Re: (313) New mix for download

2005-05-05 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
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dood.  this is nice.

does he drop that hot new henrik schwarz? how about some matt dear? 

tom 


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Re: (313) Alton Miller - Clouds Are Gone (Henrik Schwarz Remixes)

2005-05-05 Thread Matt MacQueen


On May 3, 2005, at 11:23 AM, Derek Plaslaiko. wrote:

this record is totally going to get me playing alot more house again! 
i miss those days, but rarely do i hear house that doesnt sound 
regurgitated to me. what am i gonna do, play nothing but KDJ records 
all the time?




I totally know what you mean...


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Re: (313) new stuff

2005-05-05 Thread David Gillies
Philip wrote:

freedom soundz (alex attias)  'hero / journey' (goya neroli promo) don't
know which is which, one is deep  groovy vaguely sci-fi house (well you
know what I mean - all those funny noises that you find in the techier
broken beat stuff) *kind* of similar in feel to alex's previous track
'distant planet'. the flip is a bit pointless. 
  

I've got a couple of those neroli/goya promos now, and the flip always
feel a bit like that :-\


Re: (313) New mix for download

2005-05-05 Thread fab.

Great Mix Derek!
lovely track selection and flawless mixing..enjoying it now as i type :)

and Tom, yes there is some Mathew Jonson :P

fab.
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This is a set I did in Milwaukee last Thursday night. Im not going to have 
a link to it on the actual plaslaiko.net page i dont think, but feel free 
to share the mix or this link with anyone or anyplace you might think 
would enjoy it.


Sorry about the low bitrate, but better than nothing i suppose!


http://www.plaslaiko.net/Derek_Plaslaiko-4_28_05-Club3-Milwaukee.mp3




New studio mix very very soon. 2 full years is far too long, me thinks!



enjoy!


derek.










Re: (313) New mix for download

2005-05-05 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
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From: fab. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

and Tom, yes there is some Mathew Jonson :P

hehehehe 

;) 

tom 


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Re: (313) Mos Def added to Fuse-in line-up

2005-05-05 Thread Michael . Elliot-Knight




If you want to see how good Mos Def's acting skills are you should see the
The Woodsman.

MEK


   
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it's already been on the screen tho tom. (ok small screen but you
get
the drift)

yeah, i always avoided seeing that because i didnt wanna ruin my
perception of the books, which ive read probably 10 times each or
more. i decided i couldnt avoid this though so i just went the day
it came out.

and it was good the first time :)

maybe now ill borrow it to check it out.

it's possible this film isnt aimed at this side of the atlantic

i dont know. i think the humor is still decidedly very british.
the EFX are top notch, and they didnt try to turn it into an
action film or something else that it isnt. i really was concerned
about it up until i learned they cast mos def as ford prefect
because i thought he would be an excellent choice, and he was. i
think the people involved really understood the book and all the
added bits are in line with that type of humor.

tom


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RE: (313) Mos Def added to Fuse-in line-up

2005-05-05 Thread George Jones IV - Logic7
Or even better, try Something The Lord Made. He was nominated for a Golden
Globe for that movie.

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If you want to see how good Mos Def's acting skills are you should see the
The Woodsman.

MEK



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it's already been on the screen tho tom. (ok small screen but you
get
the drift)

yeah, i always avoided seeing that because i didnt wanna ruin my
perception of the books, which ive read probably 10 times each or
more. i decided i couldnt avoid this though so i just went the day
it came out.

and it was good the first time :)

maybe now ill borrow it to check it out.

it's possible this film isnt aimed at this side of the atlantic

i dont know. i think the humor is still decidedly very british.
the EFX are top notch, and they didnt try to turn it into an
action film or something else that it isnt. i really was concerned
about it up until i learned they cast mos def as ford prefect
because i thought he would be an excellent choice, and he was. i
think the people involved really understood the book and all the
added bits are in line with that type of humor.

tom


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(313) Merry Christmas

2005-05-05 Thread diana potts

 I'm rockin' out to Mr.Plaslalala's Merry Christmas
mix


http://www.plaslaiko.net/me/derek_plaslaiko_-_merry_christmas.mp3


rockout...

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(313) good rare Detroit Chicago on offer

2005-05-05 Thread ha

if your still looking for some of the classics try here

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmarniQ2ebopp

Retroactive, Interface, Metroplex, Art of Dance, Buzz, Sonar 123, Model 
500, Z Factor, Magic Feet original on Westbrook, Jesse Saunders, Risque 
III, Farley, Gherkin etc etc


thanks

armin


(313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + rob hall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread /0

just a reminder, dont forget!

www.paxahau.com


-Joe


Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + rob hall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread fab.

ok,
i dont want to kill anyone's enthusiasm but i saw them here last week in 
rome and was not impressed one bit.


i was expecting autechre to fully bust out with their trademark crunchy 
poly-rhythms but instead they tried to make it a more danceable event 
incorporating a stronger kick drum and an almost 4/4 beat. the result was 
quite boring and not very remarkable at all.


