From Et Pharmacistic Paradoxia Sent Fri, Apr 10th 1998, 20:34
On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, James Skilton wrote: > At 21:59 05/04/98 -0400, Philip Sherburne wrote: 1) to work with the form (eg squarepusher, jega, rdj, etc.), > >using its formal elements but always as an expansion of the form; and I think of this as basically being programmed jazz. Not that it isn't doing things never before done with jazz (for instance, extremely flanged perfect 96th-note-triplets ascending in perfect linear pitch or volume ain't exactly Max Roach or Buddy Rich) 2) to > >work within the form, as does dancefloor-oriented d'n'b. eg, the producers > >that "non-initiates" won't necessarily know. this second method works > >within strict formal rules almost as a kind of theme-and-variation > >exercise. hence the production of such similar music. originality isn't > >the point, in such an exercise--the asymptotal drive toward the "perfect > >track" is, instead. I wonder if the #2 kind of d-n-b will have a life kind of like the Breakbeat trend: it will eventually collapse on itself if it ever stops from occasionally bringing in some of the innovations of the (1) artists. There is a lot of elbow room to the dancefloor-oriented d-n-b, but (at least to me) it still seems formulaeic overall and will always need the occasional experimental injection. Another thing about d-n-b that reminds me of breakbeat is that I remember that breakbeat was considered a little too crazy for the dancefloor in its' own time, but slowly got assimilated into clubs after getting lobotomized of its' jazzier/syncopated elements. The supposed "drum-n-bass" I have heard in clubs is much more repetitive and is so at smaller intervals of notational bars, such that is actually sounds like the faster experimental breakbeat of 92-93 (Kaotic Chemistry or 4 Hero for instance) > into words by Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force - "Looking for the > Perfect Beat" I just found this Tommy Boy 12" for 50 cents last week, btw. I'm late on this thread, too...... Solenoid xxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx <------+