From artist Sent Fri, Feb 5th 1999, 20:36
From artist Sent Fri, Feb 5th 1999, 20:36
On Fri, 5 Feb 1999 11:58:16 -0800 (PST), you wrote: >> i wonder what coltrane would have to say about all this. >why dont you tell us? ouija board on blink >> what they need is to get out of their rut and produce something >> inspiring instead of mind-numbing. =20 >some folks really like what they have been producing lately. i sure do. >but then again, i tend to be more into the teeky, psycadelic, >"experimental" side of things than the melodic side.. if only it were experimental. far too predictable to be experimental! maybe some psychedelics would have made it bearable <grin> >not to say i odnt >like a solid pop song now and then. (assuming here that you are arguing >that they have moved too far from the "musical"/traditional side of = things >-- if that makes sense). >fuck, at least they havnt gone the silly drill and bass route of = everyone >else and are still producing original material (though a couple tracks >came close :) everything in the live set went along these lines. no variety. patching in plugin effects over your beats without any context (i.e some kind of reciprocal effect or response from other threads of the music) has no value whatsoever, it just sounds tacky. and this is supposed to be 'advanced' music? >btw: is b. parmegiani the percussionist who somehow produced super = complex >rhytms off his body or something? i seem to recall a friends talking >about him. parmegiani is a french ircam guy - one of autechre's idols - even though they've only been listening to him for a few years, it shows.. <waves>