On the cover of "feed me weird things", in the liner notes by RDJ, there's a
story about how Tom Jenkinson, the dealer of squares himself (hey, maybe
that's where his name comes from - Square deal --> dealer=pusher -->
Squarepusher!) was performing something at 357 bpm, or some ridiculously
huge ODD number.
Now, I may be a moron and all, but what's the point of 357 bpm? Anything
over 160-180 bpm (if it's going to sound like anything besides a buzzing
noise) usually is just something like 80-90 bpm in double time, as any
"Amen+DubBass" d&b artist knows, with entire drum riffs effectively used as
single beats. Anything that was really at 357 bpm would sound like a
whirrring sound if there were anything playing on each beat.
This is why so many people dance like spastic rhythm-impaired freaks at D&B
and IDM shows - they trip out on the fast parts, when the soul's really in
the slow, and they flail their arms, fists, and legs around like maniacs
because they can't seem to locate the groove in the song. I don't think any
human being can effectively follow a musical pattern where changes occurred
at a rate of 357 times per second. Chances are what RDJ heard was was really
a fast 130-150 bmp track that had a lot of much faster drum riffs being
repeated. Either that or, um, maybe he was emplying hyperbole. ;)
-cf
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