Here's a reply to the message "Re: (idm) newbie" you wrote on Wed, 11
Aug 1999 12:55:35 EDT:
quoted 4 lines Yes, definitely "jazzy," um, well, sort of, I guess, if jazz = undanceable
>Yes, definitely "jazzy," um, well, sort of, I guess, if jazz = undanceable
>beats and underwater recordings. Like Wells said, it seems that we may have
>forever lost Tom from the HND/FMWT days of greatness to his fusion/free
>jazz/whatever "roots." How I long for the days of Vic Acid!
To my ears, Squarepusher hasn't really changed *that* much. I often
get shrieks of disgust when I suggest there's not an awful lot of
difference between something like 'Hard Normal Daddy' and 'Music is
Rotted One Note'.
I think it's because a lot of people, when they listen to pre-MIRON
Squarepusher, tend to hear the drum/drill & bass first and the jazz
second. For me, it's always the jazzy elements I hear first -- hence
the reason MIRON sounds in a similar vein to his earlier work.
Of course, MIRON, Budakan Mindphone and Maximum Priest are all
progressions, of a sort. The psychotic cut & paste elements are being
phased out for a softer compositional style, but the energy and
grooves of Tom's stuff still remains constant.
--
Mark Stevens
http://www.headspin.clara.net/