snd - well snd is more glitchy laptop fare, and that can be more of a hit 
and miss type of thing, especially in a venue with tons of people. in this 
case the sound system wasn't sounding too good and they didnt sound too 
inspired. pretty middle of the road type of sound, nowhere near as good as 
their Make Cassette release from a while back.


rob hall was more interesting since he was djing therefore able to read the 
crowd more and make it all more enjoyable. i enjoyed him playing early 90s 
uk happy hardcore (but thats because im a nostalgic old fart).


so, it had a lot to do with the venue since most of it would have been much 
better in a smaller lounge situation and to tell the truth the sound system 
sucked, but objectively speaking autechre really let me down. it was a 
non-outstanding set.


anyway, i went with the notion that i was going to walk away disappointed, 
but i went anyway.so that would be my advice


fab.
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just a reminder, dont forget!

www.paxahau.com


-Joe







(313) mix WNUR 15 April 2005 - This Dream Is Real

2005-05-05 Thread Matt MacQueen

Clinically Inclined
15 April 2005
Fridays 9:30pm - 12:30am,  89.3 FM WNUR Chicago
http://SonicSunset.com


Part 1: Setting a mood of left-field funkiness from all corners of 
emerging club music. From Francois K's collaborative Snake Charmer EP 
to Italo by Memory Control One and weirdo French comp-u-pop from Le 
Club.  Deep new slow-burner this week from JuJu  Jordash in Amsterdam 
via Detroit's abstract house label Psychostasia, and a dark classic 
from L.B. Bad.


Part 2: electronic body music recovered from video from early 80s 
pioneers liaisons dangereuses blends with old and new sounds from 
chicago and detroit, followed by a bit of crisp mid-90s housed-up 
techno, including a 1993 gem from st. germain.



 Part 1  Matt MacQueen

Jah Wobble, The Edge, Holger Czukay - Hold On To Your Dreams - Snake 
Charmer EP (Island)

Ministry - Work For Love - Dub version (Arista)
Memory Control One - Basic (Crash)
Le Club - Un Fait Divers Et Rien De Plus (Roulette)
Carl Williams - Can't Get Away (From Your Love) [Special Dub] - 
(Vanguard)

Eurofunk - Manshortage (Unclassics)
Magazine 60 - Don Quichotte (Many)
Carl Finlow - Broken Mirror (Playhouse)
Omar S - Give It To Me - 003 (Fxhe)
Juju and Jordash - Hush [feat. Chris Corstens] - The Hush EP 
(Psychostasia)

Aroy Dee - Glow (MOS)
Phenomyna - Black Rain - Stasis / Past Movements (Peacefrog)
Fingers Inc. - A Path (DJ International)
L.B. Bad - This Dream Is Real (It's Not A Dream) - (La Rhon)
Cultural Vibe - Ma Foom Bey (Easy Street)
Visual - Somehow, Someway (Ram's Horn)
Mascara - Baja (Oh My!)
Dharma - Plastic Doll (boot)
Raiders of the Lost Arp - Miles - 4 (Nature)
Matzo  Pauli - untitled (Viewlexx)
Francesco - Salvation 2nd - Frenga (Pigna)
Trans X - Living On Video (Illusion)


Part 2  Dave Siska

liaisons dangereuses - video track (d.i.r.t.y.)
two of a kind - happiness (dub) (housetime)
juan atkins - serene - the future sound ep (ulr)
heiroglyphic being - d.o.s. - conversation in a analog dialect (klang)
kim rapatti - a1 - mood ep (plug research)
bovil - b to h1 - contour ep (meanwhile)
glory b - star - star ep (grow!)
jerome vs sterac - trillipone (100% pure)
st. germain - the first time - from detroit to st. germain (f comm)
john tejada + arian leviste - throwback - where circles begin (moods  
grooves)

justin berkovi - the meanwhile - the search for home (nightrax)
aril brikha - on and on (transmat)


Chicago hometown hype dept...  discerning low-key events for local 
headz:


-- Matt is playing the Wake Up! night at Subterranean w/ Carlos 
Souffront (WCBN/Ann Arbor, DEMF) and awesome local Kate Simko 
(Detalles, Traum). Sunday May 8th. 2011 W North Ave.  $3.
http://chi.flavorpill.net/current.jsp#wakeup


-- Dave  Matt return to Danny's Tavern for another joint Clinically 
Inclined showcase. 1951 W Dickens,  Monday May 9th. Free, come out and 
say hello!



Archives at http://SonicSunset.com
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(313) Indio ep Transmat when ???

2005-05-05 Thread Placid
I tihnk that a time span of 4 years between promo and as yet still 
unreleasaed is a bit much.


Any one has a clue as to what the hold up is.

p



Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + rob hall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread alex . bond

rob hall was more interesting since he was djing therefore able to read
the
crowd more and make it all more enjoyable. i enjoyed him playing early 90s

uk happy hardcore

You know, this is what bugs me about this stuff in general.

