fatboy slim called
he wondered why you stole his act from 1990
Clint Anderson
Systems Engineer
"Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings
On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 2:02 PM, Chris Taylor <christaylor415@gmail.com>
wrote:
quoted 90 lines that is a most excellent question.
> that is a most excellent question.
>
> let's not start with "how" but
>
> *"when"*
> Because it sounds seem like he started moving in a dangerous but, for a
> while, fruitful direction before the electro house/pre-EDM vibe overtook .
> Like, I actually thought We Never Sleep was pretty good, creative and gutsy
> but a step away from breakcore into more danceable, DJable stuff. take this
> track for example:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urX1SXsy8l0
>
> Interesting, successful stuff to my ears, but I would understand someone's
> misgivings. Only a year later we get this:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whRJAzLXm6k
>
> Very wack party rocking bullshit. I imagine the opportunities to DJ within
> the trifecta of electro house/bassline/dubstep that blogs were pushing at
> this time was hard to turn down. Of course that doesn't explain this:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf4yfD_it-I
>
> One of the most puzzling pieces of music to emerge from the US
> underground. For all that can be said about it, you gotta hand it to him
> for taking a chance on...whatever it is. His Fabric mix that came after
> this has "Rock Around the Clock" on it. Strange stuff man.
>
> I suppose my point is he had been edging towards a poppier sound for some
> time before he took one of the most impressive left turns of an electronic
> music producer ever.
>
> Discuss.
>
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Christopher Mauldin <kit.mauldin@yahoo.com
> > wrote:
>
>> how *did* Drop the Lime become so wack anyway?
>>
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>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Chris Taylor <christaylor415@gmail.com>
>> *To:* Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com>
>> *Cc:* Connor Higgins <connor1higgins@gmail.com>; IDM <idm@hyperreal.org>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 3, 2016 11:16 AM
>> *Subject:* Re: cardopusher - unsatisfied customer jams
>>
>> his stuff for Peace Off was really good, mid-fi Breakcore with the ragga
>> sampling that was popular at the time (mid 2000's). not as strong as Snares
>> or as hyper edited as Drop the Lime (pre-insane level of wackness) but
>> still nice, varied productions
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 2:10 PM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> most of it is more like some weird halfway point between hellfish and
>> venetian snares
>> but he covers a lot of ground and has several eps which vary widely from
>> that
>>
>>
>> Clint Anderson
>> Systems Engineer
>> "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Connor Higgins <connor1higgins@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Nice stuff! Haven't heard of cardopusher, but I'll look into more of his
>> work if it's anything like that EP.
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 6:47 PM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> do people dig cardopusher? this isn't his usual sampley thing, this is
>> all 303 acid traxx, decent ones, if you're into that...
>>
>>
>>
>> https://soundcloud.com/jeromehill/cardopusher-unsatisfied-customer-jams-super-rhythm-trax-011-clips
>>
>> Clint Anderson
>> Systems Engineer
>> "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings
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