Well said, Dave Clarkes live in Singapore and live in Portugal I got from his web site are still jamming in my car (I ran Windows Media Player through an Aphex Aural Exiter back into my sound card) the rumbling bass sounds awesome, the way he cuts up records works the effects.
on 2/17/03 1:23 PM, Cyborg K at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I think there's a bit of difference in outlook between thoses across the > Atlantic and those of us stuck in the US. > > In general, the hard-loop techno type sets aren't really too popular here in > the states. I think perhaps those who are exposed to these sets ALL THE > TIME are naturally bored of them a little quicker. However, I personally > almost never get to see sets like these. That being said, I think it's > really an art form making a good hard techno set, and it really has to be > programmed well in order to keep things bumping without slipping into > boring. > > I personally am a fan of mostly playing hard but throwing in the odd Detroit > electro record or more "soulful" Detroit record, at just the right moment. > I actually think such records have the most impact when they are in contrast > to the harder stuff, rather than in a set of all melodic or deeper stuff. > The latter type of site often ends up being a little too mellow as a whole > (unless mellow is what you want to hear at the moment). I think that to > over-use the elements of "soul" and melodicism, string parts, etc., is in > bad taste, kind of overly-romantic and emotionally manipulative. I like the > idea of mostly getting rid of all that, so that if you finally bring it in > after half an hour it has some kind of meaning and impact, in contrast to > what has come before. > > BTW, I think some of Samuel L Sessions stuff sounds VERY Detroit infuenced > if you ask me, some of these tracks have little melodic things and synth > parts that are extremely 313. He's not my favorite producer but I think > it's a bit unfair to say that he just produces the same 1/2 bar record over > and over, not all his records are like that. > > .dave
