"Best Dance Album" is a bold (and loaded statement) I could rattle all kinds of wierd stuff at that.
- Giles D I G I T A S // B O S T O N -- Giles Dickerson Art Director 800 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02199 -- mobile 617 899 9635 office 617 369 8601 > ---------- > From: Matthew Cloney > Sent: Friday, March 1, 2002 2:26 PM > To: Giles Dickerson; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: RE: [313] Marketinbg techno + house to the masses > > Right you are Giles, > > The issue of Muzik magazine that came out (in the States) about a month ago > has a one or two-page interview with Shadow, and lists it as the #1 dance > album of all-time... though I agree with the reader comments that were a > little surprised to see it at #1 as it's a bit tough to dance to. I do > think it's an amazing contribution to the genre, but I'm more partial to > Leftfield's "Leftism" as far as pure dancability. > > Cheers, > > -m > > -----Original Message----- > From: Giles Dickerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 11:15 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 313@hyperreal.org; Matthew Cloney > Subject: RE: [313] Marketinbg techno + house to the masses > > > My God, Entroducing is an entirely notable work. His understanding of how > drums work is obvious in his programming. That's an amazign album, if you > listen to interviews you'll also see, he did that cut and paste style, very > very old school technique, using fairly lo-fi rgear. > > - Giles > > D I G I T A S // B O S T O N > -- > Giles Dickerson > Art Director > 800 Boylston Street > Boston, MA > 02199 > -- > mobile 617 899 9635 > office 617 369 8601 > > > ---------- > > From: Matthew Cloney > > Sent: Friday, March 1, 2002 2:19 PM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; 313@hyperreal.org > > Subject: RE: [313] Marketinbg techno + house to the masses > > > > I think historically there's been a hierarchy of musical popularity, and > it > > all has to do with how "human" the music is as far as mass appeal. I > would > > put things like experimental, industrial and techno at one end of the > > spectrum, and pop music at the other. On the one end you've got something > > that is, by design, more mechanical and detached... marked by what the > vast > > majority of the population would consider "noise," while pop music oozes > > this saccharine dribble, so sycophantic to the masses that it becomes a > > self-fulfilling prophecy. House is somewhere in-between. > > > > Having said that, I must confess that I'm a huge house fan. I like a lot > of > > different types of music though, and there are things that I like about > > every type of music that I listen to that draw me to that type of music > > (Tracey Thorn's voice is enough to make me melt, sight-unseen for > instance). > > > > I mean, we all know what it takes to write a song that will be popular > with > > the public at large... it takes true genius to create something that will > be > > popular with your own crowd (or, most importantly, yourself). > > > > And as far as electronic music artists "ripping off" other people, > > everything has been done before. Some people think DJ Shadow's > > "Endtroducing" is just pure plagiarism, while those who are a little more > > open-minded may consider it art. > > > > Cheers, > > > > -m > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: robin pinning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 10:53 AM > > To: Giles Dickerson > > Cc: 313@hyperreal.org > > Subject: RE: [313] Marketinbg techno + house to the masses > > > > > > > > >> Yes and No. The Chemical brothers and Fatboy Slim tend to choose a > > >single or a couple very catchy vocal edits and repeat them over and over. > > >We know they're samples but I think the general audience probably thinks > > >it might be the artist or a singer. > > > > yeah fair point, that had occured to me when i compiled me last response,> > > and actually the above is reinforced by the fact the FBS uses a fat guy in > > all the marketing shots (someone has nowt to do with the music...actually > > some might argue FBS has little to do with the music as all he does is rip > > off (sample) other peoples stuff...but that's a whole other argument and > > is perhaps a little below the belt :) ) > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
