On Fri, 5 Feb 1999 11:58:16 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
quoted 1 line i wonder what coltrane would have to say about all this.>> i wonder what coltrane would have to say about all this.quoted 1 line why dont you tell us?>why dont you tell us?
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quoted 2 lines what they need is to get out of their rut and produce something>> what they need is to get out of their rut and produce something
>> inspiring instead of mind-numbing. quoted 3 lines some folks really like what they have been producing lately. i sure do.>some folks really like what they have been producing lately. i sure do.
>but then again, i tend to be more into the teeky, psycadelic,
>"experimental" side of things than the melodic side..
if only it were experimental. far too predictable to be experimental!
maybe some psychedelics would have made it bearable <grin>
quoted 7 lines not to say i odnt>not to say i odnt
>like a solid pop song now and then. (assuming here that you are arguing
>that they have moved too far from the "musical"/traditional side of things
>-- if that makes sense).
>fuck, at least they havnt gone the silly drill and bass route of everyone
>else and are still producing original material (though a couple tracks
>came close :)
everything in the live set went along these lines. no variety.
patching in plugin effects over your beats without any context (i.e
some kind of reciprocal effect or response from other threads of the
music) has no value whatsoever, it just sounds tacky. and this is
supposed to be 'advanced' music?
quoted 3 lines btw: is b. parmegiani the percussionist who somehow produced super complex>btw: is b. parmegiani the percussionist who somehow produced super complex
>rhytms off his body or something? i seem to recall a friends talking
>about him.
parmegiani is a french ircam guy - one of autechre's idols - even
though they've only been listening to him for a few years, it shows..
<waves>