I hate that snotty 'idm' attitude, that if you don't like the music, it's
just flying over your head, or you aren't sophisticated or intelligent
enough to like it, you don't 'get it'.

then you get their dj playing happy hardcore.

just so I know, there isn't anything good or worth bothering with about
happy hardcore is there? or was I missing something?

I was around and buying records at the height of happy hardcore, and
hardcore I guess before it came 'jungle' or 'db'. didn't get it then,
don't get it now.

Best Regards,

Confused, from Manchester.


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Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + rob hall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread Garrett McGrath

On May 5, 2005, at 8:59 AM, fab. wrote:


ok,
i dont want to kill anyone's enthusiasm but i saw them here last week 
in rome and was not impressed one bit.


i was expecting autechre to fully bust out with their trademark 
crunchy poly-rhythms but instead they tried to make it a more 
danceable event incorporating a stronger kick drum and an almost 4/4 
beat. the result was quite boring and not very remarkable at all.


funny, because every time they do a 'complicated' set people complain 
that it's not dancey enough.




Re: (313) Indio ep Transmat when ???

2005-05-05 Thread matt kane's brain

not enough golf cart donations at movement last year.

At 12:08 PM 5/5/2005, Placid wrote:
I tihnk that a time span of 4 years between promo and as yet still 
unreleasaed is a bit much.


Any one has a clue as to what the hold up is.

p


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Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + rob hall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread alex . bond

ugh.

makes me feel sad P really. and, as I get older, far from understanding
things better, some stuff just confuses me even more.

*sigh*


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FW: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + rob hall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 funny, because every time they do a 'complicated' set people 
 complain that it's not dancey enough.
 
and also because when I saw them 2 weeks ago they did a 'complicated' set
(and it wasn't dancey enough!)
or not funny really because although sometimes I've seen them and loved them
and other times not been as impressed they've always been different which I
think is a pretty good thing.
Rob Hall must be mixing it up too as he played lovely deep (if sometimes
wacky) electronic vibes at that gig - personally I'd have been p***ed off if
I heard happy hardcore



Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + rob hall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread Matt MacQueen

On May 5, 2005, at 11:10 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

rob hall was more interesting since he was djing therefore able to 
read the
crowd more and make it all more enjoyable. i enjoyed him playing 
early 90s

uk happy hardcore


You know, this is what bugs me about this stuff in general.

I hate that snotty 'idm' attitude, that if you don't like the music, 
it's

just flying over your head, or you aren't sophisticated or intelligent
enough to like it, you don't 'get it'.

then you get their dj playing happy hardcore.


i don't know who rob hall is and didn't see the event, but i get your 
observation, so i'll comment on your sentiment in the abstract:


it's a perfect compliment to shut-in IDM'ers mentality...  that you 
have so many layers of defensiveness build up around your music, you 
have to coat the outside layer with sarcasm and irony so nobody thinks 
you actually GIVE A SH*T about ANYTHING... the perception that 
everything must be a piss take or an inside joke to the point of 
obnoxiousness.  it's also what sort of turned me off about later-era 
Richard James, a career made out of more and more elaborate music 
pranks, but i digress...


i like people not taking things so seriously,  :)  sure,, but i hate 
when that's always used as a prop because god forbid, anyone be earnest 
about music...  playing happy hardcore to a detroit techno crowd is 
about as relevant as playing Polka or Country Western... why not just 
do that then, make your bad joke, and let the next DJ go on.


rowr!

(and this is coming from someone with a fairly decent 'idm' collection 
in the old sense of the words... the warp/b12/skam/black dog/etc.  
stuff)


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Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + rob hall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread dan
Maybe Rob Hall actually quite likes Happy Hardcore? I'm going to take 
a wild stab in the dark and guess that you don't (don't remember 
seeing any in your playlists at least), but that doesn't mean that 
others don't.


I'm not a fan myself, but I can see why others might like it. It was 
a step in the evolution of electronic music after all.


D.

P.S. I'm listening to the Riot EP at the moment and it's not a 
million miles from some of the later UK hardcore/rave...




At 11:27 am -0500 5/5/05, Matt MacQueen wrote:

On May 5, 2005, at 11:10 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


rob hall was more interesting since he was djing therefore able to read the
crowd more and make it all more enjoyable. i enjoyed him playing early 90s
uk happy hardcore


You know, this is what bugs me about this stuff in general.

I hate that snotty 'idm' attitude, that if you don't like the music, it's
just flying over your head, or you aren't sophisticated or intelligent
enough to like it, you don't 'get it'.

then you get their dj playing happy hardcore.


i don't know who rob hall is and didn't see the event, but i get 
your observation, so i'll comment on your sentiment in the abstract:


it's a perfect compliment to shut-in IDM'ers mentality...  that you 
have so many layers of defensiveness build up around your music, you 
have to coat the outside layer with sarcasm and irony so nobody 
thinks you actually GIVE A SH*T about ANYTHING... the perception 
that everything must be a piss take or an inside joke to the point 
of obnoxiousness.  it's also what sort of turned me off about 
later-era Richard James, a career made out of more and more 
elaborate music pranks, but i digress...


i like people not taking things so seriously,  :)  sure,, but i hate 
when that's always used as a prop because god forbid, anyone be 
earnest about music...  playing happy hardcore to a detroit techno 
crowd is about as relevant as playing Polka or Country Western... 
why not just do that then, make your bad joke, and let the next DJ 
go on.


rowr!

