Someone get me my cane - I think those teenagers are on my lawn again!
;-)
MEK
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 12/05/2006 11:26:27 AM:
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> "Toby Frith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 12/05/2006 10:24:42
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> > Techno by its very nature is rigid and fixed, and when
> > someone like Mills adds that rough, human element, it takes it to
> > another level. Hawtin by contrast just seems to be plotting a linear
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> I wish that techno hadn't become so rigid and fixed (at least it's not as
> grid like as Trance is). Early "techno" didn't seem that way basically
> because the technology either wasn't there or wasn't affordable. I think
> that's why I get so bored with Hawtin and other minimal stuff. There's a
> local radio station that plays it ever Saturday evening. You could tune
in
> for a ffew minutes in the beginning, middle, and end and you wouldn't
> notice much progression. The beat will be the same - oh! but the mix
will
> be soooo tight that you might not notice when the crossfader has gone
from
> left to right and back again. I can't stand listening to the show. Is
that
> what djing is now?
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> MEK
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