> > so question 1: i think it's impossible to find something that sounds new once you've been listening to music for a while. i garauntee that very musical revelation that you had when you were younger had some old folks bemoaning "there's nothing new"
> > Do you think striving to sound completely new to someones ears is a good > thing, do you think we try to hard for this? > > I think there's alot of stuff around that sounds completely different, > electronic and like nothing else I ever heard. Take for example some of the > electronic music around. Some of it sounds crazy and new, does this make it > techno? It's made by kids banging on pots and pans with a laptop, the kind > of kids who don't get out too often by the sounds of it - I think it's > rubbish, and isn't even music to my ears. Or, as Martin Dust posted > yesterday, how about Dizzee Rascal? He sounds fresh and different, but then > I wouldn't consider him that techno either, as you can hear the influences > too heavy in his music. > Now you're playing word games. What is and what is not techno, as well as offering subjective qualifiers (to the detriment of...) which is cool for stimulating conversation- although it's a well worn conversation on for this list. But if you're seriously looking for answers, you need to rephrase your question. > so q. 2; does techno really need to be absoloutely new and fresh sounding? > even to the detriment of the overall sound of the end product? > > I also, whilst on my post round this morning, thought that if you think > about it, techno originally had a big social element to it too no? > (ruling out the weirdos sitting in their bedrooms writing maths programs to > write their music with ffs) > i.e. when the 'belleville 3' had their sound system (deep space?) it was > all about taking it out to parties right? playing on the radio too. You > couldn't play that different sounding electronic music of today out at > parties really could you? I reckon that rules it out from being techno. > Even what's credited as being one of, or the first techno record, > "Sharevari" was even named after a party, to be played at the party. > > I need to redefine my little laws of techno I think. I swear my definition > of techno has consistently changed over the last 14 years, usually every > other month or something. so come on, what is it, techno? > > blah blah > _________________________________________________________________ > > --------------------- End of message text -------------------- > > This e-mail is sent by the above named in their > individual, non-business capacity and is not on > behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers. > > PricewaterhouseCoopers may monitor outgoing and incoming > e-mails and other telecommunications on its e-mail and > telecommunications systems. By replying to this e-mail you > give your consent to such monitoring > > > >
