quoted 19 lines Correct me if I'm wrong but I read in Jockey Slut that the jedi knights>> Correct me if I'm wrong but I read in Jockey Slut that the jedi knights
>> remix of antacid had an electro-revival remix on it. Is this the sam sort of
>> stuff people used to breakdance to a few years back and if so what the
>> hell is all the fuss about. It's not new and personally I think it's crap. I
>> would say that I'm fairly open-minded but I thought that music was supposed
>> to make you feel something which electro doesn't seem to,
>
>That's one thing that had been bothering me about the so-called electro
>revival. Alot of the newer tracks were good 'n funky, but they just
>sounded like cleaner, slicker regurgitations of the old stuff. But that's
>not the case anymore IMHO. Stuff like the original mixes of Antacid I &
>II, Paul Bishop's 'Electron Flow' on Eevo-Lute, the new Plaid EP on Clear
>and 'Subsonic Soundscape' on Shiver are injecting a real sense of melody and
>soul into electro. It's not just a revival anymore, it's an extension and
>techno-ization of the old sound I think. And that's pretty fresh, ain't it?
>
>Keep on body-rockin', y'all... :)
>- Matthew
>
I would tend to agree with you that the antacid mix is fairly different to
the older stuff. Maybe I'm forming an opinion on a limited range of tracks.
Still keeping an open mind,
Derek.