Hi Anytime Richie's name's mentioned a pretty long thread ensues :)
To add my 2c -- I don't think Richie's done anything very impressive productionwise for quite some years. Nothing since Consumed that I can think of. Richie's the man I'd credit with turning me onto this music in a really profound way when I saw him in a small sweaty club in Perth in 1996. Before that I'd gravitated towards the depth of Detroit sounds, but didn't understand that in the hand's of the right dj the music could do *that*. Everytime I've seen him since (another 4 times or so) my appreciation of him as musician has fallen another notch; though as technician I always find him entertaining. I heard his new mix cd for the first time a couple of days ago which only confirms that idea. As technique it's interesting: as music it's almost a parody of the idea of techno as a kind of function. Utterley soulless. I really hope something happens to break him out of his creative rut. I respect Richie as a very talented person, but fear he's lost his position at the forefront of creative electronic musicians (who do I think's up there now? Jan Jelinek, Herbert, Vladislav Delay/Luomo, Thomas Brinkmann...) Cheers Chris _____________________________________________________________________________ http://shopping.yahoo.com.au - Father's Day Shopping - Find the perfect gift for your Dad for Father's Day --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
