You speak the truth. All in all, I'm glad the label is back! I really need a new Metroplex shirt as the old one died many years back.
On Nov 5, 2011, at 1:46 PM, DB <d...@renegaderhythms.com> wrote: > Hi Patrick! > There was a recent Model 500 released on R & S: > > http://www.discogs.com/Model-500-OFI-Remixes/release/2717435 > > & > > http://www.discogs.com/Model-500-OFI-Huesca/master/281013 > > > I would have thought myself, that they would want to "restart" the label with > a "bang". While I do > like the new Metroplex release, for my own pidgeon holes that I put music > into, it doesn't sound like > a Metroplex release to me. > > I personally would have waited for the upcoming Model 500 Album that is > discussed here: > http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=15139 > > to start off the label with. That would have had a bigger "bang". But > everybody runs their label their > own way :) > > Cheers from the P-Town... > > > Dave > > > On 11/1/2011 12:27 PM, Patrick Wacher wrote: >> 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. >>>>>>> >
