(313) Genre stasis (was RE: techno)
Quoting robin [EMAIL PROTECTED]: interesting questions: does techno have to move forward to still be techno? imo once a genre of music is established then it just goes through phases of recycling and incrementally improving/evolving. look at rock for example, a lot of the new bands now (say white stripes etc) are just tweaking stuff like the stooges. is that bad tho? and experimental for experimental's sake just missed the point of _dance_ music to me. it still has to have a groove or funk to it. I'm very much with you here. I remember when the Model 600 record came out, there were people who faulted Juan for returning to a mid-eighties aesthetic, saying it didn't do anything to advance the genre. So what? It was a damned good electro record. It's probably logged more cruise hours in my car than any other piece of music. Moving forward strictly for the sake of moving forward often results in the neglect of ideas that still have room for exploration. When the old-school Detroit style is worn-out you'll know it, because they'll start playing it on VH1. Brian balistic Prince http://www.bprince.com - art and techno
RE: (313) Genre stasis (was RE: techno)
Moving forward strictly for the sake of moving forward often results in the neglect of ideas that still have room for exploration. Exactly!
Re: (313) Genre stasis (was RE: techno)
Isn't that creed of moving forward what got drum bass into the crap hole it's been in for so long now? I'm not the most clued in when it comes to what's going on in db but it seems like people were afraid of sitting still for even a second just because you revisit an older sound doesn't make you retro or behind the times. as far as Model 600 goes - sure the instrumentation might be thought of as retro but the overall execution was fresh MEK Brian 'balistic' Prince To: robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]cc: 313@hyperreal.org .comSubject: (313) Genre stasis (was RE: techno) 08/17/2004 09:28 AM Quoting robin [EMAIL PROTECTED]: interesting questions: does techno have to move forward to still be techno? imo once a genre of music is established then it just goes through phases of recycling and incrementally improving/evolving. look at rock for example, a lot of the new bands now (say white stripes etc) are just tweaking stuff like the stooges. is that bad tho? and experimental for experimental's sake just missed the point of _dance_ music to me. it still has to have a groove or funk to it. I'm very much with you here. I remember when the Model 600 record came out, there were people who faulted Juan for returning to a mid-eighties aesthetic, saying it didn't do anything to advance the genre. So what? It was a damned good electro record. It's probably logged more cruise hours in my car than any other piece of music. Moving forward strictly for the sake of moving forward often results in the neglect of ideas that still have room for exploration. When the old-school Detroit style is worn-out you'll know it, because they'll start playing it on VH1. Brian balistic Prince http://www.bprince.com - art and techno
Re: (313) Genre stasis (was RE: techno)
At 11:14 AM 8/17/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isn't that creed of moving forward what got drum bass into the crap hole it's been in for so long now? It also makes the ILM forum a rather wretched hive of scum and villainy. -- unsigned short int to_yer_mama; matt kane's brain http://www.hydrogenproject.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: (313) Genre stasis (was RE: techno)
Only pawns move forward ~dust On 17 Aug 2004, at 16:40, matt kane's brain wrote: At 11:14 AM 8/17/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isn't that creed of moving forward what got drum bass into the crap hole it's been in for so long now? It also makes the ILM forum a rather wretched hive of scum and villainy. -- unsigned short int to_yer_mama; matt kane's brain http://www.hydrogenproject.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
