Sorry Thomas, but I have to totally disagree on this one! No disrespect - it just seems to me that your tastes seem more on the house side of things then on the techno side. Generally, there are a lot of old records (funk/soul/disco) that you and other 313 list members really like that I can't for the life of me get into AT ALL (unless there's a really hot synth part)! On the other hand, I'm hearing new stuff constantly that is right up my alley, though admittedly I haven't been able to afford new records in three months.
What has made me happy in the last few years is that a lot of IDM/glitch/experimental production values have seemed to come into their own in the techno world, and have been interpreted in ways that are a little more dance friendly. I don't mind digital production values, especially if they are used to create a high level of detail. However, it seems that there are two camps in the 313 world, and one camp is rather opposed to these IDM-style sounds infiltrating techno, and sees the new stuff as being a cold imitation of the old soulful stuff. >From my point of view, I really don't think there is any kind of attempt to be >purposely "hip", and I love the newer sounds. It is a natural integration of >ideas (IDM/experimental v. techno) that should not really be seperated anyway. > However, all the glitchiness does sometimes seem to leave the some of the >disco sensibilities behind for something a little more stark and digital >sounding. I don't mind - I'm a Cyborg. As long as the funk is there - and I >don't define funk by analog warmth and production value, or old school type >soul, but rather by rhythms that have some character and are off-kilter or >polyrhythmic. Which is really just a natural extension of minimal techno, >except that tracks seem to be a little more intricate now thanks to software. >And I don't think ANYTHING on vinyl sounds that "clean" when it is played on a >turntable and sound system (maybe on CD though). I actually think that >sometimes having clean production and not overdriving everything to sound like >#$%! is a GOOD thing, though some dirty tracks do work for me too of course. >I know Kent might have some opinion on this... <currency="cents"> 2 </currency> ~David From: "Thomas D. Cox, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> i almost never hear new records that i like. and if i do, i rarely like them enough to actually buy them. theres too much clean production and hip sounds out there for me right now.... tom ________________________________________________________________ andythepooh.com
