WORD! Yeah I love watching Omar get down! On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 2:10 PM kent williams <[email protected]> wrote:
> I must not be a proper techno DJ, because I listen to music and if I like > it, I do my best to figure out how it can work with other music. Selecting > tracks because their rigid structure makes them easy to mix seems to put > the actual music last in DJing, which is absurd. > > And man Omar S. As a production nerd, I can hear MOST of what he's up to > on his tracks but he's always doing something unexpected that nonetheless > works. The kick drum on "Psychotic Photosynthesis" is a good example. You > can hear it by itself in the beginning of the track, and on it's own, it > frankly sounds like shit. But once he brings other sounds into the mix it > is EXACTLY the right sound for the mix. > > And he's one of the best DJs I've ever seen play, not because he does > anything fancy, but because he's an amazing selector. The time I saw him in > a rooftop bar in Greektown, he showed up with no record box, just a stack > of test presses and white labels a foot thick. And everything he dropped > was INSANE. > > On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 2:01 PM Matt Dubspun < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I find myself forgetting all the time that music is an expression. As a >> DJ we far too often judge a record by structure and if it doesn't measure >> up to the structure of other songs it gets left behind at the store or home >> instead of in our record bags where they belong. The uniformity was >> different back in the 80's where the long blends weren't as prominent. We >> should all be more daring with our selections but it's as if something >> won't let us. >> >> Looking behind the curtain is one of the greatest compliments an artist >> can have. It means that what they have accomplished boggled some minds when >> in most cases it's something simple but unthought of by most. Omar S. is >> who got me back in to producing. I bought one of his first works at a >> distributor that wasn't going to carry it because it didn't fit the mold. A >> little awkward to mix with but once you learned it, it worked out great. I >> stopped obsessing about technicalities and expressed myself. >> >> Much LOVE to Detroit you are all so special to me more than you know! >> >> >> On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 7:07 PM kent williams <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I think how you look at things like that article depends on your point >>> of view. I'm a musician and fascinated by musical structure & process. So >>> it's a way of thinking about music more analytically, but it doesn't take >>> away from my enjoyment of the music. >>> >>> Plus, analyzing Drexciya just tells you "forget the formula, find your >>> groove, and express it live, even if you're off the grid of conventional >>> dance music." >>> >>> No one can make Drexciya from a simplified recipe. It doesn't take away >>> from the magic to look behind the curtain. >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 6:52 PM Philip McGarva <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I gotta say those ‘deconstructed’ articles kind of depress me but I >>>> guess you gotta keep the content up somehow. I spent years obsessing over >>>> MK’s hi hats and that was much more fun than a 15 minute tutorial 🙂 >>>> >>>> Don’t get me started on their logo t-shirts 🙄 Is this all we got left? >>>> >>>> >>>>
