From Sire Sent Thu, Apr 16th 1998, 17:37
From Sire Sent Thu, Apr 16th 1998, 17:37
>If Autechre was an earthworm, and you cut it in half and let each half >grow into a new earthworm, one would be Jeswa and the other would be >Funkstoerung. But I wouldn't call either hip-hop. Just my two >pfennigs. what a lovely metaphor, and so true! both jeswa and funkst=F6rung have=20 strong ae influences, but a completely different point of view. i = personally like the jeswa aspect better. i have a little problem with the term hip-hop. i've listened to hip-hop = for ages and think of it as a term covering not only rap music (and what they = call turntablism), but a wider range of sounds carrying the same kind of=20 mindstate. most hip-hop heads are really conservative about this, but=20 then again, hip-hop culture hasn't been very open-minded for a long = time. nowadays, it's all about keeping it real.=20 thank god we still have hieroglyphics. Sire One Coupe Devil Graphics