Re: (313) minimal suxs like dub

2008-04-07 Thread Arturo Lopez
From DufDuf: ie. minimal is a technique like dub is a technique Disagree. Dub is a genre, Minimal is a genre. Rhythm Sound does not sound like Magda. Yes these things exist along a continuum of sound, but are certainly at fairly distinct ends, with rather pronounced sound differences,

Re: (313) minimal suxs like dub

2008-04-07 Thread Kowalsky
Arturo,i think both minimal and dub are named genres, but, above that, minimal and dub are techniques, methods of music production. You can hear minimal not only in techno, you can hear it in the philip glass music, in some post-punk bands, steve reich music, and in many areas of

Re: (313) minimal suxs like dub

2008-04-07 Thread Arturo Lopez
Good points, Kw. I guess I was focusing more on the classification stuff. You are certainly right about those words being used to describe an approach to production. I guess I'm also drawing my own imaginary line between the sort of disciplined minimal approach t o production you describe versus

Re: (313) minimal suxs like dub

2008-04-07 Thread Kowalsky
Well, Arturo, i got your point. But i really have another opinion about minimal. I'm not a native english speaker, but i'll try. Forgive any mistakes. Minimal is not necesserally less, or minus. But, sometimes, it ends up being the use of less elements. The use of silence and empty spaces

Re: (313) minimal suxs like dub

2008-04-06 Thread Kowalsky
I agree with you, Simon. Kw On 05/04/2008, at 21:59, duf duf wrote: It's amazing . . does anyone like anything on this list. Maybe the 313 t-shirt should be .. don't like it on 313 .. beatless humour aside .. I was thinking the other day that we might be getting genre confused with

Re: (313) minimal suxs like dub

2008-04-06 Thread duf duf
Kevin Kennedy wrote: ...and sadly today most of it is just electronic crap. This has been the a mantra for over 15 years though .. dance music is can always completely mundane in the micro. I guess what I'm trying to suggest is that this plethora of crap is what makes the music what it

Re: (313) minimal suxs like dub

2008-04-06 Thread duf duf
Lets face it every Dj wants to be producer with out having to do the hard work in the studio. That is not a fact. There are tons of DJs who subscribe to the David Mancuso school of DJing, or at least lean primarily that way. True . it's a pretty broad statement I made there. But

Re: (313) minimal suxs like dub

2008-04-06 Thread Kevin Kennedy
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 7:09 AM, duf duf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kevin Kennedy wrote: ...and sadly today most of it is just electronic crap. This has been the a mantra for over 15 years though .. dance music is can always completely mundane in the micro. The period between 1993-96

(313) minimal suxs like dub

2008-04-05 Thread duf duf
It's amazing . . does anyone like anything on this list. Maybe the 313 t-shirt should be .. don't like it on 313 .. beatless humour aside .. I was thinking the other day that we might be getting genre confused with technique. ie. minimal is a technique like dub is a technique Alot of the

Re: (313) minimal suxs like dub

2008-04-05 Thread Frank Glazer
I honestly can't tell any more the difference between house, techno, techhouse, detriot, minimal or any other genre you might want to mention. well, if it ain't made in detroit, by people from detroit, it probably ain't detroit. pretty straightforward there. i can't help you with the

Re: (313) minimal suxs like dub

2008-04-05 Thread Michael Kuszynski
dont forget about mentioning brooklyn or berlin. and the ratio of clashing colors made in downtown la to the diameter of your pant cuff. On 4/5/08, duf duf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's amazing . . does anyone like anything on this list. Maybe the 313 t-shirt should be .. don't like it on