maybe the point of some songs is not to have a groove....
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quoted 5 lines From: "Ian Doyle" <wobbyamb@hotmail.com>
>From: "Ian Doyle" <wobbyamb@hotmail.com>
>To: idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: RE: [idm] Time Signature - Squarepusher
>Date: Fri, Aug 18, 2000, 7:05 PM
>quoted 52 lines well, you know that sparking drum beat sound that Squarepusher does? like
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> 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....
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>> > 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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