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From:
Greg Earle
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Date:
Sat, 29 Jun 1996 12:24:23 -0700
Subject:
(idm) Chemical Brothers as MBM deconstructionists
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quoted 4 lines I dont get you guys who didn't enjoy this show!!! I think they _have_> I dont get you guys who didn't enjoy this show!!! I think they _have_ > done "something new" just by making the music they are making. Who made > tunes in this style besides a couple of people before them? And even > they (MBM) were in a different vein of sound.
If someone asked me to describe the Chemical Brothers, I'd call them "Meat Beat Manifesto deconstructionists". They deconstruct MBM down to the funky breaks core, and then loop it over and over (and over ... and over ... ). An interesting take on the Meat Beat sound, but it wears a bit thin over the course of a "set" that ends up sounding like loop after loop after loop. I was quite pleased to hear an actual 4/4 track in their Organic set; it broke up the monotony. (I still liked them, though. It's really interesting viewing music through the "cup-is-half-full" approach nowadays. Y'all ought to try it sometime.) - Greg