sorry, but this is yet another posting about the chemical brothers. (and
some sidetracks..) with the exception of a FEW people on this list, their
isn't ANYONE that has their own record/CD being circulated by the thousands.
(in the states, and overseas...) of course there's the 70% that own a
bunch of keyboards and samplers (and i'm not dismissing myself), and
say how this sucks, and that sucks, and they're crankin' out shit at
home that's totally incredible. so where's your material? (besides
some cheesey low-rate sample on a homepage...) let's see... i listen
to the chemical brothers, and i also listen to luke vibert, freefrom,
bentley rhythm ace, squarepusher, plug, cylob, paradinas, r. james,
r. kirk, reload, gescom, autechre, etc... so i guess i'm not "intelligent"
since i "threw" the chem bros. in there eh?? how can you say these guys
suck? the only time music actually "sucks," is when the "artist" isn't truly
doing what they want. the chem bros. material is consistent and true to
form. "they" admit that their music is different blends of rock, techno,
trip-hop, and "funk" (to a degree). god forbid it isn't purely electronic
(in a sense)and won't see a radio station for the next 5 years. (that's what
makes this all intelligent...right???) as for it being 100% sampled based is
bullshit. the bass guitar loops are played by the group. those "magical"
keyboard sounds didn't come from nowhere. (it's a Juno i believe. an ARP 2600
for the massive bass drum sounds...) just tired of seeing a group being "bashed"
because it doesn't have an "amen" break in one of its songs, or they've been
interviewed by more than 2 magazines. (btw, magazines come to them, not the
other way around. at least, most of the time...) ego-maniacs? yeah, their
faces are plastered all over their videos. read Keyboard or something, and
quit watching MTV if you're just gonna bitch about it. when i walk into Modern
Music and see YOUR CD on the wall, i'll personally drive to your house and kiss
your ass. until then, try to keep this list from becoming more myopic and ego-
maniacal than it already is...
love that skampler,
chrisTiaN
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"People never touched one another. The custom
had become obsolete, owing to the machine."
-E.M. Forster, The Machine Stops, 1909