First of all the original quote was not "unfinished tracks" that's someone else's interpretation. A finished track is what sounds complete to you, whether it be DJ Tools oriented music, minimalism, or more traditional song structure music.
on 5/20/03 9:19 AM, Odeluga, Ken at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> also could it be that many producers release "infinished tracks" so that >> the idea can be completed by the dj? justa thought. > > I thought exactly the same thing Robin, although I was a bit wary abt going > up against the wisdom of May and Atkins - that's not meant ironically at > all. I respect them and their opinions 100%, although I might disagree. > > That point is a difficult one. A bit of a dilemma: > > On the one hand part of the attraction of the music we're into *is* it's > very 'imperfection' on any number of fronts, on sound quality; structurally; > production. Imperfections whether intentional or unintentional can add > almost a magical quality to a piece of music *heard in the right context*. > The same could especially be said (imho) about Derrick May's own work - I > mean basically, during the era in which he did his only non-collaborative > work (no offence intended in that, it's just a fact that it was a while ago) > electronic music sounded what could be called 'unfinished' or put more > politely, 'minimal'. > > And then there is Robin's point about the sketchiness of some productions > being quite necessary if the music is going to be programmed with other > tracks ... > > However, I can definitely see the point about some things being quite > patently thrown together (or seeming to be) and that point where minimal > becomes just downright lazy, unimaginative, or dare I say it - a display of > a *lack* of talent rather than display of talent. > > It would be helpful though to know what tracks May had in mind when he made > that statement (but of course we never will), 'cause in the last 6 months > I've heard a great deal of quality music coming from Detroit and coming from > everywhere. I've heard some mediocre house, techno, broken beat, etc etc > too, but not as much good stuff - which you do have to seek out if you want > to overwhelm what would seem like a stream (but not a deluge) of cack - that > being a crucial point! Nothing different in that today compared to ten years > ago. (mho.) > > k
