At 05:24 PM 7/8/98 -0400, mult santa wrote:
quoted 2 lines i think i'm gonna sit down and write a book on the (brief) history of>i think i'm gonna sit down and write a book on the (brief) history of
>drill n bass ;-)
Since you're such an expert, maybe you can explain what subtle nuances make
Squarepusher drill&bass, & T-Power, Spring Heel Jack, Photek, & Amon Tobin
(at least his faster tracks) something else? All use a combination of
programmed hits & cut-up breaks (Amen used almost never) in varying ratios,
and all have a much stronger emphasis on melody & density than mainstream
drum&bass. Of course they all sound different, but to my ears at least,
there's no more difference between them & say Black Dog, Autechre, &
Beaumont Hannant, who all seem to fit into the same genre.
I have to throw A Guy Called Gerald, 4 Hero/JOS, Chameleon/Chaos & Julia
Set, and Talvin Singh into the "doing a lot more with fast beats than
trying to sound like the d&b flavor du jour" genre, whatever you want to
call it.
At 12:27 PM 7/8/98 -0400, Sebastien Dalphond wrote:
quoted 5 lines Don't get me wrong. I love 4/4 techno, just as much as I love IDM in>Don't get me wrong. I love 4/4 techno, just as much as I love IDM in
>general and drum & bass. But I think that the whole electronica is
>based on samples, sequencers, hopefully giving it an organic feel to it
>by pitching in *real* instruments, vocals, warmth, rich layers, etc. At
>least, that was the way it was at first.
Organic sucks.
*Real* instruments suck.
Vocals suck.
Live sucks.
If you want all that, listen to folk music. Give me the cold, hard, &
artificial, baby.
;-)
Che
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