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From:
Christopher Fahey
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Date:
Fri, 26 Jun 1998 10:40:35 -0400
Subject:
(idm) Add 1991 to 1992
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quoted 7 lines Michael Upton wrote:> Michael Upton wrote: >| I mean, how much drum and bass/breakbeat/big beat can you listen to >| before it loses it's novelty? > >Novelty? Whether or not you mean to, you describe this kind of stuff as if >it's a fad and like the stuff you like isn't. I'd suggest that's something >of a bias on your part.
I knew I'd get flak for the word novelty. No, I love d&b, but I feel like it really is a fad. In a few years, I think we'll see a lot of today's d&b practicioners going back or moving forward to something else. Of course, some will be making d&b decades from now too. Very few d&b practicioners I hear seem to feel personally comfortable with the genre, emplying its motifs clumsily on top of otherwise interesting musicianship.
quoted 1 line This is pop music we're talking about>This is pop music we're talking about
agreed.
quoted 2 lines If you are just thinking about clean synth sounds, and blatantly drum>If you are just thinking about clean synth sounds, and blatantly drum >machine percussion sounds, I'm damn happy to think those things are dying!
Better a drum machine than a friggin sampled loop.
quoted 4 lines Irene wrote:>Irene wrote: >I recently lent a whack of my music to a friend who, on returning >them to me and gratefully raving on about most of what I'd given him, >commented specifically that Renegade SW in Dub sounded "dated".
Yeah, cuz it had no drum and bass! And by the way, I love the Add N to X album and I think the cover is dumb as shit and if it wasn't for the stupid ass cover I'd probably listen to the record more often. Fortunately, I can flip the cd insert around and viola I'm looking at their three pretty faces instead of their cheap tired-looking misogynist theatrics (even if she was willing, it's still misogynist). - Cf ' - . _ . - ' ^ ' - . _ . - ' ^ ' - . _ . - c h r i s t ø p h e r f ª h e y . _ . - ' ^ ' - . _ . - ' ^ ' - . _ . - ' ^ chris@raremedium.com 2 1 2 - 6 3 4 - 6 9 5 0 x 2 5 8 http://www.raremedium.com - ' ^ ' - . _ . - ' ^ ' - . _ . - ' ^ ' - .