From Arthur B. Purvis Sent Fri, Dec 26th 1997, 04:17
From Arthur B. Purvis Sent Fri, Dec 26th 1997, 04:17
> > Parting shot: > > No-U-Turn is "dark" music for people who have no idea what "dark" music > > actually sounds like. > > hahaha! > > As a member of the No-U-Turn crew, I WILL respond to this one. Well, I haven't heard all of it, but I've heard quite a bit (Torque + some random 12"s) and all of it's been pretty terrible. The same style distorted, badly produced bass sound, the same 2step badly produced drums, and some lame atmospherics. And I wanted to like it so badly - I mean, dark drum and bass; this is an idea that inherently appeals to me (as I'm sure it does to many of you, I won't explain any further). Torque was easily the biggest letdown of the year. However, it probably wouldn't bug me half as much if No-U-Turn didn't get all the credit for "dark drum and bass" while numerous people are out there producing stuff 10x as good (Panacea, Godflesh, PCM, Downpour, to name some), 10x as original/interesting, and no one listens, because of the hype (For the record, I regard "hype" as just as much an evil as MTV. The only difference is the audience - MTV gets "the masses" (who only exist in the minds of the "hip") while hype (The Wire, the IDM list, the Voice, Simon Reynolds, DJs, art students, etc) gets "the hip." They're both right about 10% of the time. Maybe MTV is a little better. Both ignore anything that doesn't fit their image or their marketing agenda until 5 years later when it's been dumbed down or "artified," and both absolutely refuse to deal with each other in any rational way. Both also absolutely refuse to actively seek out anything new and/or interesting, instead repeating the same old crap ad infinitum.)