In regards to the Moby issue...when one wonders how he became the
'spokesperson' for UG electronic music. I think a large part of it is the
fact that he simply made himself available to any media needing
information...I have a large archive of magazines, and in a very large
number of them he is on the cover and interviewed....at a time when most
electronic artists shunned attention and publicity (it was considered quite
gouache for awhile to even ask a certain Dj or producer for their
autograph), Mobys willingness to share his news and views made him popular
with the media circus who had been desperate for any info on this culture
whose ideals and music eluded thier grasp and understanding of. Since they
also saw that he had some tunes which did well, combined with his
'interesting' personal politics and family background, this made the
publicity machine happy, for it took him from just being a person involved
with the scene, to the cult of personality.
The second concern that was raised regarding the appropriation of black
music by some artists....well...what goes around, comes around I
say....Mixmaster Morris said something like, "we spent the last
so-many-hundred years making music, now it time to sample it. I have no
real opinion if it's good or bad...I do know that I was kinda gettin a tad
miffed by Puff Daddys re-inventions....and what about last years big rap
hit sampling the hell out of 'It's a Hard Knock Life', well, I just heard
another rap tune taking the chorus and melody riff from another white boys
Broadway hit....so, who's calling the kettle black here (said with a wry
sense of humor...I'm just throwing this out there...peruse at your own risk
;)
Ok then
Linda
np-> ons engineering/monkey+1 on outward - futuristic
exeriments that have a funky feel in a mash up mixed up kinda way
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Linda Leigh/L3
www.technotica.com
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