Kent, that's nuts. I can't imagine working with sampled breaks in an audio
editor. (well, I suppose I can, but it sounds like a serious headache) My
recent jam has been writing LUA scripts that generate/transform patterns in
Renoise that re-arrange cut up breakbeats. Editing and manipulating breaks
and sequences in a tracker at 180+ BPM 8/16LPB is work enough. Cutting up
breaks in an audio editor represents a level of long-term focus and
dedication that I'm unfamiliar with.
Totally hypothetical, but if Jenkinson handed me a spec for some
beatmangling software, I'd happily implement it in return for some spastic
Squarepusher-brand breakcore. >.>
On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 4:24 PM kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com>
wrote:
quoted 50 lines I'm not sure I'd call it piss-weak. Not sure if I like it yet, but I
> I'm not sure I'd call it piss-weak. Not sure if I like it yet, but I
> enjoy the melodic content. It sounds like he's using the Eventide effects
> rack as a synthesizer again -- that buzzy foreground sound, which comes
> from playing bass through it.
>
> Closest contemporary comparison is the PC Music stuff, which is manically
> shiny in a similar way.
>
> You can't fault him for trying to do something that sounds different.
>
> As regards the Amen break, I did a track years ago that involved loading
> the Amen break as a sample, and then cutting and arranging it so every bar
> was different, across 5 minutes. As you can imagine this amounted to about
> 8 hours of painstaking zoomed-in editing.
>
> Ever since doing that, I'm allergic to the Amen. I don't mind if people
> use it in their tracks, but if I load it a sampler and start messing with
> it, I start feeling sad and wishing it would go away.
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 7:21 AM CRAIG SIMPSON <craignorms@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> This is pis* weak. Hes making music that sounds like its all been sampled
>> from an arcade or funfair. Hes given up on the amen break. It's a tragedy.
>>
>> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 22:06:04 -0700
>> From: gwrenchxx@sbcglobal.net
>> To: idm@hyperreal.org
>> Subject: Fwd: Re: Jlin album out.
>>
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>> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 21:58:47 -0700
>> From: gwrenchxx@sbcglobal.net
>> To: 313@hyperreal.org
>> Subject: Re: Jlin album out.
>>
>> I've had to review a 12" or two for the radio station where I DJ, and
>> I've never heard anything that appealed to me in the least.
>>
>> kent williams wrote:
>> > I'm surprised footwork/juke hasn't been a bigger thing on the IDM
>> > list. This new record on Planet Mu is revelatory.
>> >
>> > http://www.planet.mu/discography/ZIQ356
>>
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