On 18 Feb 1994, Darshan M. Jesrani wrote:
quoted 16 lines I used to sit down and start ideas - most of them were quite melancholic,> I used to sit down and start ideas - most of them were quite melancholic,
> melodic, little pieces that were highly rhythmic - driven by hip-hop in-
> fluenced beats - but they remained in loop form, and were never arranged
> into songs that developed thoroughly and grew. I was just messing around.
> Then I heard Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works and it reminded me of what
> I used to do, because the tracks were similar in nature and feeling (although
> my sounds were not nearly as analogue or reverberant), and in structure too.
> And I would not dare compare myself to any musician who's made a dent thus
> far in music, be it experimental or not. I can only hope to be able to
> improve to the point where I'm able to create artistically/musically credible
> pieces using this medium. I guess what I'm trying to say is that this style/
> medium has too much potential that hasn't been reached yet - and to label
> anyone as a master of it would be extremely premature. I think all of us
> who are out there making music and learning about the process of creating
> using this technology are striving toward the same thing. Some may be
> further ahead than others at this point, but it's all so relative.
That's just it. RDJ's strength is his individualism. Art is what you do,
not how you do it. The point is that RDJ put out his own brand of music
and it got people excited and he deserves his day in the sun (including
crazy interviews) for it.
Why not compare yourself? Your individualism is no less valid than anyone
else's! You're saying what I said several years ago and now I'm
putting out my own record,
and it's no Beethoven's Fifth but the people I've played it for
have liked it.
Aphex will probably never go down as one of the world's greatest musicians,
but he certainly has his place in music.
--Seofon