I had assumed that Laptops became the genre because much of the "sound" of the
genre was produced using software that ran on laptops, powerbooks in particular
- -e.g. Max/Msp, Reaktor, and with powerful new laptops like the G3 & G4 all
the DSP processing could now be done in realtime i.e. live, without the need
for any outboard hardware. Oh and also that the audio output was of decent
enough quality that it sounded okay through a PA system.
on a side note - Sting does some an Ad for some Laptop maker... scary thoughts
-i
PS on a side note, many of my mates call it Craptronica, from Laptronica - they
like to take the piss... A lot
--- EggyToast <youn0394@umn.edu> wrote:
quoted 32 lines At 10:08 AM 7/16/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> At 10:08 AM 7/16/2001 -0700, you wrote:
> >> > Yeah i find that really strange.
> >> > Some people seem to be using "laptop"
> >> > as if its a style of music.
>
> Is it really so strange? I haven't come across anybody who "seems" to be
> using the presence of laptops as anything but a quality of the performance
> (similar to describing a stage setup or something), but using laptops as a
> dividing line for a type of electronic music would be at least as accurate
> as the term "IDM" is.
>
>
> If you go to http://www.brainwashed.com/brain/brainv04i26.html
>
> and do a Find for the word "laptop" it will pop up 5 times in 4 reviews.
> once in the thomas jirku review as a "strong laptop glitchery foundation"
> twice in the fennesz review, once as "Laptop wiz-boy" and as "laptop
> contemporaries"
> once in the hrvatski review as a "split between minimal glitch/laptop,
> "IDM", and loud, distorted drum & bass stylings"
> and once in the twilight circus review as "This is the real shit, not
> dub-style glitchy laptop stuff, but a real person playing the drums, bass,
> guitar and organ."
>
> So apparently, the reviewers are considering "laptop music" as minimal
> glitchy stuff.
>
> Those reviews were what prompted me to write in my response to the original
> poster, saying that "laptop" is apparently a music style now.
>
> cheers,
> /derek
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