(and this is coming from someone with a fairly decent 'idm' 
collection in the old sense of the words... the warp/b12/skam/black 
dog/etc.  stuff)


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Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
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Maybe Rob Hall actually quite likes Happy Hardcore? I'm going to
take 
a wild stab in the dark and guess that you don't (don't remember 
seeing any in your playlists at least), but that doesn't mean that 
others don't.

you can all feel free to talk as much sh*t as you like, but i like
the early happy hardcore very much. that energy of like 93-96 in
jungle and hardcore is unmatched in any other genres of music. 

tom 


andythepooh.com


 
   


Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread dan

I hate to admit it, but he's right...

At 1:15 pm -0400 5/5/05, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote:

you can all feel free to talk as much sh*t as you like, but i like
the early happy hardcore very much. that energy of like 93-96 in
jungle and hardcore is unmatched in any other genres of music.

tom


andythepooh.com








Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + rob hall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread alex . bond

Maybe Rob Hall actually quite likes Happy Hardcore?

Yeah, I think he does. I mean, the first skams were hardcore records I
guess.

I'm not a fan myself, but I can see why others might like it.

Yes, of course, and of course there's nothing wrong with that.

In a way, I'm being a musical snob, but I'm just kinda trying to say that I
see enough musical snobbery from people and it gets on my wick when the
ultimate musical snobbery people then come out playing things like happy
hardcore, then STILL remain snobbish towards others.

I'm not singling out Rob Hall by the way at all here, more, well, it's a
long story, but, I know enough 'IDM' heads. Most of them musical
snobs.. More so than any other people who will be into other
types of music.

I even like 'idm' as Matt says, I have old black dogs, ART, you know, all
that I just don't understand the attitude that goes with it.

*he says, being snobbish about music himself*

jesus, I don't even know what I'm trying to say really.
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Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread Placid

you can all feel free to talk as much sh*t as you like, but i like
the early happy hardcore very much. that energy of like 93-96 in
jungle and hardcore is unmatched in any other genres of music.

errr i disagree  but can't be arsed to go into how good the acid explosion of 
88 was

p



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Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread matt kane's brain

At 01:15 PM 5/5/2005, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote:

you can all feel free to talk as much sh*t as you like, but i like
the early happy hardcore very much. that energy of like 93-96 in
jungle and hardcore is unmatched in any other genres of music.


so was he playing this, or more recent candy-drug happycore or trancecore 
or freeform or whatever it is? (ughh)

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Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + rob hall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread /0
my gripe with idm and the often-associated attitudes is that with IDM it 
seems technique trumps product.




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Subject: Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + rob 
hall(dj)






Maybe Rob Hall actually quite likes Happy Hardcore?


Yeah, I think he does. I mean, the first skams were hardcore records I
guess.


I'm not a fan myself, but I can see why others might like it.


Yes, of course, and of course there's nothing wrong with that.

In a way, I'm being a musical snob, but I'm just kinda trying to say that 
I

see enough musical snobbery from people and it gets on my wick when the
ultimate musical snobbery people then come out playing things like happy
hardcore, then STILL remain snobbish towards others.

I'm not singling out Rob Hall by the way at all here, more, well, it's a
long story, but, I know enough 'IDM' heads. Most of them musical
snobs.. More so than any other people who will be into other
types of music.

I even like 'idm' as Matt says, I have old black dogs, ART, you know, all
that I just don't understand the attitude that goes with it.

*he says, being snobbish about music himself*

jesus, I don't even know what I'm trying to say really.
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Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread /0
might I add that rob halls detroit appearance is being labeled as a GESCOM 
set?


maybe that means something to someone else.  I was thinking he would be 
playing gescom-style tracks.


im more excited about SND than autechre, I mix a lot of SND into regular 
(and on-topic) techno tracks when I DJ


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At 01:15 PM 5/5/2005, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote:

you can all feel free to talk as much sh*t as you like, but i like
the early happy hardcore very much. that energy of like 93-96 in
jungle and hardcore is unmatched in any other genres of music.


so was he playing this, or more recent candy-drug happycore or trancecore 
or freeform or whatever it is? (ughh)

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Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + rob hall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread alex . bond

P.S. I'm listening to the Riot EP at the moment and it's not a
million miles from some of the later UK hardcore/rave...

oh yeah, forgot to say!

yeah, I can't stand all that old ravy UR. Never liked it, never will.

I was always a Jupiter Jazz kinda guy, not a seawolf/riot ep man. thats why
I fell in love with the music from detroit.
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Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread alex . bond

you can all feel free to talk as much sh*t as you like, but i like
the early happy hardcore very much. that energy of like 93-96 in
jungle and hardcore is unmatched in any other genres of music.

