Hi, With that in mind I reckon I should introduce myself.
My name is Matt Deegan and I'm an electronic music producer from the UK with a focus on techno. I've been involved in music in various forms over the years starting as a jazz double bassist and more recently moving to techno, using analogue electronic gear to produce on. I specialise in improvised electronic music trying hard to tastefully fuse elements of jazz into my sound. I've become interested in the origins of techno and so started reading books on and around the subject, and through that reading I found Hyperreal. I think there is a large proportion of techno fans who have no idea where or how it started, or are misinformed. I was definitely one of them, and, although I still have a lot to learn, I now feel I have some grounding in how it all began. I'm really interested in learning more and this feels like a decent place to do it so. Any resources people can recommend will be greatly appreciated! As I said I am interested in understanding the origins of the music, but at the same time I am also interested in supporting musicians trying to push the boundaries of the genre. I am a schooled jazz musician and composer and, although I am passionate about the music, I'm still trying to wrap my head around exactly why I love it so much. There is something fundamental within it I can't quite put my finger on which intrigues me. Before I started reading about techno's history I though my musical journey was unusual, but have since realised it isn't as unusual as I thought. This realisation has helped me focus my sound and produce the work I'm most proud of, which proves to me understanding the history of the music is extremely important. I could probably ramble on all day on the subject, but I'll leave it there. There are links below to my stuff if anyone is interested, otherwise I look forward to your reading what you write. Best wishes, Matt ------------ I work under the pseudonym Epistrophe Smith, here's some links to my stuff... Main site: www.epsmith.net An online ambient music project using an algorithm to never be the same twice: http://neverendingalbum.myl2mr.com On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 1:15 AM kent williams <chaircrus...@gmail.com> wrote: > For some reason we've had a bunch of new subscribers. I guess that is a > challenge to us old timers to, uh, generate some compelling content. >
