From artist Sent Fri, Jun 26th 1998, 06:22
From artist Sent Fri, Jun 26th 1998, 06:22
On Thu, 25 Jun 1998 18:08:55 -0400, you wrote: > I mean, how much drum and bass/breakbeat/big beat can you listen to >before it loses it's novelty? And who's doing music in the tradition the >aforementioned artists were practicing in 1992 (actually, I'd say BoC is= to >a certain extent, and some of Squarepusher's less hectic stuff does = too). i think the problem is that when it comes to breaks, all too often people treat it like some kind of competition to see who can make the most complex brain-bustingly intricate programming..... leaving far behind the only important criteria - making music that has something to say. anyone could do it - if they were bothered enough to.. we shouldn't get drawn into this race where the only possible destination seems to be up one's own arse. i forget who said it, but they described it pretty well - 'bloke techno' <waves> subconscious geography http://www.sub-con-geo.demon.co.uk