I think the 'energy' comment is very much a subjective thing Tom.

i.e. you think it is, I don't.

but, you're confusing matters. I'm talking about music from 1991 or so.
which then evolved into other things. this music was HUGE here as a youth
culture thing, you couldn't escape it.

Dan Butler and Gary will tell you - where I was living at the time, it was
slap bang in the middle of all this, and it was far far larger than any
musical sub genre you get today. i.e. 'the garage' thing or whatever.

at school, virtually the entire year used to go to 'raves' where they
played this music, it was post acid house explosion etc, and the music was
changing, it wasn't that US sound any more, it was home grown. it wasn't so
mixed up either, yeah, there was still a mix of dance musics, but the focus
became narrower from that point onwards.

yeah jungle and hardcore is energetic - but so obviously so - thats why it
got so popular, it's hardly subtle music is it tom? the thickest cultural
dullard going could work out that this was energetic music. there was no
deep side to it. thats why it got so universally popular so quick.

but anyway, I dunno what I'm rambling on about so much.


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Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread Matt MacQueen

On May 5, 2005, at 12:20 PM, /0 wrote:

might I add that rob halls detroit appearance is being labeled as a 
GESCOM set?


wait, you mean GESCOM doesn't equal kids with pacifiers, candy 
necklaces, inflatable huge white mickey-mouse gloves, rave glow 
whistles, chipmunk vocal samples and cartoon themes in every track?   
Maybe someone needs post a mix of the GOOD happy hardcore, cause that's 
all i remember what I saw/heard and I was absolutely shocked (and maybe 
this is just my US-outlook bias, UK'ers seem to have connected with it 
more?) that it lasted as long as it did...  Admittedly, i guess i ran 
screaming the opposite direction and never looked back.  I thought it 
was utterly disposable, and embarrassing distant retarded cousin to 
other forms of electronic music at the time.


It sounds like there's some people on here that think it's legit...  so 
school me.


PS - come to think of it, my favorite skam record is probably the first 
GESCOM EP one with 'cicada' on it...  time to dig that out again and 
atone for my happy hardcore resistance?  maybe if you play it backwards 
at 45 it's hardcore  ;)


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Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread matt kane's brain

At 01:28 PM 5/5/2005, Matt MacQueen wrote:
Maybe someone needs post a mix of the GOOD happy hardcore, cause that's 
all i remember what I saw/heard and I was absolutely shocked (and maybe 
this is just my US-outlook bias, UK'ers seem to have connected with it 
more?) that it lasted as long as it did...  Admittedly, i guess i ran 
screaming the opposite direction and never looked back.  I thought it was 
utterly disposable, and embarrassing distant retarded cousin to other 
forms of electronic music at the time.


US kids aren't biased against happy hardcore. Unfortunately we booked a 
happy hardcore DJ (DJ CANDY KID) at our last event, and I had to work the 
door during his set. Ugh.


Now if all happy hardcore DJs had names like DJ Muppetfcker we'd be all set.
--
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] || AIM: mkbatwerk



Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread fab.



so was he playing this, or more recent candy-drug happycore or trancecore
or freeform or whatever it is? (ughh)
--


just the stuff you would expect from 91-92he only played 3-4 tracks btw, 
no big deal, but better than a heartless set, whatever the genre, and that 
is what the evening felt like



fab. 





Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread fab.



maybe that means something to someone else.  I was thinking he would be
playing gescom-style tracks.



he did; sorry i wasnt too clear on that
it was good vaguely danceable idm of the skam/gescom variety, with the 3-4 
hardcore tracks 





Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread Derek Plaslaiko.







yeah i cant resist.




it figures.



BUT, I am not so closed minded that I rule out everything Matt said. If 
this music that I consider to be an utter waste of electricity has some 
kind of validity, then show me. Ill listen.




derek.



On Thu, 5 May 2005, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote:


you can all feel free to talk as much sh*t as you like, but i like
the early happy hardcore very much. that energy of like 93-96 in
jungle and hardcore is unmatched in any other genres of music.

tom


andythepooh.com


Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
-- Original Message --
From: Placid [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 errr i disagree  but can't be arsed to go into how good the acid
explosion of 88 was

you dont have to explain. i love me some acid (prolly not as much
as you though ;) but man, those years for that music are like pure
adrenaline for me. whether or not you think its the ultimate in
instant energy, you have to agree that it had that thing that
great dance music has before it burns out. 

tom 


andythepooh.com


 
   


Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
-- Original Message --
From: Derek Plaslaiko. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

yeah i cant resist.

it figures.

