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jah geek
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Date:
Thu, 29 May 1997 17:22:32 -0400
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Re: (idm) reznor/sample/thoughts
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quoted 37 lines Well if trent reznor is a leech then so is richard d james, luke vibert,>> Well if trent reznor is a leech then so is richard d james, luke vibert, >> booth and brown, ect.. > >"one of these things is not like the other ones...." :) > >> Reznor does do his >> own sampling, but because he can afford to, he has others who also sample. >> wow. > >It just seems ridiculous. Some people consider finding and creating >samples and beats an artform in itself, DJ Shadow being an excellent >example of this. When Shadow was on Metropolis last Jason Bentley told a >story about how when Shadow was here last time he got up at 5am after >djing all night so he could go to a swap meet to search the old records >for beats. That is what I call devotion to ones art. Trent makes a >mockery of it. I wonder if the bomb squad ever hired people to search >for samples for them? > >> i guess when richard d james decided to do a drum >> and bass track it was ok because its rdj, but if trent reznor decides to >> dabble in it he is a leech. > >Basically yeah since richards been doing breakbeat tracks since 1990. >The thought of trent making jungle makes some of us who truly love that >music cringe. Mostly because trent reznor makes an idiot of himself with >his ridiculous tortured soul posturing and his oh im so gloomy marketing >gimmicks. I hate to see the music i'm into (aka plug) being associated >with that and brought down to that level. > >oh well... > _____ > / ,-,_) > /,_) >(/ RESH >Live & Direct from the G-Spot, >Orange County, California, USA >http://www1.linkonline.net/fresh/fresh.htm
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