From Che Sent Thu, Jul 9th 1998, 09:35
From Che Sent Thu, Jul 9th 1998, 09:35
At 05:24 PM 7/8/98 -0400, mult santa wrote: >i think i'm gonna sit down and write a book on the (brief) history of >drill n bass ;-) Since you're such an expert, maybe you can explain what subtle nuances make Squarepusher drill&bass, & T-Power, Spring Heel Jack, Photek, & Amon Tobin (at least his faster tracks) something else? All use a combination of programmed hits & cut-up breaks (Amen used almost never) in varying ratios, and all have a much stronger emphasis on melody & density than mainstream drum&bass. Of course they all sound different, but to my ears at least, there's no more difference between them & say Black Dog, Autechre, & Beaumont Hannant, who all seem to fit into the same genre. I have to throw A Guy Called Gerald, 4 Hero/JOS, Chameleon/Chaos & Julia Set, and Talvin Singh into the "doing a lot more with fast beats than trying to sound like the d&b flavor du jour" genre, whatever you want to call it. At 12:27 PM 7/8/98 -0400, Sebastien Dalphond wrote: >Don't get me wrong. I love 4/4 techno, just as much as I love IDM in >general and drum & bass. But I think that the whole electronica is >based on samples, sequencers, hopefully giving it an organic feel to it >by pitching in *real* instruments, vocals, warmth, rich layers, etc. At >least, that was the way it was at first. Organic sucks. *Real* instruments suck. Vocals suck. Live sucks. If you want all that, listen to folk music. Give me the cold, hard, & artificial, baby. ;-) Che rock - rok (v.) - having a conventional and/or boring nature. ex: "Khakis rock". "That Rolling Stones show rocked". syn: suck.