Am I the only person that finds the concept of this Hawtin album a bit up its own arse? Good DJing? - no it's all done on computer Good tracks? - no he is 'improving' upon other people's tracks by deconstructing them and putting them back together. The result is one 90 min cut n paste track which nobody else can play, nor would anyone want to. What's the point?
"M. Todd Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 31/08/2001 12:14:53 AM To: [email protected] cc: Subject: Re: [313] DE9 closer There's nothing next level about DE9 'Closer to the Edit', only the fact that all the people who have done it before him have either 1. Never been noticed in the first place. or 2. Got noticed but have long since been forgotten. A great many producers (hip-hop, trip-hop, breaks etc.) consistently use this process to create tracks, Richie has simply made 31 tracks in the same vein, segued them together and called it 'innovation' (His publicist spin I'm sure..). I've listened to the recording alot lately, it sounds like an experiment, no flow, just tracks, intended for the mind to bounce along too. The Gescom MD was certainly much more interesting, this still posseses linearity. Rich uses what seems like a lot of Perlon (I know two or three for sure), but in the most linear fashion possible. He could have made some awesome breakdown edits (to let the music breathe), or to give it an added 'wanna-bust-a-move' attitude, but instead he kept it pretty thumping (making it seem tracky, and boring). Like the last DE9 this one won't be in my collection, though I'm sure I'll hear enough of it everywhere I go. CHeers todd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leif Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 5:48 PM Subject: Re: [313] DE9 closer > I thought that was the point of this release, to inspire volumes of mailing > list discussion attempting to catalogue all of the samples and loops that he > uses, and what track they came from. Gotta catch 'em all or somesuch thing. > > The DE9 record reminds me a bit of the Minidisc project that Autechre did > under their Gescom alias. It was a collection of 88 small snippets of tracks > and samples that was intended to be played with the shuffle feature of your > Minidisc player. So each time you played the disc it would result in a new > listening experience. > > I found the new DE9 to be very interesting. I can't say that it's my > favorite Hawtin record, but I definitely respect him for trying to take > Techno to that next level. > > Leif > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Vince Woolums <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: 313 List <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 10:17 AM > Subject: Re: [313] DE9 closer > > > > Hello. > > > > To my knowledge there is no 'track listing' per se, because of the nature > of > > the mix. Lots of track titles are included as points of reference, but > the > > order in which they are listed is not the order in which they are played. > > There is also nothing that subscribes to the traditional track-after-track > > approach. Bits of track recur at random times throughout the mix. > > > > Makes sense, right? > > > > Vince Woolums > > AOL IM: vincewoolums > > http://jump.to/iowacityunderground > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Warning : The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and then delete it from your computer. All e-mail sent to this address will be received by the Providian Financial corporate e-mail system and is subject to archiving and review by someone other than the recipient. ============================================================================== --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
