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RE: electronica double standard?



( Usually ) And simply, DJ's are about the breakdown and 
microfragmentation of everything.

Because often the intent and purpose & context are explicitly different 
>from the original primary sources of sampling. 

The purpose of a band in the traditional sense and a hip hop or dj 
oriented artist can be the same in the end but the contexts and approaches 
are often miles apart with bands or traditional musicians putting a lot of 
emphasis on their approaches and losing sight of where to let go of their 
analyzations and traditional expectations.

W/ Djing, obviously The concern isn't on being a virtuoso in traditonal 
musical senses. 

Nor is the emphasis on using someone elses moods to actualize your own 
groove - Its about how to effectively bend or adapt things - sounds or 
better yet fragments of something typically or atypically associative to 
your own perspective then letting go of it and letting it roll on its on 
steam. Most Critics and the public get off on that piece of the picture 
alone.

The samples are important but not all encompassing vehicles that 
ultimately take a back seat to whatever groove a slammin DJ's got it 
flowin.
 
(IMHO) The whole process is geared centered behind the idea that music 
belongs to no one ever...no matter who or how greatly an artist may be 
revered or extolled. That tennet in and of itself is enuff to make a lot 
of folks cringe or perhaps not be able to appreciate its beauty. 

Most bands are usually 90% of the time about the buildup and construction. 

People and critics care passionately about DJ or sample oriented stuff's 
potential for deliverance & or reinforcement ( like a lot of music scenes 
do ) of its values and look to its immersion to pull away from what isn't 
perceived as needed. Its also deeply sexual and sensual and sometimes just 
downright crude. It's a reflection of the street and a persons need to 
constantly have a good hustle goin that is both flexible, quick, direct 
and relevant to the world in which ya exist or quickly expire. 

Right now street pictures are what is being asked for over and over again.
 

-----Original Message-----
From:   Scott Bullerwell [SMTP:tanelorn@dimensional.com]
Sent:   Monday, March 09, 1998 11:14 AM
To:     Looper's Delight
Subject:        electronica double standard?

matthew hahn wrote:
>I have to agree on the subject of DJing.  I am not knocking it, but in
>deference to looping I'm willing to submit that DJing is more emotional
>than technical, more creation of moods from other people's music, than
>creating one's own.

Interesting... You might make the same observation about any number of
non-electronica bands that play essentially recycled or nostalgic music
(Porcupine Tree, for example.)  It's kosher in music criticism to knock
bands that sound too much like older bands, but
electronica/sampling/remixing is seemingly exempt from that criticism.  I
don't think I understand why that is.  Anyone?

Scott Bullerwell
tanelorn@dimensional.com
Boulder, Colorado, USA