BUT, I am not so closed minded that I rule out everything Matt
said. If 
this music that I consider to be an utter waste of electricity
has some 
kind of validity, then show me. Ill listen.

all i really have to say is that some people really mean it when
they say they listen to all kinds of music. you can look down on
it all you want, its not my job to make you understand it. 

tom 


andythepooh.com


 
   


Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) +robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
-- Original Message --
From: matt kane's brain [EMAIL PROTECTED]

At 01:15 PM 5/5/2005, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote:
you can all feel free to talk as much sh*t as you like, but i like
the early happy hardcore very much. that energy of like 93-96 in
jungle and hardcore is unmatched in any other genres of music.

so was he playing this, or more recent candy-drug happycore or
trancecore 
or freeform or whatever it is? (ughh)

im pretty sure thats what i read. the recent stuff (post 96) is
just utter nonsense. i cant even imagine how the music evolved
into that. i guess it coincided with the super darkening of jungle
for the ultimate in yin yang hardcore music. oh well. this is why
old records are good ;) 

tom 


andythepooh.com


 
   


Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread /0
its not your job to be an asshxle either but you seem intent on taking up 
that cause from time to time.  but dont we all :)


seriously, post some artist and track names, I'd like to check it out too

-Joe

- Original Message - 
From: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To: 313@hyperreal.org
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)



-- Original Message --
From: Derek Plaslaiko. [EMAIL PROTECTED]


yeah i cant resist.

it figures.

BUT, I am not so closed minded that I rule out everything Matt

said. If

this music that I consider to be an utter waste of electricity

has some

kind of validity, then show me. Ill listen.


all i really have to say is that some people really mean it when
they say they listen to all kinds of music. you can look down on
it all you want, its not my job to make you understand it.

tom


andythepooh.com








Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
-- Original Message --
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

but, you're confusing matters. I'm talking about music from 1991
or so.
which then evolved into other things. this music was HUGE here as
a youth
culture thing, you couldn't escape it.

i like some of the 91-92 era stuff, but thats more the general
hardcore stuff in my mind. when you start calling it happy
hardcore or darkside or jungle tekno, youre talking about
distinctly different records. my opinion on the golden years of
that sound is that they were 93-95. both the light and dark sides
made lots of good stuff in there. 

at school, virtually the entire year used to go to 'raves' where they
played this music, it was post acid house explosion etc, and the
music was
changing, it wasn't that US sound any more, it was home grown. it
wasn't so
mixed up either, yeah, there was still a mix of dance musics, but
the focus
became narrower from that point onwards.

thats what eventually kills all subgenres of dance music it seems,
the hyper specialization. 

yeah jungle and hardcore is energetic - but so obviously so -
thats why it
got so popular, it's hardly subtle music is it tom? the thickest
cultural
dullard going could work out that this was energetic music. there
was no
deep side to it. thats why it got so universally popular so quick.

huh? ltj bukem's demon seed came out in 1991. if you think the
early good looking stuff isnt deep, we're fighting ;) 

seriously, some of my favorite records from that time are drenched
in detroit-y atmospheres, its both deep and insanely energetic at
the same time. think early goldie, guy called gerald (28 gun
badboy is hardcore, that was 92), 4 hero, etc. these are musical
geniuses right up there with almost anyone detroit has produced.
im sure the pop side of all that nonsense was annoying, and im
glad i never had to deal with that or maybe id be missing out on
all that great music that was being made. 

tom 


andythepooh.com


 
   


Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
- Original Message --
From: /0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

its not your job to be an asshxle either but you seem intent on
taking up 
that cause from time to time.  but dont we all :)

seriously, post some artist and track names, I'd like to check it
out too

guy called gerald 28 gun badboy
metalheadz terminator
manix feels real good (licensed to KMS for some 313 relevance BTW)
ltj bukem demon's theme
ltj bukem music
rufige kru darkrider
tek 9 a london sumting

those are all 91-early 93 or so and should be really simple to find. 

tom 


andythepooh.com


 
   


Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
a couple more:
criminal minds baptised by dub
rood project thunder

tom



-- Original Message --
From: /0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date:  Thu, 5 May 2005 14:39:18 -0400

its not your job to be an asshxle either but you seem intent on
taking up 
that cause from time to time.  but dont we all :)

seriously, post some artist and track names, I'd like to check it
out too

-Joe

- Original Message - 
From: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 313@hyperreal.org
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 2:48 PM
Subject: Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) +
robhall(dj)


 -- Original Message --
 From: Derek Plaslaiko. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

yeah i cant resist.

it figures.

BUT, I am not so closed minded that I rule out everything Matt
 said. If
this music that I consider to be an utter waste of electricity
 has some
kind of validity, then show me. Ill listen.

 all i really have to say is that some people really mean it when
 they say they listen to all kinds of music. you can look down on
 it all you want, its not my job to make you understand it.

 tom

 
 andythepooh.com



 


 


andythepooh.com


 
   


Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread fab.
alex, that was basically what i lived through..i was in the uk then 
(oxofrd) and it was massive, it seemed that that was the only sort of music 
available to dance all night to.
it was also my first exprience with going to proper undeground rave clubs 
and free parties (think spiral tribe), taking drugs  and i was a student far 
from home.
before then i had only been exposed to different types of house music, 
thanks to loryD, in a under-18s saturday afternoon club populated by rome's 
rich kids.


today, with the sort of musical background i hav elived through, i actually 
think hardcore is more of a joke than anything else. i even tried 
downloading some altern8 to see if i could still get into it, but its 
pointless.


like i said in my original post, i enjoyed rob hall for the novelty 
nostalgia effect, nothing more nothing less


fab.


