in my opinion truely a god. marketing genius, totally innovative & where does he get the energy?
Happy Birthday Mr Hawtin/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tosh Cooey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 05:41 Subject: [313] Does anyone compare to Hawtin? > Ok, there's always a lively discussion on the merits of Hawtin. > > Everyone has their opinion, and everyone has their tastes. > > But there are some things in the world which can't be argued. If you > accept that "pop" music is not just about the music but also about the > contextual packaging of the music, then you must accept that Madonna is > one of the greatest "pop" artists, regardless if you enjoy her music or > not, she demands (literally and figuratively) respect for what she is > able to accomplish. > > Same thing with Hawtin, in a context. > > http://m-nus.com/ > > That was control II. > > The context is how/why you came to love electronic music, specifically > techno. > > If you came to this music as someone inspired by the futuristic sounds, > the ideas of progress and pushing forward embedded in the music, the > liberating effect of controlling the entire production and performance > experience, and because you had a great time at these new kinds of > parties, then it is impossible to not respect Hawtin for what he's done. > > In that picture you see people obviously having a good time, but it's > what you don't see that separates control II from every other <yawn> > party out there: > > quadrophonic sound > pyrotechnics > finalscratch > recycle (and who knows what else) > the foot pedal MIDI controller > lost track of what FX unit he's using these days > custom track edits (playable via FS) > what am I forgetting? > > All of it controlled by Hawtin. Not Rich dancing around like a muppet > on stage while a host of behind-the-scenes helpers run the show, no > entirely controlled by Rich. > > Maybe you don't like him as a person, maybe he spit on your grandfather, > maybe he's white, maybe he's not American, maybe you like only people > with hair, and/or maybe he slept with your mom, but you have to respect > what he can accomplish within the context of your reason for liking > techno music. > > I'm not entirely sure why I write this, probably because looking at that > picture and knowing about the production which went into that party, > it's pretty bloody inspiring to know that this "techno" thing will keep > pushing the envelope, technologically and artistically. > > Tosh > > -- > Twelve Hundred Group > http://www.1200group.com/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
