From Bryan Bickel Sent Wed, Aug 18th 1999, 20:43
From Bryan Bickel Sent Wed, Aug 18th 1999, 20:43
I've said it before and I'll say it again. you can take every piece of techno/and ambient that I own but don't even think about touching my synth pop collection. These were the days when people actually used synthesizers. Bryan onnow:spooky "found sound" onnext:anything box > On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, [iso-8859-1] drift wood wrote: > > > Did anyone who went to the Big Chill manage to tape Tom Middleton's > > slot on Big Chill FM at 3am on Saturday morning? I didn't due to a > > malfunctioning tape recorder, and a brain in a similar state. > > > > As for his DJ set on Sunday afternoon, Human League - Fascination..haha > > cheesy but we'll go with it... followed by Bowie's Lets Dance...oh > > dear, just ignore it and keep dancing....but oh no the Police - Every > > Little Thing ..... Tom, that is far too cheddary. (Didn't he play the > > same 3 records last year?) > > > > Does this herald the return of the New Romantic sound? Aphex Twin also > > plays Human League in his sets, and I heard Luke Vibert play a Visage > > 'b' side recently. Get those frills, cuffs and pixie boots out again, > > boys and girls. > > Aphex Twin has frequently acknowledged his love for Human League, particularly > 'Dare.' If you're looking for context, all those guys were in their > Wonder Years during the mid to late 80's. Those bands featured electronic > sounds in a new context, and I can see how those synth sounds could make > young boys fantasize about getting an SH101 and trying to make their own > noises at home. > > The other huge influence you can hear in their music is the mid-80's > electro and hip hop. Again this was stuff that was 'in the air' back > then. > > --------------------------------- Bryan Bickel http://www.cs.wayne.edu/~bbickel xxxxxxx@xx.xxxxx.xxx Detroit Rules!