From david turgeon Sent Thu, May 27th 1999, 16:11
From david turgeon Sent Thu, May 27th 1999, 16:11
> I don't mean to step on your opinion, but I find it curious considering that: > 1. Tomas Jirku sounds much like the Berlin techno you describe call me biased, but i sincerely think tomas is better than most chain reaction stuff i've heard, & even pole. the compositions are warm & alive, rather than being just exercises in sound. > 2. notype released the Tomas Jirku record & quite proudly, too. > 3. you run notype > 4. you post this critique of a sound that one of your label's artists sounds > like. ahh, so i'm not entitled to my opinions because i run a label? :) i think there's way too much minimal techno that's done & that most of it isn't up to par. it is, obviously, my sole opinion, based on turning down lots of new ultra-hip records because i thought they had nothing to them, just a repetition of the oh so famed berlin (& i guess koln) sound. then again, i don't find the boringness of minimal techno that appaling. it's actually quite nice; a total absence of obnoxiousness or something. very soothing. but not my taste, for the most part. > Comments? For the record: I really like the Tomas Jirku record on notype. And > I'm not trying to be a jerk, I'm honestly curious what your take on this > situation is, David. i just happen to like & dislike very different things, & not based on genre but on artists. the artists on no type all make music i like listening to. that's why they're on the label. i should also mention that i don't consider any artist to be a sacred cow & that i like making fun of music which is held as such by many. hope that clears it up. :) -- david turgeon at http://www.notype.com