Hiya folks.
I've been off list for a few days and have only just finished wading through
the backlog. There's been a fair amount of trivia, but also some really
important stuff being addressed, which is good.
I've been debating something in my head for a while and I'd like to open it
to a more public forum as I'm sure it will cause a certain amount of
division.
Progression of the music VS. body movin
Ideally I think a compromise of both would be nice, and there have certainly
been examples of that it the past, but as most will recognise, innovation
isn't as easy to come by these days.
At a time when even Jeff Mills' new 'EP' sounds like a poor copy of his own
work (IMHO), it's got me thinking more and more about whether it's good
enough to just make tracks that rock the floor, and how we can get out of
the loop, so to speak. Techno is rooted within dance music and as such does
it have a limited lifespan in it's current form?
There is a time and a place for both as I'm sure you'll agree, but the
original vision of this music is based around the idea of progression
(amongst other things) - I'm interested in discussing how viable that idea
is today, how the music could (should?) progress, and how the constraints of
the 4/4 could stifle this.
What do you reckon?
Nick Craddock
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