From joanisse Sent Wed, Jul 8th 1998, 03:00
From joanisse Sent Wed, Jul 8th 1998, 03:00
>Now days it would be more likely that they'd strip away all the breaks >and just use that "two-step" rhythm > >boom paf boom paf > >ad infinitum. Something about that bugs me far more than a relatively >unobtrusive "boom" on every beat in a techno / house /whatever tune. I >mean, the above _can_ be cool, but it's soooo played out. It's more of >a cliche than >the old amen break, because at least people cut the >rhythm of that one up sometimes. a friend and i were just talking about the old two-stepper. funny how alex reece was universally dismissed for overusing this break, but now it's the most popular break around... you've even got your simon reynoldses writing articles about how revolutionary it is. neurofunk anyone?.... imho it's sucking the innovation right out of the music. then again "funktion" by ed rush and optical _does_ uses it to splendid effect... r.