- Original Message - 
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To: 313@hyperreal.org
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)





you can all feel free to talk as much sh*t as you like, but i like
the early happy hardcore very much. that energy of like 93-96 in
jungle and hardcore is unmatched in any other genres of music.


I think the 'energy' comment is very much a subjective thing Tom.

i.e. you think it is, I don't.

but, you're confusing matters. I'm talking about music from 1991 or so.
which then evolved into other things. this music was HUGE here as a youth
culture thing, you couldn't escape it.

Dan Butler and Gary will tell you - where I was living at the time, it was
slap bang in the middle of all this, and it was far far larger than any
musical sub genre you get today. i.e. 'the garage' thing or whatever.

at school, virtually the entire year used to go to 'raves' where they
played this music, it was post acid house explosion etc, and the music was
changing, it wasn't that US sound any more, it was home grown. it wasn't 
so
mixed up either, yeah, there was still a mix of dance musics, but the 
focus

became narrower from that point onwards.

yeah jungle and hardcore is energetic - but so obviously so - thats why it
got so popular, it's hardly subtle music is it tom? the thickest cultural
dullard going could work out that this was energetic music. there was no
deep side to it. thats why it got so universally popular so quick.

but anyway, I dunno what I'm rambling on about so much.


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Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
-- Original Message --
From: Derek Plaslaiko. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

 all i really have to say is that some people really mean it when
 they say they listen to all kinds of music. you can look down on
 it all you want, its not my job to make you understand it.

whatever.

youre mr i know all about music before you did. if youre going
to dismiss genres like that, you should be able to cite tracks and
why they were terrible. saying oh it sucks, please tell me why i
should think otherwise isnt sh*t. 

tom 


andythepooh.com


 
   


Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread /0
please dont forward priv emails back to the list so you have an audience 
when you want to talk smack to someone




- Original Message - 
From: Thomas D. Cox, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To: 313@hyperreal.org
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)



-- Original Message --
From: Derek Plaslaiko. [EMAIL PROTECTED]


all i really have to say is that some people really mean it when
they say they listen to all kinds of music. you can look down on
it all you want, its not my job to make you understand it.


whatever.


youre mr i know all about music before you did. if youre going
to dismiss genres like that, you should be able to cite tracks and
why they were terrible. saying oh it sucks, please tell me why i
should think otherwise isnt sh*t.

tom


andythepooh.com








(313) paging JASON BRUNTON

2005-05-05 Thread dan

Hi Jason

Could you get in touch as soon as poss, it's quite urgent...

Thanks

Dan

(apologies to everyone else)


Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread Derek Plaslaiko.





i dont rememeber my reply to you going public.


do you REALLY think everyone on this lists wants to sit through yet 
another one of our p*ssing contests?



derek.



On Thu, 5 May 2005, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote:


-- Original Message --
From: Derek Plaslaiko. [EMAIL PROTECTED]


all i really have to say is that some people really mean it when
they say they listen to all kinds of music. you can look down on
it all you want, its not my job to make you understand it.


whatever.


youre mr i know all about music before you did. if youre going
to dismiss genres like that, you should be able to cite tracks and
why they were terrible. saying oh it sucks, please tell me why i
should think otherwise isnt sh*t.

tom


andythepooh.com







Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
-- Original Message --
From: /0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

please dont forward priv emails back to the list so you have an
audience 
when you want to talk smack to someone

my bad, i didnt even notice. i have my filters set up to catch the
313 in the to field so when someone hits reply all i get the
email in my inbox. plus it wasnt anything private sounding. sorry. 

tom 


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Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
-- Original Message --
From: Derek Plaslaiko. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

i dont rememeber my reply to you going public.


do you REALLY think everyone on this lists wants to sit through yet 
another one of our p*ssing contests?

again, sorry about that. its you reply all people that kill me
with screwing my filters all up. this appeared in my inbox with my
name in the to field, identical to the other one. i hit reply
all to check to see if 313 popped up as well, and it did. 

but hey, you started it anyway. 

tom 


andythepooh.com


 
   


Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread Derek Plaslaiko.




I was acctually trying to extend an olive branch but apparently all you 
wanted to do was flex, as per usual.



For the record, I know about 6 of the tracks you mentioned, and would 
never EVER classify them as happy hardcore. Had you mentioned Cookin Up 
Your Brains i might have been able to accept that one as where you were 
coming from.


But your list has lost me even more.

Of COURSE that stuff is great! I just wouldnt call it happy hardcore.



derek.



On Thu, 5 May 2005, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote:


-- Original Message --
From: Derek Plaslaiko. [EMAIL PROTECTED]


i dont rememeber my reply to you going public.


do you REALLY think everyone on this lists wants to sit through yet
another one of our p*ssing contests?


again, sorry about that. its you reply all people that kill me
with screwing my filters all up. this appeared in my inbox with my
name in the to field, identical to the other one. i hit reply
all to check to see if 313 popped up as well, and it did.

but hey, you started it anyway.

tom


andythepooh.com







Re: (313) Indio ep Transmat when ???

