I like a lot of jungle, I love some of it, but when I listen to something
like squarepusher (which I think is fairly brilliant), I can't help but
think, wow, where does this come from? Who "gets" this after the first, or
even the fifth listen?
While the chopped-up, speeded-up formats of shows like Sesame Street have
been shown to be linked to the short attention span of the "MTV generation,"
I can't help but wonder if some of this frenetic, insanely paced music, which
is often constructed of tiny bits of other rhythms, is music for a soundbyte
oriented culture. Have we been so trained by the media to accept information
only in speedy, cut-up fragments, that the way in which we construct and
listen to music is now becoming affected? I am 31 years old and watch no
television--could this be why I often find it difficult to keep up with the
pace of the likes of Squarepusher?
Just a thought,
Craig
Egg88@aol.com