Haven't heard Middleton do anything good for a long time. Not very interested in the idea of credibility, but if his musical output of late is anything to go by he's pretty clueless.
-----Original Message----- From: Frank Glazer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 26 March 2008 08:20 To: Cyclone Wehner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: 313 <313@hyperreal.org> Subject: Re: (313) Josh Wink @ Movment 08 wow. tom middleton just lost 1000 cool points in my eyes. how could he possibly give josh wink credit for minimal music!? the "new wave" qualification does not justify the complete disregard for dan and rob, not to mention basic channel? i guess, though, in a way, he's right. if we're talking about mediocre detroit minimal techno wannabes, josh wink did sort of trailblaze that movement. funny thing is, i actually really still love josh wink's older records, quite in spite of myself. and tom middleton has done enough brilliant work in my opinion to maintain some respect for him. On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 3:50 AM, Cyclone Wehner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > He told me himself actually. Quotes are below. I think you could find the > original story I wrote on 3d world mag's site. He was mainly raving how much > he loves Jon Hopkins who I actually am enjoying too now. Tom did an album > late last year that I think is quite enjoyable. > > "Josh Wink doesn't get the props that he deserves. He more or less created > this whole new sound and, for the most part, it's been appropriated across > Europe. > "If you look at his style, and trace it back a few years, he's probably one > of the first of the new wave to really focus on this stripped-down minimal > house vibe. > "He's still the king for me." > > > > > > > > > > On 26/03/2008, at 2:47 PM, Frank Glazer wrote: > > cyclone where'd you read that bit about middleton on wink? > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 11:44 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, that sounds like a backhanded compliment to me > > "Frank Glazer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 03/25/2008 10:30:37 PM: > > > > > > the idea of tom middleton giving that much respect to wink makes me > kind of queasy. then again, perhaps it's not respect per se. > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 9:44 PM, Cyclone Wehner > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tom Middleton reckons it's Wink who is the real architect of the > current sound so big in Europe. Interesting theory... > > Cyclone Wehner > Urban/Dance Music Journalist > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [The entire original message is not included]
