quoted 5 lines i have nothing against minimalism. there's some amazing stuff coming out>i have nothing against minimalism. there's some amazing stuff coming out
>of the whole detroit scene, like underground resistance and drexciya, that
>is quite minimal yet utterly entrancing. richie's stuff seems like it was
>done in 5 minutes. that's bad minimal. good minimal is so complicated
>that it seems simple, if you know what i mean.
IMHO, good minimal programming has to have some interaction between
what few elements there are and that interaction has to subtly change
over time. Pick up most any Dan Bell track for an example, there isn't
much there, but the relationship between what is undergoes several
changes during the course of the track. The tracks have a flow to them
that goes beyond what they are made of. In this respect _Musik_ fails,
however I think Richie was trying to achieve an atmosphere above all
else. I dug the mood created, others didn't. No big deal.
- George