Re: (313) really
All I want to listen to is honesty. .simon
Re: (313) re: production
on about the difference between digital and analogue okay now you are all just winding me up .. to me it's all about the system .. aka . the sound system at the end of the day ' dance music is about the PA . the actual speakers that the sound is coming out of. Techno is about dance floor reinforcement, so if you are not thinking about the final product. ie: the sound system on the floor .,. then just forget it .. you could spend a thousand hours in the studio, but if you play in a club where the cross over is set wrong . then . its all a waste of time .. please, please, please .. if you make, or play dance floor music, you should be worrying about your FOH sound like a guitar player worries about the tuning of their guitar! if you really want to push the future, if you really want to push sound, to break the curve, set the dimension think about the sound system .. this is your instrument! imagine a chef that did not care what plates his food was served on .. imagine a painter who did not care to understand his canvas .. dance music, TECHNO is all about the sound, its about the physical presence of the sound waves .. so all the talk mutter about computers means nothing to me .. if you do not understand the the fundamental basics of sound reinforcement .. what we are dealing with is the the presentation of sound through large sound systems .. thats what techno was built for! It's electronic sound .. which is the evolution of the electricity ... with out electricity .. we would not have modern sound systems . the speaker is your instrument .. like a guitar players instrument is the interaction of the strings with the body of the guitar .. with out a speaker we have no TECHNO ! the future of music ' is within the establishment of sound as a space Theo is onto the right tangent . the boy understands what is important, and has been trying to represent this through cut ups, mash downs and spatial social representation. if anyone is truly listening to TECHNO .. and following the relationship to space, dimension cultural architecture, then you will begin to see sound as space, as dimensional communication. why the muck is everyone getting stuck inside the wires .. when everything about TECHNO is what is going on in real space, in the environments that surround us .. I am inspired by vision, by honesty .. I am moved by Artists who define reality, who decide what is important and use sound as a medium to realize their own truth. Stop messing around on the inside ' and start looking at sound around you. Forget about the internal, and look at what is happening in front of the speakers, look at what is important on the floor, in the dance. This is about communication, this is about presenting sound ideas. All I want to listen to is honesty. .simon
Re: (313) really
ha ha ah http://obscure.co.nz/profiles/turnstyle Obscure loves Techno! psst: NZ techno mailing list http://obscure.co.nz/incoming/909_revolution haha http://obscure.co.nz/profiles/lrs --- www.obscure.co.nz www.psurkit.net -- m. +64 275 606012
Re: (313) New Mix From Claude
Nice . mix .. Does anyone have any comments on minimalism ? Are we going to see the global revival of techno through minimalism? How long before everyone house DJ this side of MOS claims to be a minimal DJ ?? .. Loving the mix .. though . only wish Claude was coming south pacific! .simon Claude's got a new mix up on his site: http://www.claudeyoung.net --- www.obscure.co.nz www.psurkit.net -- m. +64 275 606012
Re: (313) New Mix From Claude
How long before everyone house DJ this side of MOS claims to be a minimal DJ ?? i think more house and techno deejays SHOULD become minimal. of course, i mean minimal in that their deejaying shouldnt happen very frequently, or for very long. tom ah . giggle .. Just trying to drum up the NZ scene at them moment I suppose ' I am recognizing that the minimal approach is the most likely way to establish an audience to support a regular techno scene again. Given that the presence of Techno on your average night out has been very limited in my hemisphere. Reports are floating in via Melbourne Japan about successful events featuring minimal styles .. with new punters expressing excitement and interest in the sound vibes. Totally jealous of the northern hemispheres rotation of festival and events that are strongly minimal focused. .. but there is always that sketchy balance between actually having a music driven scene before it devolves and becomes just a generically styled scene with genre of minimal become a banner for all manner of blah .. (i.e house musics) In listening to Claude's mix ..it is a significant delve into minimal sounds. .. and not that this begins to define a direction for all Techno .. but it does lend some weight to the broader influence of minimal as a style that could transport the Techno ethos to a fresh audience. While the minimal aspect has always been contained in Techno sound, I recognize minimal as part of the maturing of the Techno providers. i.e. keep the groove ' but less banging .. all the elements, lower bpm I struggle to see an immediate return to the hard banging driven force of Techno in my areas, and would hope to see minimal as a style that could pollinate a electronically immersed scene again. hmmm . yea. mm . yea . uh huh .simon -- --- www.obscure.co.nz www.psurkit.net -- m. +64 275 606012
Re: (313) Ableton DJ Mix +
Ableton kicks ' booty . I love my decks .. but until I get FS up and running . how else am I going to mix my downloaded net label tracks .. I do appreciate being able to build clean mix sets though .. since my penchant to be superbly lazy on the 1200's killed my Dj career. However I do like being able to reproduce (to precise accuracy), strange wild pitch mixes or beat drops that I have only manged to pull off under extreme liquid conditions. It's often to difficult reproducing the desired physical conditions that allow me to mix like a deep sea captain, so for reasons like this I love Live. I agree with the to much noddle potential .. hours spent adjusting the adjustments but ' with a bit of discipline I think Live is a pretty radical DJ tool .. can't wait to have a burble on Ver'6 and some Quicktime action .. but thats just another layer of content to collect .. blurg ,. Anyway . I've been pod casting some of my mixes at www.psurkit.net look out for Speakeasy : I know everyone loves their vinyl, but for those out side the shipping range of FedEx net labels are a wonderful thing. I'm finding lots of the right stuff ' even stuff with some clean 313 connections. Drop tracks not bombs ' .simon --- www.obscure.co.nz www.psurkit.net -- m. +64 275 606012
