Re: Why does mainstream seem more like , downstream these days?

[andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

Matt Davignon wrote:
>> andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk> was all:
>>
>> so what's the 20% that would stand out as being groundbreaking
>> compared to say, the Forbidden Planet soundtrack?
>> What in this decade was unimaginable in the previous?
> 
> One trend I really enjoyed in the last 10 years is the practice of
> taking the fragmented cd skipping ideas of the mid/late 90s and
> reintegrating it into pop music forms. Such as the music of Atom
> Heart's projects like Midisport, Los Samplers, Roger Tubesound
> Ensemble, Flanger. As well as bands like Efterklang, The Books, Tuung.

thanks Matt, I'll check some of these out.
Have to admit that my immediate reaction is one of disappointment
if the "new thing" is based on cd skipping.


> 
> I don't believe in the requirement that something must be
> "unimaginable" in the previous decade to be "new" in this decade. It
> just requires someone to come up with their own way of doing things.
> Phillip Jeck has made a name for himself by composing with multiple
> turntables playing old, crackly records. .

Jeck isn't new in this century, let alone this decade.
Used to catch him occasionally on bbc radio in the 90's.
(wish I could remember the name of the program)


> 
> ...And the Forbidden Planet soundtrack was pretty groundbreaking for the 
>time.

er..yup

Did you follow the link that Samba posted?
amazing

http://www.janebrockman.org/BebeBarron/BebeBarron.html


http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/03/04/bebe-barron-on-the-cybernetics-of-electronic-music-circuits/

andy