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From: Luke Keenan <lukek@insight-media.co.uk>
To: idm@hyperreal.org <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date: 03 June 1998 00:44
Subject: (idm) vvm/speedranch
quoted 5 lines Map One: contaminated by technique - by members of this parish of>Map One: contaminated by technique - by members of this parish of
>course. Theres a high standard throughout, and there's enjoyment to
>be had, but its all reminiscent/derivative of the well known. Its
>easily said, but I've heard aphex twin, and autechre, and they are
>difficult to improve upon. So why try?
Um...Stuart, help!! I think this was a point Adam raised in his review,
that
some/most of the tracks were similar to or heavily-influenced by more well
known artists. As I can only speak for myself and not the other guys on the
CD, I`ll say that I wasn`t trying to improve on any artist`s previous work,
but
rather to make *mine* the best it can be. No-one can help or choose what
influences
they have, and while I`m not going to blatantly steal from another track,
I`ll
readily use techniques pioneered by others in my own tracks. How original
is the Aphex Twin anyway? Not very. And if, by drawing influences from
others I actually branch off and come up with something different/original,
then great. Chances are, if you spend all your time trying to come up with
something totally original, you`ll end up with something totally shite.
I`ll stand by every one of those tracks on Map One and defend them as
utterly valid, thoughtful and release-worthy tracks. Some of them I might
even think of as <gasp> pretty original.
Anyway, it`s nine quid for 16 tracks, so what are you moaning about? :-)
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