From artist Sent Mon, Apr 13th 1998, 08:30
From artist Sent Mon, Apr 13th 1998, 08:30
> >the best on the album, but is ruined by an appalling guitar
> >solo, putting appalling guitar solos on tracks certainly isnt
> >experimental
> it may not be to everybody's taste, but you don't hear many guitar solos
> on detroit records (especially ones that are treated and looped and
> such). hence "experimental."
well it's just that guitar solos on techno tracks kind of spoils it for some
people, same with vocals. personally i love vocals, but i've always thought
that certain tracks that should have been great (cybotron, and half the
egyptian lover lp!!) were a bit hard to listen to because of 'creative
stylings on guitar' :-)
but i love guitars - i just don't think they fit in certain situations. i
mean you wouldn't have flamenco in an autechre track. (though if they are
reading, try it out...)
> three or four songs (e.g. einbahn, they were) are terrible but i've
> always though 1/2 of it is genius.
tut - einbahn is the best one on there!!!!!
> if you put it on after listening to stuff like "evolution" or "desire"
> or "galaxy" you'd hear the experimentalism right there.
i always thought evolution was one of the most experimental detroit tracks..
though there is some confusion over which track 'evolution' actually is..
though my bfc lists that track as 'it's a shame' it's called evolution on
the relics cd and it's the one kenny larkin ripped off in a major way on his
'nocturnal' track
> of course, experimentalism for its own sake hardly equals good music
> ("drill'n'bass")
watch your back sonny
<waves>