pretty sure it's the former ;) ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Powers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Dennis Donohue'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Fabrizio Nahum'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 4:44 PM Subject: RE: (313) Chris Liebing
> Weird I never heard of "schranz" before, and so today I am going through > the Sonic Groove list of new releases and see like 3 releases described > with the word "schranz" appearing in there... > > Either I wasn't paying attention in the past, or someone at Sonic Groove > has lately started using this word. > > ~Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis Donohue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 7:59 AM > To: 'Fabrizio Nahum'; 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: RE: (313) Chris Liebing > > There are a few different thoughts on how Schranz [the word] originated > (some say that it was used in WWII comic strips as a loud onomatopoeia) > (others say that it was made up combining the German words Schrieen (to > Cry > or Yell out : To scream) and Tanzen (to Dance) - which would mean > dancing > and screaming at the same time...). > > Chris Liebing started using this word on his release in 97-98, and it > has > come to define a form of techno that sound like really fast organ > grinder > music (ala the Stigmata releases, or alot of umek records, you can also > hear > that sound on alot of schall-platten records). This created a movement > in > Germany, where there was a large following of "trendy" types of > clubgoers - > alot like the "Trance" following in America, which may be where the "bad > word" connotation stems from (bad meaning "tasteless" not offensive). > > Cheers, > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fabrizio Nahum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 8:46 AM > To: 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: Re: (313) Chris Liebing > > > yes but apparently it has some negative connotations......as if it is a > swear word or something along those lines > > fab > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "ian cheshire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "David Powers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Jernej Marusic'" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'m a t t [d]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <313@hyperreal.org> > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 2:33 PM > Subject: RE: (313) Chris Liebing > > > > shranz is the german way of describing hard techno. I think :) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Powers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 17 July 2003 01:33 > > To: 'Jernej Marusic'; 'm a t t [d]'; 313@hyperreal.org > > Subject: RE: (313) Chris Liebing > > > > > > What is "schranz"??? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jernej Marusic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 6:18 PM > > To: 'm a t t [d]'; 313@hyperreal.org > > Subject: RE: (313) Chris Liebing > > > > I've heard him 2 months ago. Really boring hard techno (schranz), and > > his > > mixing was also boring. He seams to like playing with gadgets, so he > had > > Alesis AirFX, Korg KaosPad2, some music to midi sync thing and laptop > > with > > final scratch. Most of the mixes was like one track playing with fx, > > second > > track playing with fx... but all the rave kiddies seam to like him > > around > > here. > > > > > > Jernej > > www.soundoflj.com/octex > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: m a t t [d] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 16. julij 2003 15:07 > > > To: 313@hyperreal.org > > > Subject: (313) Chris Liebing > > > > > > > > > > Anyone seen Chris Liebing spin? He's here on Friday @ > > > Space34 and I was > > > > going to go check him out I was wondering if anyone had > > > heard him before. > > > > > > I saw him at the End for an 'open for torture' night. I'd > > > heard some good > > > sets of his before so I was hopeful. However when I saw him > > > it was the most > > > soul destroyingly bland hard as nails techno with very little > > > imagination. > > > Technically able, but there was no real funk to it. I like a > > > bit of hard > > > techno but he completely turned me off. > > > > > > There again, people have told me since that that's what you > > > get at an 'open > > > for torture' night anyway so maybe he's better at a place with a > less > > > proscribed music policy. > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > --- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.501 / Virus Database: 299 - Release Date: 14/07/03 > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.501 / Virus Database: 299 - Release Date: 14/07/03 > > >
