On Fri, 17 Oct 1997, -0 wrote:
quoted 2 lines a. Focus you attention on wicked beats (Ae are masters at this!)>
> a. Focus you attention on wicked beats (Ae are masters at this!)
SAWII?
quoted 4 lines b. make the beats distorted to get even more wicked (RDJ gets the> b. make the beats distorted to get even more wicked (RDJ gets the
> credit b/x he was distorting beats back when Ae was using a dry
> 606/808 on Incunabula) actually distorto beats should be credited to
> the industrial artists from back in the day....
So what about the current electro rejuvenation? Everyone's using a dry 808
these days.
quoted 4 lines c. add some small little melody/synth line on top (Ae does this>
> c. add some small little melody/synth line on top (Ae does this
> plenty, esp on Chicli Suite/Chiastic Slide) RDJ has too many tracks to
> mention that do this. BOCHUM WELT is 100% guilty.
Squarepusher often forgets about this completely.
quoted 1 line d. Loop it, let it run forever (Ae no doubt)> d. Loop it, let it run forever (Ae no doubt)
True unfortunately.
quoted 2 lines e. cut out loop A here, cut out loop B there, bring back loop a, etc.> e. cut out loop A here, cut out loop B there, bring back loop a, etc.
> pretty obvious stuff.
Only obvious after dub came along.
quoted 3 lines I don't know how to make the wicked sounds that Ae and the like do,>
> I don't know how to make the wicked sounds that Ae and the like do,
> but all these minimal IDM artists do follow a standard formula.
except for The Black Dog, B12, Scala (not really minimal IDM I guess),
Mouse on Mars, Plug (the EP's at least), FSOL, Elfish Echo, Bisk, Funki
Porcini...and that's just trying to stick to the 'mainstream.'
I don't mean to nitpick, but there's already enough people off the list
who think that techno is a bunch of computers making a whole crapload
of music that all sounds the same. :)
-arjun