i will try my best to explain why i like kid606.. :)
for sometime i was hearing of this "stuff" called "ambient
hardcore" and "experimental hardcore" -- always wondering what it would
sound like and kind of dreaming up the sound in my head (really, i
imagined something like the more soft/ambient side of drum n bass, but
with a 4-on-the-floor beat rather quick like). i came across by chance 2
examples of this kind of "hardcore" techno.. the first was something by
so-cal DJ R.A.W. called "no more mr niceguy" -- pretty neat stuff.. the
second was a very appropriatly titled "experimentations in intelligent
gabber" (or something very close to that) by a little band called
"spacewurm" -- which, as you prolly guessed it, featured the boy we now
know as kid606.
i then started to find more examples of hardcore that were, to my ears,
really puishing the limits of the genre! stuff like praxis (the label,
not the laswell related band), ambush and kid606 started really catching
my attention. while the praxis and ambush label stuff i was hearing
impressed the noisey/crunchy/darky(?) boy in me, the kid606 retained a
sense of fun and absurdity that i was not used to in electronic "dance"
music.
anyway, since then i have been playing close attention to what the kid has
been producing, and for the most part find fun in it all!
what has impressed me most are his remixes.. especially the stuff of the
band "THE LOCUST" (not to be confused with the groovy mark van hoen
project.. i mean the san diego punk band).
anyway.. so why do i like his music? i guess because it pushes boundaries
in fun ways, is quite unpedictable, appeals to the noise kid in me -- but
also because some of the production and music is so fucking good.
forgive me.. its late, im tired.. but i like his stuff! :)
chris.
On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, kiya "i am a copier" babzani wrote:
quoted 28 lines i need somebody to explain something to me. what is the reason that kid606
> i need somebody to explain something to me. what is the reason that kid606
> is all the rage? why do people think he's so great?
> i've bought two of his 7"s, one split 12", and a remix disc...
> everything that i've ever heard him do has been (IMHO) complete and utter
> rubish... now, i like cut-up random sounds ala stockhausenandwalkmen...
> but i see no redeeming value in his tracks. i've seen him live three times,
> and still don't really see the appeal; though i must admit that he IS more
> likable live than on his recordings.... mind you im NOT bashing him, i
> merely would like somebody to explain WHY he's liked among the people of the
> list... and why he's given so much credit for his works.. i mean, doing
> the NWA track was great and all, but anybody could have taken that track and
> run it through a couple of filters and dsped it all to hell (which is all it
> sounds like to me)...
> either way... why he's remixing the next depeche mode single doesn't make
> much sense either...
>
> yeah. but go out and get the new morrmusic remix 12"... it's the freshest
> stuff i've heard in a crows age.... nice little remix by kirk 'as one'
> d..... where has he been?
>
> -kiya
> iamacopierltd.
>
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