Hi,
With that in mind I reckon I should introduce myself.
My name is Matt Deegan and I'm an electronic music producer from the UK
with a focus on techno. I've been involved in music in various forms over
the years starting as a jazz double bassist and more recently moving to
techno, using analogue electronic gear to produce on. I specialise in
improvised electronic music trying hard to tastefully fuse elements of jazz
into my sound.
I've become interested in the origins of techno and so started reading
books on and around the subject, and through that reading I found
Hyperreal. I think there is a large proportion of techno fans who have no
idea where or how it started, or are misinformed. I was definitely one of
them, and, although I still have a lot to learn, I now feel I have some
grounding in how it all began. I'm really interested in learning more and
this feels like a decent place to do it so. Any resources people can
recommend will be greatly appreciated!
As I said I am interested in understanding the origins of the music, but at
the same time I am also interested in supporting musicians trying to push
the boundaries of the genre. I am a schooled jazz musician and composer
and, although I am passionate about the music, I'm still trying to wrap my
head around exactly why I love it so much. There is something fundamental
within it I can't quite put my finger on which intrigues me. Before I
started reading about techno's history I though my musical journey was
unusual, but have since realised it isn't as unusual as I thought. This
realisation has helped me focus my sound and produce the work I'm most
proud of, which proves to me understanding the history of the music is
extremely important.
I could probably ramble on all day on the subject, but I'll leave it there.
There are links below to my stuff if anyone is interested, otherwise I look
forward to your reading what you write.
Best wishes,
Matt
I work under the pseudonym Epistrophe Smith, here's some links to my
stuff...
Main site: www.epsmith.net
An online ambient music project using an algorithm to never be the same
twice: http://neverendingalbum.myl2mr.com
On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 1:15 AM kent williams
wrote:
> For some reason we've had a bunch of new subscribers. I guess that is a
> challenge to us old timers to, uh, generate some compelling content.
>
