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From:
Michael Javor
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Mon, 7 Jul 1997 10:01:36 -0500 (CDT)
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Re: (idm) NWW: Rock and Roll Station
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On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Jason J. Tar wrote:
quoted 16 lines It's about 5 tracks of usual NWW surrealness but with a beat behind them.> It's about 5 tracks of usual NWW surrealness but with a beat behind them. > Now I would NOT call it an idm beat. It is an electronic beat, but since > most all of NWW lacks any rhythm at all, it kind of upset people. It's > good though, still not something you would dance to. BTW--the cd that > followed that, _Who Can I Turn To Stereo_, is in my opinion much better as > it has the same style, but instead of 5 unrelated tracks it has 13 that > work together to form almost one long track. > > btw--on the rhythm thing, from Wire magazine, June 1997: > "I mean, I've no interest in dance music; I don't dance, my hat would fall > off. Even the stuff that's on _Who Can I Turn To Stereo?_ and _Rock 'N' > Roll Station_ that are sort of rhythmic, I certainly wouldn't dace to them. > It's for concentrating on, a movie for your ears, and adventure which will > hopefully surprise you." He [Stapleton] adds emphatically: "One thing's > for sure, I'm finished with rhythm now." >
that's funny. i played ROCK N ROLL STATION at my last set and it went over bigger than POLYNOMIAL C. go figure. mj