Didn't Model 500 'Live' have a new track or two in their repertoire? Haven't seen them for a while, so i'm unclear...
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 12:19 PM, ohanakin ... <ohana...@gmail.com> wrote: > an alternative view: maybe "new" and "model 500" seem like they > shouldn't go together? > > while some may not love this newest metroplex, for people to say this > doesn't sound like detroit techno, 1) does it matter to you what the > guy whose style detroit techno is thinks ??? 2) perhaps sounds more > techno to mine ear than certain of the latest transmats... > > in any case... all the feedback i read makes me think: "womp, womp". > > and for anything a little more like listening music or experimental > not to be detroit techno... ridiculous and retarded are words that > come to mind when trying to describe that point of view. > > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Patrick Wacher <pwac...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I was kind of hoping that Metroplex would come out strong with a new >> Model 500 or something? >> >> P. >> >> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 9:54 AM, ohanakin ... <ohana...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> not something you recognize as close to detroit techno ? hmm... >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 3:19 PM, kent williams <chaircrus...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> It doesn't sound like Detroit Techno. It's closer to some of the more >>>> experimental stuff at the fringes of dance music. It isn't bad, per >>>> se, it just doesn't have that immediate emotional hook. >>>> >>>> I try my own work, to try to find rhythms I find compelling and >>>> combine that with tonal material that has some emotional resonance for >>>> me personally. Whether or not I succeed with respect to others is an >>>> open question, but that is what I'm trying. >>>> >>>> In contrast there's a whole world of music out there that combines >>>> repetitive beats with what sounds to me like academic electro-acoustic >>>> music. That is not the way to get people runway-jacking on the New >>>> Dance Show, but I don't reject it out of hand. I like some of that >>>> stuff a lot -- Pansonic, the stuff on Taylor Dupree's 12K label, tim >>>> hecker... >>>> >>>> But it's not something I recognize as being anywhere close to Detroit >>>> Techno. >>>> >>>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Kevin Kennedy <the...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> kent, you are being very nice...I am proud of you. I am reserving all >>>>> comment about this recording. >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
