dont forget about mentioning brooklyn or berlin. and the ratio of clashing colors made in downtown la to the diameter of your pant cuff.
On 4/5/08, duf duf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's amazing . . does anyone like anything on this list. > > Maybe the 313 t-shirt should be .. > > "don't like it on 313" > > .. > > beatless humour aside .. I was thinking the other day that we > might be getting genre confused with technique. > > ie. minimal is a technique like dub is a technique > > Alot of the slash/techno/electronic music I hear nowadays > can belong to a different genre depending on who you talk > to, what tempo you play it at .. and possibly what medium > you play it with. > > I'll bet if it's on vinyl its techno, downloaded it's electro and > if you play it off a laptop then it's minimal . > > I mean seriously the repetitive complaints I keep hearing > about laptop dj's or copy cat stylists .. and references to > the same single dubstep producer is wearing me thin. > > I've been beat up around here before . for saying this, but > the music is moving. It's doing new things, in a million > different ways. Beatport is only one black hole of a dozen > where new players can loose their credibility to the hype. > > It used to be Magazines, or lists like this. However nowadays > you can pick your sound, lift you ideas from a global pool > and drop your tracks back into the same pool. > > I honestly can't tell any more the difference between house, > techno, techhouse, detriot, minimal or any other genre you > might want to mention. > > For me genres change between bars of a track. cut out the > high hats and it's techno, pull out the mids and its minimal. > Take out the bass & the highs sing some vocals and your > in the middle of a trance track ?? > > Dub is a genre of music, but it's also a studio technique that > can be transported across many different genres of music. > > The current era of music can mean everyone is a producer > in their bedroom. So what I think we are hearing is people > using the same sort of production techniques across similar > tempo's and styles of music. > > What else are we too expect given the technology, history > and culture of the music? > > I just think we might get more life out of electronic music > if we start to look at some of the processes going on as the > use of techniques as opposed to genreification followed by > quick dismissal. > > Currently I am enjoying the sounds classified as minimal > because they provide a group of tracks that enable me to play > sets that contain a lot of spatial texture. > > The use of reverbs, delays, stripped out melody modes and > monotonic rhythms enable out board sample layering and > the use of off beats on the other deck to construct the type > of sets I have wanted too for years. > > Lets face it every Dj wants to be producer with out having to > do the hard work in the studio. > > The likes of Lee Perry lead the way by just dubbing an existing > sound, opening the door for one knob wonders the world over. > > In this regard , yes, the use of minimalist techniques by many > producers is tedious but no more than the 303 when it was > flavour or the cow bell or siren or filters . etc etc. > > We listen to techno music, we listen to machines and plead > desperately for soul. > > You can't have your drum machine and beat it too. > > .simon > > > > > > > > > -- --- Michael Kuszynski [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.planerecordings.com New York, NY
