From Et Pharmacistic Paradoxia Sent Fri, Jul 3rd 1998, 22:18
From Et Pharmacistic Paradoxia Sent Fri, Jul 3rd 1998, 22:18
On Fri, 3 Jul 1998, H. James Harkins wrote: > >From: "Christopher Fahey" <xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> > > > >> Some Andrew Weatherall remixes of My Bloody Valentine and other (Creation > >> label) stuff sometimes would have idm-ish moments. They are mostly great > >> grooves with odd percussion, but don't syncopate quite enough to really > >> get the retroactively labelled "idm". By the way, for those concerned > >> about the "intelligent" part of idm, why not call it "sdm", for > > > > Syncopation is certainly a common characteristic of much IDM. But it's > >not at all a steadfast rule - Aphex Twin is not a funky person and to call > >his beats syncopated would make Duke Ellington spin in his grave. > > I just wanted to clarify this word "syncopation" a bit. Syncopation refers > to the placement of an accented note on a weaker part of the > measure--nothing more, nothing less. The note can be accented either by > being louder than the surrounding notes, or by being longer. By the Oh, ok, I guess I use the term "syncopation" wrong myself. I guess a paradiddle is syncopation in its' most minimal form then, right? > by definition syncopated. (Much of the complex feel of fast breakbeat music > comes from the superimposition of different rhythmic grouping over the > basic meter, usually 3's over 4's--mu-ziq being a prime example, and one of > the good ones.) Yeah, that is what i meant in the Andrew Weatherall comment. I'm musically self-taught, so I'm a bit a slob with the technical language. I liked the rest of your post, btw. solenoid xxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx <------+