I should say ON Resident Advisor - a 'hipster' site that fetes minimal
Rob Taylor VT Librarian x8599 Hatch Desk x1088 VT Library Users' Guide -----Original Message----- From: Robert Taylor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 April 2008 15:56 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Toby Frith; kent williams; list 313 Subject: RE: (313) Ellen Allien's New Mix: Opinions? I dunno - KS has just done a pony mix of Resident Advisor Rob Taylor VT Librarian x8599 Hatch Desk x1088 VT Library Users' Guide -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 April 2008 15:52 To: Toby Frith; kent williams; list 313 Subject: RE: (313) Ellen Allien's New Mix: Opinions? yeah but that doesn't necessarily mean they will like derrick may or kevin saunderson's stuff. i know i don't like most of it, even though i am a die-hard fan of the artists you mentioned, as well as of "hip" minimahl music.... fab ----- Original Message ----- Da : "Toby Frith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A : "kent williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "list 313" <313@hyperreal.org> Oggetto : RE: (313) Ellen Allien's New Mix: Opinions? Data : Fri, 4 Apr 2008 15:44:56 +0100 > The fact that minimal techno is currently seen as "hip" > can only be a good thing. > > More and more people are into labels like Chain Reaction, M-Plant and > Basic Channel than ever before. That ultimately will lead them back to > the Detroit originators. > It takes time, but I know for one that it has transformed the London > techno scene. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: kent williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 04 April 2008 15:41 > To: list 313 > Subject: Re: (313) Ellen Allien's New Mix: Opinions? > > > The one mix I have by Ellen Allien is Fabric 34 and I listen to it a > lot -- both straight through and when individual tracks come up on > shuffle. > > I think it's high time that we stop using minimal as a dirty word. > Minimalism in its broadest sense has been a revolution in music, not > so much because it has been revolutionary in content, but because it > has demanded a new relationship between the music and the listener. > The best minimal techno is every bit as dramatic and emotional > as any other sort of dance music. The worst is just > boring. Worse than that, it's a sort of music that > appeals and encourages an audience of people completely off their > faces on drugs. Give me something with a little soul and variety > anyday! > > It's also to separate the music from the scene, and to realize that > slagging on a music/scene when it blows up is as much a hipster > transgression as following that trend. > I was amused last summer walking around Brooklyn 'hipster' > neighborhood last summer; it seemed like people who, in my shallow > evaluation were, in fact, the dreaded hipsters, were modulating their > fashion sense and coiffure to avoid the dreaded hipster signifiers. > > Being hip is too exhausting for me. You'll always be trying to stay > ahead of curve, and nothing but eternal vigilance will keep you from > staying with something > formerly cutting edge, now declasse'. It's like surfing > -- you want to be in the curl without the wave crashing over you. I'm > content to like what I like and let someone else sort it out. > > But I digress. Ellen Allien is usually pretty ace in my estimation. > If one of her mixes sounded a little flat at first, I'd give it a few > listens to sink in before dismissing it. > > > For all the latest news and comment visit www.telegraph.co.uk. This > message, its contents and any attachments to it are private, > confidential and may be the subject of legal privilege. Any > unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination of the whole or part of > this message (without our prior written consent) is prohibited. If > you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately. > Incoming and outgoing telephone calls to our offices may be monitored > or recorded for training and quality control purposes and for > confirming orders and information. Telegraph Media Group Limited is a > limited liability company registered in England and Wales (company > number 451593). 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