Hello, I am not trying to start a big argument, but I will put it to you like this.
get a random teenage techno DJ, and play them a marco corolla record, and then play him the Kick the Pump Mix of Big Fun by Derrick May. I guarantee you he will pick the Marco Corolla record. You know your stuff, and you have a perspective of a person who knows their stuff. Most people do not have your perspective, and they do not judge records the way you do. You can see the context, and because of that you can enjoy most of the metroplex catalog. It is easy to point to No UFO's, but how about Play it Cool, or Triangle of Love. Those records are great, but you are nuts if you think that those records are great productions. They were made in low budget studios, and they sound like they were made in low budget studios. bad gated reverb kicks, poorly recorded vocals, they sound old and primitive by modern standards. As for composition, Juan was good, but his shit isn't that complex. He had a great sense of groove, he could write in key, and he had a knack for good sounds. When you get outside of the 313 dogma and learn a bit of music theory you might judge those records a little differently. Juan was good, but he wasn't Bach or Miles Davis. I like them because they sound old and primitive. They have soul, they are interesting and distinctive. But what you and I see in those records, the average punter does not. I do not think Marco Carolla is better, I just think he is a lot more obvious, and that is the whole point of my posts. I still have my Detroit records, I don't miss the hard techno records I sold. If not being rigidly dogmatic about records is sacrilegious, I am ready for the stones. Early Detroit is great music, but it is just a branch on the tree of music. It is great music, but I have enough perspective to know that it is not the center of the musical universe. take care, Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > << records, but I admit that many of them are poorly produced, the writing > isn't all that great, and they do not really work in a modern context. I > love them because they sound so old, so primitive, and because in many > ways they laid the groundwork for so much of what came after. I like >> > > sorry, man. but this rubbish. early m500/metroplex is surely not poorly > produced at all. juan`s early works still kick ass in 2000 and will still be > working in ANY modern context beyond the year 00, while any modern type 4/4 > bangtech all sound alike music is almost forgotten once the dj enters the > next one in the mix. serious futuristic musical visions last forever, son > .... > > No U.F.O`s is gonna move the crowd from chicago to oslo and back even in the > year 2976 ... FUTURE IS HERE! > > i hate seing people slander the roots. > > andy > background records > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Michael Taylor : [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homes.arealcity.com/Intermodal/index.html http://www.mp3.com/TheMSProject http://www.egroups.com/group/tech-gear
