chall@leonardo.net wrote:
quoted 13 lines David Bowie recently said that he believes the future of drum & bass is>
> David Bowie recently said that he believes the future of drum & bass is
> actually limiting and that he expects it will "implode."
>
> Pretty strong words from a man with a failing d&b cd.
> However, his remarks brought reflection since we've all noticed a real
> fad direction with the drum & bass style music.
>
> "Implode!" Thems is fightin' words!
>
> How would drum & bass kill itself off? Does the audience become so
> saturated with a million UK techno acts that it turns away...I think
> not!
i might have to agree with mr. bowie here. there are certain elements
that make a dnb song a dnb song. since every song has to contain these
elements in varying degrees there is a limit as to how far it can go and
still be dnb. (this applies to all styles of music, it just seems the
dnb elements are more narrow) obviously there are extremely talented
artists who cam innovate (pusher,afx,dot), but i would be hard pressed
to believe that most people could tell the difference between 75% of the
dnb being produced right now. for example ltj bukem's mixmag sounds
like one song. that doesnt mean i dont like it, it just doesnt cover
alot of ground.
cl