I'm 56 and I don't find VS scary or agressive, just energetic, GWB, on the
other hand IS scary and agressive.
I play anything I enjoy myself when my friends are around and don't really
have any rules about what music is good to play when. Sure, It'd be really
safe to play some jazz or something slow and 'melodic' but why be safe?
Everybody plays that stuff already.
Just saw Snares in Los Angeles, and there were 20 of us bouncing around,
jumping, picking each other up and it was quite good fun. Not scary at all
;)
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quoted 48 lines From: "chthonic" <chthonic@chthonicstreams.com>
>From: "chthonic" <chthonic@chthonicstreams.com>
>Reply-To: <chthonic@chthonicstreams.com>
>To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: Re: [idm] Venetian Snares is too scary
>Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 09:34:18 -0700
>
>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: "Martin Lomas" <mlomas@rogers.com>
>Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 12:11:28 -0400
>
>
> >I love IDM in many of it's guises, but I find Venetian Snares (& the
>like) too scary, too disturbing, too aggressive. Big deal, you might
>say. But I'm just wondering where I fell off the "hardcore" wagon. In
>my youth, I would be front and centre at shows such as Motorhead,
>Black Sabbath, and many other really aggressive acts, loving every
>minute.
> >So, for you who enjoy the more hardcore electronica - are you
>young and carefree, or forever committed to noize, or enduring it for
>it's artistic merit, or what? Another question - if you have various
>friends over, would put Venetian Snares on?
>
>
>personally, what i've heard of VS i don't much like. there are
>certain harsh frequencies i don't appreciate any artist using,
>because they just hurt. on top of that, their violent artwork puts me
>off a bit. maybe i'm missing the point or lacking context, but to me
>there's a difference between the accused "sexist" artwork of brute
>on the KMFDM covers (which is clearly an OTT joke and does not
>always feature brutalized women), and the VS covers i've seen.
>
>as for other "hard" electronica, i enjoy somatic responses,
>celluloid mata, morgenstern, imminent starvation (though not their
>newer incarnation imminent). of course, kid606, aphex twin, and
>chris clark have their hard (though not actually distorted) moments.
>
>if i have friends over i might put on miles davis 'bitches brew', or if it
>was a party, the beastie boys or jane's addiction. but not hardcore
>electronica. to me that's working, travelling, dancing, or
>get-yer-ass-in-gear music.
>
>d.
>
>
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