Re: (313) AUX88
It never dawned on me, GAL was just taking off when I lived in Japan. But the Black Japan reference could actually be a name check to GAL, but I'm not sure. full illustrated guide to GAL taxonomy here http://japanlinked.com/Japanese-Culture/Gyaru-Gal-Styles.html thanks, Jeffrey J. Davis President & COO, AGY fon: +1.218.8332847 (21883DAVIS) fax: +1.803.643.4085 cel: +86.158.0184.9459 jeff.da...@agy.com / jeffrey.james.da...@gmail.com jeffrey.james.davis JeffreyJDavis On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Robert Taylor wrote: > > Perhaps it refers to the rather bizarre Ganguros youth subculture: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganguro > > > Rob Taylor > VT Librarian > x8599 > Hatch Desk x1088 > VT Library Users' Guide > > -Original Message- > From: David Powers [mailto:cybo...@gmail.com] > Sent: 25 March 2010 13:54 > To: 313 > Subject: Re: (313) AUX88 > > I think that "Black" really refers to pan-African culture, not skin > color per se... I think it's no different than saying, say, "Polish > Paris Project" (i.e. the music of Chopin). I don't find anything > offensive about it. > > ~David > > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Odeluga, Ken > wrote: > > It's also not clear what Black Tokyo Project is - and to be honest there is > > something about the name which to me, seems dumb. > > > > What is it? Music? Art? Blacks In Tokyo? Why 'Black' anyway? > > > > Black people you mean? That would be faintly patronizing in my view, if it > > was referring or alluding to that some sort of cultural jam. That might not > > be intentionally offensive, but it's still referenced by skin colour. How > > very 70s! > > > > Maybe 'Black' as an aesthetic term? > > > > Dumb, dumb dumb. > > > > If I was Aux 88 I'd be hesitant in associating with this project as it > > could cast them in as dubious a light as the project itself - which would > > be a shame as the group are justifiably well respected for their music. > > > > Check this out: > > > > http://www.blacktokyo.com/?p=2923 > > > > It's nothing to do with the Aux 88-linked project, I think, but it's in the > > same orbit. > > > > Perhaps there would be a good reason for Aux 88 being involved in such a > > project if it had worthwhile aims. > > > > But it would need to be well-thought through and I would suggest it ought > > to be at the behest of Aux 88, or people like Aux 88 in Japan. > > > > Ken > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: robin [mailto:ro...@fivetones.org] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 12:04 AM > > To: Frank Glazer > > Cc: 313 List > > Subject: Re: (313) AUX88 > > > > Sounded like it had been through a translatortwice :) > > > > robin... > > > > On 23 Mar 2010, at 23:07, Frank Glazer wrote: > > > >> You know, I love Aux 88. love love love. but when i read some > >> nonsense like "intelligent dance music as well as business and fashion > >> ventures" am i wrong to snre and tune out? i mean, come on, i > >> know it's cool to try to make a little cash, but am i the only one who > >> thinks musicians should stick to music, and that fashion is some > >> bullship? > >> > >> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 8:09 AM, robin wrote: > >>> > >>> Short interview about the Black Tokyo project: > >>> > >>> http://www.fabriclondon.com/fabricfirst/blog/aux-88-introduce-black-t > >>> okyo/ > >>> > >>> Tommy using NI's Maschine: > >>> > >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXa3hf8FiFk > >>> > >>> robin... > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> peace, > >> > >> frank > >> > >> dj mix archive: http://www.deejaycountzero.com > > > # > Note: > > Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not necessarily > represent > those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically stated. This > email > and any files transmitted are confidential and intended solely for the use of > the > individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you have received this > email in > error, please notify postmas...@channel4.co.uk > > Thank You. > > Channel Four Television Corporation, created by statute under English law, is > at 124 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 2TX . > > 4 Ventures Limited (Company No. 04106849), incorporated in England and Wales > has its registered office at 124 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2TX. > > VAT no: GB 626475817 > > #
