On Fri, 30 Dec 1994, Jon Drukman wrote:
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> Ah, what are we going to do with Richie Hawtin? I find him positively
> maddening. At his best he can create the sort of bullheaded stomp
> that tears up a dance floor, at his worst (and he frequently is), he
> churns out utterly forgettable tracks that are a short on ideas,
> instrumentation and just about everything else. 5 minutes of a
> minimal drum beat is not a song, it's an insult to the listener. And
> I am not in the habit of plunking down $12 to be insulted.
I have to raise a voice for the minimal lovers out there. I completely
disagree with Mr. Drukman here. I never heard a Richie Hawtin track I
didn't go nuts for. He is a master in his own time. I don't buy the
arguement that a minimal trak (i.e. a drum machine and barely more than
two synth noises going at a time...) makes for shit music. How do you
explain the entrancement of listeners by drum circles or any tribal
drumming for that matter. Just because Richie doesn't care to overwhelm
the listener with a bombardment of electronic noises and raise-your-hands
arrangement doesn't discredit his intentions. Few people can pull off
minimal programming. Hawtin and Richard Kirk being the two masters that
come to mind when I dream of minimal tracks. Musik is one of the best
records I've heard this year and I'd buy a handful for friends as gifts
if I had heard it before shopping... Hawtins use if a 303 with various
analog drum patterns tickles the mind while entrancing the spirit. Any
Detroit techno fan will tell you how masterfully wicked a Plastikman
live show is. More power to Richie for defying the notion of commercial
arrangement!!!
-robert
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