Hoping to avoid the flames in advance. I was using the term tech-house simply to differentiate between those artists tracks that have more of a housey feel than their other more minimal stuff. I understand it's not really accurate. Thanks for the comments. :)
Tristan ========================================== PHONOPSIA<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Lounge/5102 "FrogboyMCI" on AOL Instant Messenger New Album, "Québécois", online now. -----Original Message----- From: Frank Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mike Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, July 23, 2000 10:54 AM Subject: Re: [313] Pops 'n clicks in Tech-house > > >On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, Mike Taylor wrote: > >> Seth >> Horvitz, Shawn Hatfield, Josh Clayton and Stewart Walker are all aware >> of what is going on in the weird end of techno, and it shows. I think >> it might have something to do with the fact that they do not have the >> history that producers in Detroit might have holding them back. They are >> kind of outside of that influence, and I think it might give them a >> freedom that subconsciously Detroit producers do not have. > >good point... > >> Sutekh's track on Clicks and >> Cuts is my favorite on the comp, > >Well, don't get me wrong, I love Sutekh's cut on that comp too, but I think >you'd be hard pressed to call it "tech house"...where's the house? It's >probably one of the least funky tracks on the first disc, more in line with the >out-there-ness of the second (and again, I like the track, as well as most of >the more experimental tracks on the comp)... > >however, what really appeals to me about the "pops n' clicks in >tech-house" trend is the ability to make a track severely minimal AND funky at >the same time...and um, danceable! I mean, Pan sonic has got the minimal analog >thing down, but do you really wanna dance to it? It's way too stiff for >me. That, I think, is where the HOUSE part comes in, and of course both Voigt >(as Mike Ink) and Brinkmann, among others, have done an excellent job finding >that middle ground of minimal/funky...Studio One, any number of Brinkmann >12-inchers, and Brinkmann's re-workings of Studio One and Hawtin's >Concepts...of course, there is plenty of Sutekh (not to mention Twerk) stuff >that really nails this minimal/funky thing...The Double Entendre EP, and one mp3 >track I found somewhere on the web that really kicked, but I can't for the life >of me remember what it was called, or find it again... > >Frank > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
