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From:
jabberwalqee
To:
Miles Egan
Cc:
IDM List
Date:
Mon, 29 Apr 1996 23:53:23 -0400 (EDT)
Subject:
Re: (idm) Second Opinions
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quoted 9 lines (up on the soapbox)> (up on the soapbox) > > Why is it that whenever an electronic musician borrows from jazz it's > always the corny middle-of-the-road boring lounge jazz that no real jazz > head has taken seriously since my father was in diapers? Luke Vibert can > appropriate this style to good *deliberate* ironic effect, but everybody > else seems to think they're really jamming. I'd like to hear somebody > take a good whiff of Albert Ayler or Cecil Taylor up their sampler. Why > doesn't somebody take some chances?!?!
i whole heartedly agree, this predominating lounge jazz style is some very very weak shit. how about throwing in a little Bix Beiderbecke or Kid Memphis? something that actually stomps imhomelette, j