Re: (idm) Manuel Gottsching

From Lazlo Nibble
Sent Fri, Feb 20th 1998, 20:07

>> Not to drag out this hoary old argument but while Gottsching's
>> influence has definitely been felt I don't think there's much that's
>> particularly "techno"  about E2-E4.
>
> Techno has always been to me, a particular way of working ora particular
> way of thinking about music. If some people cant see past standard
> definitions of music then they are surely missing out on so much music
> which defies standard categorisation.  Purism is as damaging to music as
> Patriotism is to the human race...

Well, but standard definitions are how human beings communicate with each
other.  I don't think there's anything "purist" in expecting that most of us
are going to be using words to mean roughly the same things.

By the way, Steve, I think you're being a shithead.  Now, I'm not using the
standard definition of "shithead" when I say that, so feel free to guess at
what I really mean.  (Get my point?)

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