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From:
Giles Ward
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Date:
Fri, 17 Oct 1997 21:26:39 +0100
Subject:
Re: (idm) Cichlisuite (Come To Daddy)
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quoted 3 lines something i've always found a bit curious. people are always so quick to> >something i've always found a bit curious. people are always so quick to > >attack "4 on the floor dance caca" but i've found that 75% of the IDM > >tracks heralded as "brilliant" by list members are undeniably done in
4/4
quoted 5 lines time.> >time. > > Uh? You can have four-to-the-floor in 3/4 time if you want....four to > the floor and "4/4" don't mean the same thing......one's a drummer's > term and the other's a time signature...
erm.. surely it'd be three-to-the-floor in 3/4 time? more to the point, why do the rhythmic elements in supposedly innovative tracks have to use the equivalent of kick drum, snare, hi-hats etc. ? Given a sampler, why do 99% of artists restrict themselves to imitating real world forms of percussive instrumentation? It's like getting one of those expensive new modelling synths and wanting a piano sound out of it. Giles