good points Josh, I guess that's what's kept me here all these years!
happy listening...
nate
On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Josh Davison wrote:
quoted 24 lines it's exactly the same problem as the 10,000 jokers with electric guitars
> it's exactly the same problem as the 10,000 jokers with electric guitars
> in their garages, wailing away trying to be the next nirvana or limp
> bizkit or whatever ... once the tools are readily available people will
> start picking them up and trying to become craftsmen.
>
> it's easy as hell to download a granulation patch and start making a
> racket and "sound like autechre" but the key to real Quality (in the Zen
> and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenence sense of the word) is not the tools,
> but the creative impulse behind their use. If you just try to sound like
> Autechre, chances are you will come up with a reasonable facsimile of an
> Autechre sound. But the thing that people should remember when they are
> trying to be "the next Autechre" is that Autechre did not become the
> touchstone of IDM by trying to be "the next Aphex Twin" ... they came at
> it with a completely individual approach and a distinctive sound.
>
> Anyway, with regard to filtering for Quality: that's what this list is
> for... when "the next Autechre" does finally appear, you'll probably hear
> about it here.
>
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>
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