit more of what you think is innovative. I'm starting
to be very curious :)
peace,
samu
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"Computer: a million morons working at the speed of light."
- David Ferrier