Re: (313) Croydon Is New Detroit
Cool that Shake posted a comment to the article acknowledging the funk. thanks, Jeffrey J. Davis President & COO, AGY fon: +1.218.8332847 (21883DAVIS) fax: +1.803.643.4085 cel: +86.158.0184.9459 jeff.da...@agy.com / jeffrey.james.da...@gmail.com jeffrey.james.davis JeffreyJDavis On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Tristan Watkins wrote: > > On 10/03/2010 22:23, kent williams wrote: >> >> I think the article makes some good points but mostly in the context >> of the UK, where musical sub-genres are written about as though they >> were stars in their own right. >> >> The Detroit attitude is, I'd hope, more eclectic, and the musicians I >> talk to think more in terms of good or bad than this genre or that >> genre. So I can talk with Alan Oldham about Creation Records Shoegazer >> bands, and with Shake about Cooly G. > > The way I read it, he was saying that eclecticism and perpetual reinvention > is precisely what makes dubstep (so far) like the early days of Detroit > techno - that it is evolving very quickly, pulling in influences from all > over the shop and is difficult to pin down. I think that's a fair point. If > you listen to a lot of the best dubstep producers' DJ sets you'll find > influences from all over the last 25 years and within the various styles of > dubstep. > > Also, I think there's a misperception that it's just kids making this stuff. > Untold has been producing since '93 according to this RA article: > http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1105 > > Not that I think the comparison can stretch for miles or that anyone should > take it out of context. > > Ultimately, I'm just getting a bit irritated with people making more out of > it than it is or of writing it off altogether. Whether it's to everyone's > taste is one thing but I would hope it's evident that this isn't narrow or > purely derivative. In my mind it's one of the more interesting things to > happen in a long time precisely because it's not as narrow and codified as > any of the previous big electronic music trends. It's almost the complete > opposite. > > Tristan
Re: (313) Theo Parrish Interview
David - This was a dp ass post. nice. thanks, Jeffrey J. Davis fon: +1.218.8332847 (21883DAVIS) fax: +1.803.643.4085 cel: +86.158.0184.9459 jeff.da...@agy.com / jeffrey.james.da...@gmail.com www.JeffreyJDavis.com jeffrey.james.davis JeffreyJDavis On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 1:05 PM, David Powers wrote: > > I was disappointed in his final comments, because I think he missed > something really important about music. And not in his defense of > vinyl per se, but in his attempt to sum up what a DJ is. DJ's, like > live musicians, are responsible for presenting music live. The > physicality of carrying around crates of vinyl and getting your hands > dirty might be a part of DJing, but this is only a surface aspect of > DJing, and not at all the essence of what the DJ (or other live > musician) does. > > In my opinion the essence of what live musicians and DJ's do is to > create vibrations at a particular space and time for a particular > group of people. Being able to hear fully vibrations, knowing which > vibrations to create, and having the ability to create those > vibrations is what it takes to become a master of vibrations, whatever > the genre and instruments. Theo Parrish's reference to Kung Fu is > telling, for a Kung Fu master is not only one who has mastered some > technical exercises, but is suppsed to be one whose discipline has led > them to some level of spiritual insight. In other words, it is not > just the surface actions that the Kung Fu master performs, but the > state of mind from which those actions arise. > > For musicians, the ability to hear that is the key to mastery of > music. For me their are three levels of hearing: hearing with the ear, > hearing with the mind, and hearing with the soul. When you can really > hear on all three levels, you will have total awareness of the > vibrations you are creating, and knowledge of what those vibrations > do. This is fundamental to mastering all musical practice. And it is > the inability to really listen, and a lack of knowledge of great > music, not the inability to spin vinyl, that is really what gets in > the way of younger producers and DJ's. For me, it is essential to, at > minimum, have some understanding of jazz, Western classical, Indian > classical, and West African drumming. These traditions have mastered > different aspects of creating vibration that are fundamental to music > making in general, regardless of genre. > > Whether you spin vinyl, hit keys on an acoustic piano, or plug in an > ipod, if you aren't fully aware of the vibration you create, you > cannot master music, even if your actions are technically precise. > > For me, the role of a musician or DJ very close to that of a shaman. > Some I have studied with, such as William Parker and Billy Hart, have > emphasized the power of music to heal. This means that making music > publicly requires a high level of responsibility. The world is full of > negative vibrations that are used to enslave people and to produce > consumer consciousness. Vibrations can literally make people sick! > Responsible musicians and DJ's need to realize how powerful vibrations > are and how great the responsibility to use this power wisely is... > the second you leave your bedroom, you assume a part in the great > spiritual tradition of music. You have just as much of a > responsibility as the masters (individuals such as Beethoven, Chopin, > Cecil Taylor, Ravi Shankar, or John Coltrane) did to create powerful > vibrations that can heal and inspire us as human beings. > > ~David > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Martin Dust wrote: > > > > On 9 Dec 2009, at 02:37, robin wrote: > > > >> > >> http://blog.awdio.com/index.php/2009/12/07/theo-parrish-interview-from-djoon-paris/ > >> > >> > >> robin... > > > > He's a bit like a cracked record tho... > > > > m
Re: (313) An Electro Workout
Placid - This mix is dope like soap on a rope. Thanks for sharing. thanks, Jeffrey J.Davis fon: +1.2188332847 (21883DAVIS) fax: +1.803.643.4085 cel: +86.158.0184.9459 On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Placid wrote: > > My current favorite electro.. All in one easy download. > > Mix is here - http://www.acid-house.net/Placid_Electro_Workout.mp3 > > should be uploaded by about 12.30am 30/10/09 > > Enjoy > > Elecktroids - Check Mate - Warp > Scape One - Shockwave Rider - Pnuma > Silicon Scally - Coasat 2 Coast - Satamile > Drexciya - Living On The Edge (inst) - Submerge > Gosub - Lost In Our Ways - Frustrated Funk > Simulant - Musical BOx - Scopex > ERP - VOx Automation - Frustrated Funk > Scape One - Mind Cage - Pnuma > Morphology - Dark Days Are Gone - Abstract Forms > Drexciya - DR Blowfins Experiment - UR > Simulant - Access Future Audio - Scopex > Sterac ectronics - Atlantis - Interpersonal XP > Simulant - New Machines - Scopex > Drexciya - Wavejumper - Submerge > E.R.P - Aurelia - Downlow > Morphology - Trioptimum - Abtract Forms > EDMX & Qwerty - Con Solid Ate - Breakin > Lory D - Bitter End 1 - Never Ending Trax > Simulant - Wav Form mix - Scopex > E.R.P - Sensory Process - Semantica > Voice Stealer - Evaluation - Subvert > Ochre - Petl - Baselogic > Ed Chamberlain - Synthia - Baselogic > > > As usual done in one hit - 2 x Technics 110 mins @320kbps - 265 mb > > p > > > > -- > > Playing > > > 19th September - Bristol Festival Boat Party > 19th September - Bristol Festival Timbuk2 > > Placid on the t'interweb - http://www.acid-house.net > > Vinyl for Sale - http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?seller=placid > > Placid's Gigs and Gigography - > http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=41658902688 > > Live on Future-music.co.uk every other Thursday - 8pm - 10pm >
Re: (313) New Four Tet "Love Cry"
yes FourTet is the shit. Rounders was top, and the Burial collab was gamechanging in my book. thanks, Jeffrey J.Davis fon: +1.2188332847 (21883DAVIS) fax: +1.803.643.4085 cel: +86.158.0184.9459 email: jeff.da...@agy.com / jeffrey.james.da...@gmail.com ph...@earthlink.net jeffrey.james.da...@gmail.com jeffreyjamesdavis On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 10:26 PM, kent williams wrote: > > Can you say tough as nails neo-disco sci fi techno? > > Stream it: http://www.myspace.com/fourtetkieranhebden > > This is the sort of crazy a** sh*t we used to depend on Carl Craig for. > > Bleep has this on vinyl.
