Just remembered that Organized Noise had an EP - called "Laptop EP" in 1999 -
Read the five reviews published
http://www.manmade.com/on/ makes for
interesting reading in light of this discussion:
here's Xlr8r's review
"Jon Williams techno label continues to impress with a rather more leftfield
excursion than previously. Applying an unusual 'musique concrete' approach to
sounds generated purely from a laptop computer, Wier's wierd and sonically
cutting-edge tracks are joined by a chunky User mix that fits the bill for the
dancefloor. XLR8R 29"
-i
--- i <interdit@yahoo.com> wrote:
quoted 77 lines Maybe Simon Reynolds is just trying to have another genre coined?
> Maybe Simon Reynolds is just trying to have another genre coined?
> Didn't he "invent" the title "post-rock"?
>
> Aside from that I'd argue that the west coast via artists like Kit Clayton,
> John Tejada, Weir, User, Twerk & more about 2 years ago trying to push a
> techno
> sound something akin to the Berlin Basic Channel/Chain Reaction, but in some
> respects more more polished. I'm thinking of the Organised Noise Releases
> http://www.manmade.com/on/
>
> Then they all got into that DSP trickery and it all went to hell in a
> handbasket... (I'm kidding... )
>
> Prehaps the dotcom boom in San Francisco / Bay Area allowed folks who
> wouldn't
> otherwise have been able to afford a laptop to acquire one and put it to
> their
> own "evil purposes". In late 1999 companies issued laptops to employees like
> pens and paper.
>
> -i
>
>
> --- Philip Sherburne <psherburne@jeevessolutions.com> wrote:
> > > Sorry, but I can't resist: you can tell that you don't really
> > > know much about music journalism, as the article was written
> > > by Simon Reynolds -- who, love him or hate him, is one of the
> > > more influential electronic-music journalists out there.
> > >
> > > Also, maybe you should pay attention: "this genre," in the
> > > case of US (and especially San Francisco) artists like
> > > Clayton, Lesser, Kid606 et al, really has very little to do
> > > with Aphex & AE, much less Squarepusher. They're trying to do
> > > something a bit different stylistically (and in terms of
> > > "branding," seeing that they've all pretty much gone DIY
> > > without much support from European labels). (I'm tempted to
> > > say pull your head out of the sand: there are in fact other
> > > things going on that just Aphex and AE and yes, even Squarepusher.)
> > >
> > > Reynolds did comment, in fact, that he tried to develop the
> > > argument around this generation's differentiation from "first
> > > wave" european producers, but Spin editors cut that part.
> > >
> > > - phil
> > >
> > > >Who has seen the latest issue of Spin Magazine? There is
> > > an article called
> > > >"Laptop Punks and Powerbook Pop" and it starts off with
> > > talking about Bjork
> > > >and Matmos working together on her Vespertine album. The
> > > article was
> > > >interesting but you could tell that the person writting the
> > > article really
> > > >didn't know much about the music.
> > > >Apperently they interviewed Matmos, Kid606, Lesser, and
> > > quoted Kit Clayton.
> > > >I thought it was quite funny that they believed this genre
> > > was lead by
> > > >Americans when the founding pioneers where European. I
> > > mean, come on, they
> > > >barely mentioned AE and Aphex Twin, didn't even say anything about
> > > >Squarepusher. They did however, give props to Matmos,
> > > Kid606, Lesser,
> > > >Blectum from Blechdom, Marumari, Kit Clayton,
> > > Phthalocyanine, Hrvatski,
> > > >Safety Scissors, and Cex. Imagine that.
> > >
>
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