quoted 4 lines fine. but by the same token, all your "roots" have *their* roots in other
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>fine. but by the same token, all your "roots" have *their* roots in other
>and older musics. Musics like funk, disco, jazz, blues, jubilee,
>ragtime...
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This is certainly logically true although this is the only way I can state
what is to me a readily observable pattern. Part of the use of this for me
is to observe a pattern of proliferation of derivative styles and in that
proliferation a watering down (or perhaps conscious subtraction) of elements
which I enjoyed in the original. Influence is certainly a complex thing to
chart though. To me, in my opinion, one of the essential characteristics of
earlier autechre was a heavy influence from funk and funk derived dance
musics which placed an emphasis on strong repetition juxtaposed with
variation in their rhythm sections. While many of those influenced by them
took only the variation aspect from this and produce music which aspires to
constant non-repetitiveness thus moving sharply away from a danceable or
even head-noddable format. An example for this for me is Richard Devine who
I do not think is bad, actually very skilled and devoted producer but I find
that his emphasis on overwhelming non-repetitive detail makes his music lean
too heavily towards the cerebral rather than more primitively enjoyable side
of the musical spectrum for me to listen to with any great regularity. I
certainly respect this aspiration but I also certainly do not want to listen
to it on my headphones when walking around, while I especially enjoy AE in
this way.
peace,
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