From Warp Yourself Sent Mon, Aug 2nd 1999, 03:30
From Warp Yourself Sent Mon, Aug 2nd 1999, 03:30
I can only describe what I consider minimalist by the specific artists. In my opinion, check out Chain Reaction artists, especially Vainqueur. Panasonic, Pole, Richie Hawtin and my favorite for the moment, Thomas Brinkman. "Hard" German stuff. By the way, Spring Heel Jack isn't minimalist. They just suck. But I'm trolling now- David >From: xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx >To: xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx >Subject: Re: (idm) define "minimalist" >Date: Sun, 1 Aug 1999 08:43:23 EDT > >Minimalist music (to my mind) attempts to achieve the maximm possible >effect, >often to be as beautiful as possible, using the minimum of material. >Nothing >is wasted. Simple repeated patterns often feature, and there is a tendancy >to >go on for half an hour. >This can definitely apply to other genres. There are minimalist composers >(LaMonte Young and so on). Juan Atkins and his Detroit friends are minimal, >since they try to achieve as much energy as possible using relatively >little >rhythmic or melodic variation. Klute and Springheel Jack are often >minimalist >d n b. >In rock, Suicide used simple programmed beats and repetitive synths along >with a bloke shouting to express incredible anger, while the Ramones >arguably >got impossible amounts of energy out of three chords and nothing remotely >technical. >Probably the best for minimalism is the wacky world of post rock: Mogwai's >Mogwai Fear Satan is a heart wrenchingly beautiful twenty minutes >consisting >of a repeated three chord drone. In fact, anyone with cash to spare could >do >worse than check out their Kicking a Dead Pig remix album, since its great. > >Jorkens > >'They, too, are Zen Masters, and are both shit hot at karate.' ...Mark >Manning _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com