On Fri, 23 May 1997 09:53:40 -0500, you wrote:
quoted 17 lines On May 22, 6:11pm, Nate Harrison \[Digital Magician Inc\] wrote:>On May 22, 6:11pm, Nate Harrison \[Digital Magician Inc\] wrote:
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>> Subject: Re: (idm) =?iso-8859-1?Q?H=E5rd_Normal_Daddy?=
>> You can't hardly even call this d&b really IMHO. It's
>> just called Squarepusher.
>
>It sure sounds like a breakbeat to me. I've listened to much of the new album
>and thought it was really good stuff but its not that far removed from the
>realm of drum and bass being produced. Check out the Original Playboys (12" on
>R&S or their mix of U.F.O) for some very organic jazzy sound stuff from a year
>or so back.
>Its unclear why people seem to be treating D'n'B like they did trip hop (not
>specifically Nate). Its like the black sheep we all love in secret but
>publicly cast doubt on. Do we need to call it something else too? Why would
>people say that the breakbeat is stylistically limited? It certainly has more
>possibility for variation than 4-on-the-floor, and that's been feeding you
>folks for the past 20-30 years.
controversial i know but why don't you just call it music?
big beat is dead
long live speed garage.............etc
g.