And see, what made me really click with d'n'b was the tech step stuff.
Torque is a classic release because it's all about the synths and textures
and when i listened to it through techno-loving ears, it was brilliant.
I never understood why people thought jungle was all that b/c of the
"SYNCOPATED" rhythms. It had some inventiveness in the begining for sure,
but there was no way to keep the beats ultra complex and keep the
attention of the dance floor. What squarepusher et al. did was phenomenal
but very separate from true dancefloor tunes.
Tho i'm sure all the heads on this list who dig d'n'b would go nuts to
heard the crazy shit dropped in the middle of a more traditional
dancefloor set.
so anyway...
:)
-Gil
Klute in DC next week!
On Tue, 8 May 2001, Doug wrote:
quoted 25 lines On Tue, 8 May 2001, atomly wrote:> On Tue, 8 May 2001, atomly wrote:
>
> > Plus we've learned from genres like house/techno that exploration of
> > beats isn't really necessary to keep a genre interesting.
>
> I agree with this to a certain extent, but the problem for me is that
> Jungle is (or was rather) all about the beats.
>
> I'm not sure about the rest of you, but the first time I heard jungle I
> was in awe of the beats, the rest of it was just fluff to keep things
> interesting. I remeber hearing Timeless in 95 and just thinking "What the
> fuck is going on? How are they doing this?"
>
> When I hear (most) Jungle now I think "What the fuck is going on? Why are
> they still doing this?"
>
> Just my 2 cents that no one really asked for.
>
> Doug
>
>
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