well, you know that sparking drum beat sound that Squarepusher does? like
drum beats being reapeated at incredibly fast rates?well that's the reason
behind the fast tempo....if you have FruityLoops, i think there's a song
that comes with it that sounds a LOT like squarepusher, look at the
BPM....well what a surprise! 300BPM (the fastest that fruity can go)...why
don't you try it....
quoted 30 lines On the cover of "feed me weird things", in the liner notes by RDJ,
> > 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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