that lad, wojtek, did not subject tejada to a personal attack, but simply gave an honest critique of the event in sf. but what's the story with your (mr cox's) vitriol aimed at tejada?
i've bought many of tejada's records over the years, going back as far as 1997, including two albums on a13, and i would have to say that tejada is one house/techno producer that has his own signature sound, debunking your accusation of him being a mimic. no matter what genre he tries his hand at, you can tell that its a tejada record. now, i've never heard his jungle releases, but have heard junglists sing their praises(and haven't jungle artists tried their hand at house/techno on his palette label? seems he has respect amongst some of them). it is all down to taste, but i would say that he has made some (and an emphasis on some) records that are outstanding, particularly his releases on 7th city, a detroit label as you well know. my problem with him is the high output level which seems to lead to a dropping of quality control. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas D. Cox, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 6:35 pm Subject: Re: (313) Tejada/Maxwell in SF > On 11/23/05, Greg Earle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I don't ordinarily jump in to idiotic arguments like this but when > > my homeboys are attacked, I gotta represent. > > > > I showed this post to John Tejada (via the elists.Resynthesize site) > > and he said "Who is this Wojtek retard? I have nothing to do with > > Hawtin or his label, I'm not some trendy/popular producer, and there > > were 500 people there loving it and it looks like the 4 that didn't > > just had to rush to their computers to diss it." 'Nuff said. > > he's not a trendy producer? thats laughable. his entire career has > been built off of associating himself with whatever genre/style is > popular at the time! he's never had a signature sound because his > signature sound is ripping off other artists. he can appeal to the 500 > hipster morons in attendance all he wants, it doesnt make his music > any better or more original. and we're all really impressed that you > know tejada by the way, thanks for letting us in on that! > > when you have your buddy redshift agreeing with you, its not a good > day for the common sense of your argument. > > tom >
