I see your point, and it's definitely valid. especially looking at
jazz's history as dance music that ended with free-jazz's innovations
and techno's history as dance music that's not quite ending with idm's
innovations . I like the new Squarepusher stuff, and it moves in a way
that reminds me of Elvin Jones as in virtuosity makes it cool, not just
tempo and a good groove. but I gotta admit his early Hard Normal Daddy
stuff is some of the sweetest music ever made.
-
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On Saturday, May 24, 2003, at 06:13 AM, Charles Freeman wrote:
quoted 44 lines I couldn't disagree more. What I hear in pushers new works is the> I couldn't disagree more. What I hear in pushers new works is the
> heart of jazz, but in new terms. Instead of trying to emulate acoustic
> jazz as live musicians play it ei. Sampling jazzy horns and such he's
> gone to the next degree. Pusher's taken the concept of jazz and
> adapted it to his instrument (the computer). Whats the point of
> trying to make something sound acoustic when it's electronic? It makes
> no sense. If you're going to make that kind of music do it with live
> musicians playing instruments, not with a laptop. Pushers new stuff
> pushes the envelope of what music is. Hes not concerned with what
> music was in the past, and thats why it can be so hard to take, but
> thats also why its so important to pay attention to. Electronic
> music is a new form of expression; its a shame to put that newness to
> waist by using it to express old concepts.
>
>
> Go plastic is one of the best albums of all time. And that's that!
>
> -charles
>
> www.mp3.com/groundchuckles
> Kurt <supine@pendulous.org> wrote: the most recent stuff I find
> painful...it's kind of like he was
> really on fire when he went off into his jazzoid Music is One Rotten
> Note thing....and then he got a lot of shit for it, so he came back
> to acidy breakbeat but with this begrudging, cynical attitude. like
> he wants to maintain the audience he initially attracted and is even
> willing to compromise to keep it, but the price is eating at his soul.
>
>
>
>
> Kurt <supine@pendulous.org> wrote:
> the most recent stuff I find painful...it's kind of like he was
> really on fire when he went off into his jazzoid Music is One Rotten
> Note thing....and then he got a lot of shit for it, so he came back
> to acidy breakbeat but with this begrudging, cynical attitude. like
> he wants to maintain the audience he initially attracted and is even
> willing to compromise to keep it, but the price is eating at his soul.
>
>
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