2005-05-05 Thread Garrett McGrath

At 12:08 PM 5/5/2005, Placid wrote:
I tihnk that a time span of 4 years between promo and as yet still 
unreleasaed is a bit much.


Any one has a clue as to what the hold up is.

p


that project has Gone Pearshaped.



Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread Garrett McGrath
sorry but, Bukem (BUKEM??), Metalheadz, Gerald, Rufige Kru... not 
happy hardcore.  like, not at all.


On May 5, 2005, at 12:11 PM, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. wrote:


- Original Message --
From: /0 [EMAIL PROTECTED]


its not your job to be an asshxle either but you seem intent on

taking up

that cause from time to time.  but dont we all :)

seriously, post some artist and track names, I'd like to check it

out too

guy called gerald 28 gun badboy
metalheadz terminator
manix feels real good (licensed to KMS for some 313 relevance BTW)
ltj bukem demon's theme
ltj bukem music
rufige kru darkrider
tek 9 a london sumting

those are all 91-early 93 or so and should be really simple to find.

tom


andythepooh.com









Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
-- Original Message --
From: Derek Plaslaiko. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

I was acctually trying to extend an olive branch but apparently
all you 
wanted to do was flex, as per usual.

thats certainly not how i interpret whatever but ill take your
word for it and chill out. 

For the record, I know about 6 of the tracks you mentioned, and
would 
never EVER classify them as happy hardcore. Had you mentioned
Cookin Up 
Your Brains i might have been able to accept that one as where
you were 
coming from.

But your list has lost me even more.

Of COURSE that stuff is great! I just wouldnt call it happy hardcore.

no, i was just talking about jungle and hardcore together.
certainly more of that leaned towards the darkside stuff, but some
was just straight hardcore. i was speaking in total of that bit of
the continuum of music from that era. it wasnt all altern8 and
smart e's was my point ;) 

tom 


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Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread Thomas D. Cox, Jr.
-- Original Message --
From: Garrett McGrath [EMAIL PROTECTED]

sorry but, Bukem (BUKEM??), Metalheadz, Gerald, Rufige Kru... not 
happy hardcore.  like, not at all.

argh, again i was looking at the early bit of hardcore for music
with depth etc. obviously by my record collection you can tell i
preferred the darkside to the happy stuff, but it was all still
pretty fun music. 

tom 


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Re: (313) detroit, may 12, autechre(live) + SND(live) + robhall(dj)

2005-05-05 Thread Gary Robinson
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 313@hyperreal.org

 Dan Butler and Gary will tell you - where I was living at the time, it was
 slap bang in the middle of all this, and it was far far larger than any
 musical sub genre you get today. i.e. 'the garage' thing or whatever.

Without a doubt the music from 88-91 had a bigger impact than any of the sub
genres that followed, as Alex mentioned that initial wave even reached us
here in the backwaters of the home counties. If you asked an 18 year old
now, they might disagree with me and claim (whatever kids listen to now) was
bigger and more important. Much of this may be because there weren't so many
sub-genres back then, and because it was fairly new the media were
sensationalising things which created an even bigger interest. From my
experience I found that people who got into music/raves later and were
championing happy hardcore etc. didn't stay with that genre too long, and
quickly moved off onto other genres - I wonder why that was?? ;-)



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(313) Festival out-of-towner attendance

2005-05-05 Thread Greg Earle

(N.B.: You can tell that the demographics of this list have long since
 left Detroit behind as its nexus - in years past we would've all
 been talking about the lineup and accomo's and who's going, et al.
 for days.  This year it seems like the discussion was over in a day.)

Just thought I'd let you all know about what I've found - as of
yesterday, there were no free flights (using f-f award points/miles)
from LA to Detroit that weekend for under 50,000 miles.  Today,
there were 14 such flight combinations - with the lowest being a mere
25,000 miles!  So, clearly, some people grabbed seats and then gave
them up within 24 hours - so it's clear that, from here (LA) anyway,
some people were probably coming to the festival (I'm guessing
that's where those f-f mile seats were going to) but backed out.
There were also several seats available on the plane in general
coming out (on Friday).

Meanwhile, in the hotel situation, I went to Hotels.COM and there
was actually a room at the Ponch available for Sunday and Monday
night.  And, most tellingly of all, there's rooms at the Days Inn
up the road a mile on Jefferson still available for Sunday and
Monday night (I didn't check Friday and Saturday night, as I'm
staying elsewhere those nights - thanks to you-know-who-you-are!),
for only $63.71 a night (direct Web rate on www.DaysInn.COM).

To me, the fact that these hotels are still available, even
after the lineup announcement and press conference (did it
happen?!?), says that out-of-towner attendance is likely to
be way down this year.  I guess we'll see what happens ...

- Greg