From martin burbridge Sent Sat, Mar 20th 1999, 16:20
From martin burbridge Sent Sat, Mar 20th 1999, 16:20
> I'd be interested in hearing from those anti-four-on-the-floor > types on this > (you know who you are!) -- how do you evaluate Chain Reaction, even if > you've got a fundamental argument against 4OTF? do you mean someone like me. i have found 4otf pretty dull for a few years now, and while not really my personal taste in rhythmn anymore, bc/cr are annoyingly spot on in ambience and general fuzziness. i played the porter ricks "biokinetiks" (much better than the mille plateaux disc) a lot after the thud thud stopped irritatin. the monolake "hong kong" is even better bordering on ambience in the subtle way the pulsing is hazed into everything else. maurizio's thudding is more pronounced and i never really got into it. i guess if yer just listening for whacked beats then bc/cr is not the place to look, but you want dubby (deep bass and space, not reggae) trance, that works precisely because it is lumbered w/ one of the most repetitive backbones available then they have some v. good releases for you. hope this helps. -martin