On Thu, 10 Oct 1996, Pete Ashdown wrote:
quoted 6 lines khannan suntharam said once upon a time:> khannan suntharam said once upon a time:
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> >1) Intelligent - 100% Diva free.
>
> I'm sorry, but I have a hard time with the fact that just because there isn't
> a Diva in a jungle track, it is somehow automatically classified as IDM.
Do you mean to stand for the proposition that everytime some bullshit
"Whoooo-hoooo baaaaaabeeeeee caaaaann't keeeeeeeeep hooooooldin on!
whhhooo-hooooo" etc etc. ad nauseum comes wailin' in over the goddamn
soun' system, that it has suddenly become soulful and insightful ?!
Gaaahhh! It makes me want to march into the recording studio
and-and...godammit where's my medication!!!?
quoted 4 lines Case in point, the recent Locust single of "Noone in The World." I was> Case in point, the recent Locust single of "Noone in The World." I was
> psyched to find this track had finally made itself onto a CD single. I wasn't
> so psyched to find out that all the remixes were complete shite because they'd
> thrown a jungle rhythm in the background.
Is this the same "Noone in the world" by WFO? Well, if so, that isn't a
Diva...that's one of the Carpenters (right?). A true testimony to the
genius of a musician who can turn such a shit(e) sample source into a good
tune. Kinda like that Orb mix of Depeche Mode...
Agh...enough ranting.
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