i think it might have been hyperbole, just a hunch since he also mentions
TJ recording the sounds of SIMMS dissolving like alka selzer or some such
bizzarre imagery... :)
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On Thu, 17 Aug 2000, Chris Fahey wrote:
quoted 30 lines On the cover of "feed me weird things", in the liner notes by RDJ, there's
> On the cover of "feed me weird things", in the liner notes by RDJ, there's a
> story about how Tom Jenkinson, the dealer of squares himself (hey, maybe
> that's where his name comes from - Square deal --> dealer=pusher -->
> Squarepusher!) was performing something at 357 bpm, or some ridiculously
> huge ODD number.
>
> Now, I may be a moron and all, but what's the point of 357 bpm? Anything
> over 160-180 bpm (if it's going to sound like anything besides a buzzing
> noise) usually is just something like 80-90 bpm in double time, as any
> "Amen+DubBass" d&b artist knows, with entire drum riffs effectively used as
> single beats. Anything that was really at 357 bpm would sound like a
> whirrring sound if there were anything playing on each beat.
>
> This is why so many people dance like spastic rhythm-impaired freaks at D&B
> and IDM shows - they trip out on the fast parts, when the soul's really in
> the slow, and they flail their arms, fists, and legs around like maniacs
> because they can't seem to locate the groove in the song. I don't think any
> human being can effectively follow a musical pattern where changes occurred
> at a rate of 357 times per second. Chances are what RDJ heard was was really
> a fast 130-150 bmp track that had a lot of much faster drum riffs being
> repeated. Either that or, um, maybe he was emplying hyperbole. ;)
>
> -cf
>
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