From Martin Sent Mon, Feb 2nd 1998, 16:31
From Martin Sent Mon, Feb 2nd 1998, 16:31
Carved from a Block of Gouda wrote: >>> On Sat, 31 Jan 1998, Irene McC wrote: > Guitars are "instruments" as opposed to the rest of the techno genre > which is digital - hence, not always an easy marriage. > > However, listen to Death in Vegas, Red Snapper, Underworld, Primal > Scream for some examples where they've managed to make it work > (IMO, and this is NOT worth flaming about ....) > OK So I hate Death in Vegas, Underworld and Primal Scream. Might I suggest better counterexamples -- Bowery Electric, Labradford, Seefeel, and My Bloody Valentine. <<< if you like the latter stuff, you should check out what mogwai do to david holmes's "don't die just yet", starts out all echoey ambient, ends up screaming meltdown ambient. a drum machine does a little drum'n'bass fungle malfunction in about the last 10 seconds, as i guess some kind of ironic nod towards dance music. their "young team" lp is also a good example of quiet/noisy guitar ambience. don't know if its guitars, or just studio fuzz, but after initially not really getting much out of it, the porter ricks "biokinetiks" cd, has been on heavy repeat during a recent bout of programming. its amazing how 70+ mins of hazy thud-thud can go by. the eponymous mille plateaux release, doesn't really have the same feel. are other basic channel releases similar to "biokinetiks"? a local store has the vainquer and maurizio cds in the metal tins - are either similar? do i need both? -martin