Perhaps some folks play the tracks 'cuz they weren't around during the first wave of that sort of music. If they haven't heard anything like it before it's not hard to believe that this new output could excite them.
It's always interesting to me that there are people I meet who are really into something they think is "new" but they are completely unaware of a previous artist who did something similar. It happened to me when I first got into the Orb...I was excitingly playing it for a crusty-hippie-co-worker I had and I was enthusing on how different and fresh it sounded to me. He suggested (with a slightly pained look of a parent trying to correct a child's bad behavior) that I check out some dub. Up until that part I never even knew dub existed. The Orb's rehashing of something that had already been done (albeit combined creatively with new elements) set me on a delightful path of rediscovery. That's actually one of my favorite elements of listening to music and why I appreciate labels like Soul Jazz Records so much...they help me unearth stuff I missed the first time. On a related note I get grumpy when artists actually cover a track and don't bother to acknowledge the original performer...I always see that as a missed opportunity to educate people on music they're into...granted most of the bigger acts will at least acknowledge the writing credits or sample credits but I'd love it if they used some of their booklet space to expound on who the artist was and why they covered it...imagine if Missy had done something like the with Clear. Though they're not techno, some of you might know BR54-9 or Squirrel Nut Zippers...they're two acts that rose to some degree of fame by clever incorporation of OLD material. When I first heard them I thought they were so fresh and interesting never realizing that they were trawling through the back catalogues of obscure country and jazz tunes respectively. It would have been nice if they'd worn their influences a little more openly on their sleeves so I could have had a better context to place their music in. Whew...sorry, that kind of went on a bit eh? Leslie -----Original Message----- From: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 8:44 AM To: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) Juan Maclean tracks ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Matt Kane's Brain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Most people around me spin it as the next revolution in dance music, the >punk rock knight that is going to slay the dragon progressive house once >and for all. if i wanted to hear punk, id play my punk records! does anyone else really care what happens with prog house? i mean its so far removed from what im into and what i do that i dont think i could even tell you where to hear some in my own city, though im sure its out there. maybe people should spend more time making good music than trying to conquer some nonsense music listened to by a bunch of jokers. i havent heard a single DFA/modern "dance punk" record ive liked. even that morgan geist rmx of the rapture wasnt a favorite of mine. im still wondering why people play that !!! "me and guiliani" cut. ugh, that track is terrible. tommmmmmmm ________________________________________________________________ andythepooh.com
