Trivial point I know but: >"Stings of Life" spw
?!?! I guess it would be an appropriate title given those infamous sampled string stabs, which even my younger sister remembers, although she doesn't know where from ... Or maybe spw's spelling is just as poor as his reasoning .... ooh - something tells me some more stings of life will be heading in my direction shortly ;-) k >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 3:26 PM >To: spw >Cc: 313@hyperreal.org >Subject: RE: (313) Soul Music (was some nonsense spw was going on about) > > > >"I hear simple tracks composed on drum machines and synthesizers, 4/4 16- >step sequences. >Derrick May isn't exactly Van Cliburn competition material if you know >what I mean in fact Stings Of Life was more like good production/ editing >skills but I'm glad to >see him establish a name for himself in the mainstreme music community as >the >techno pioneer and reeping the awards of good marketing and PR skills." > >Uh, he's established a name for himself in the mainstream music community? >Really? That's interesting because last time I checked very few people even >know what the Movement festival or even the DEMF is, let alone songs like >"Nude Photo", "Beyond the Dance", "Stings of Life", or "The Dance". Pop his >name into MTV's search and in the news archives you get one item that comes >up - and that item is - BLANK. There isn't anything there on him. There is >one review of Innovator and a bio. The other CD they list is a compilation >that includes other artists like - Propellerheads, The Crystal Method, >Atomic Babies, Headrillaz, Electric Skychurch, BT, Rabbit in the Moon, >Fatboy Slim, etc. Plus Derrick isn't even mentioned in the review! >All this despite pulling off one of the nation's largest electronic >festivals without any financial backing and managing to bring the spirit, >dare I say soul, back to the festival. >The reason I use MTV as a thermometer is because *that is the mainstream >music community*. >If you think Derrick May is being recognized by the mainstream music >community then you are seriously fooling yourself. Now back to our >regularly featured program featuring the White Stripes and Justin >Timberlake. > >MEK > > > > > > spw > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: >313@hyperreal.org > gy.net> cc: > > Subject: RE: (313) >Soul Music (was some nonsense spw > 06/22/03 06:34 PM was going on >about) > > > > > > > > >the term "soul" had a resergance in trend with the music industry starting >around the mid to late >90's >Soul is only a figment of the hu-man imagination which can not be >scientifically proven, a >primitive concept based in tradition. > >> Ignoring for a second statements from the artists about how the landscape >> of Detroit impacted their soundscape, LISTEN to the music. Do you hear >> horror or contextual poverty in STRINGS OF LIFE? >> >> In NUDE PHOTO? >> In TRIANGLE OF LOVE? >> >> There is undoubtedly some darkness in these and other songs. But that >> isn't all there is. Just as techno is solely a reaction to a limited >> vision of what Detroit is, soul (and the blues) isn't simply a reaction >to >> subjugation. I don't think we'd be listening to this stuff if it were. > >I hear simple tracks composed on drum machines and synthesizers, 4/4 16- >step sequences. >Derrick May isn't exactly Van Cliburn competition material if you know >what I mean in fact Stings Of Life was more like good production/ editing >skills but I'm glad to >see him establish a name for himself in the mainstreme music community as >the >techno pioneer and reeping the awards of good marketing and PR skills. >This nonsense about Detroit techno a way of escaping the economic, >Industrial waste land of Detroit or the "ghetto" is complete nonsense. >I'm sure maybe on a subconscience level. >What was going on in Chicago with house and technology with >drum machines, midi sequencers that Juan Atkins was into was more of a >factor >influencing the first techno coming out of Detroit. > > > >===== > > > > > > >
