richie himself has admitted that it was a lot easier to be innovative back then because there was so much ground that hadn't been covered. now, its more like everything's been done. but i think the fact that he tries to continue pushing boundarys, despite the fact that they have already been pushed incredibly far, leave him open for a lot more critisism than say...derrick may, who is doing the exact thing he was doing 15 years ago.
richie might not blow you away in the same manner he did years ago, but who does? On Wed, 5 Jun 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I never quite get the amount of extreme mixed opinion that arises whenever > the discussion turns towards Richie Hawtin. Admitedly I haven't heard him > play for years and don't confess to be too up on all his current material, > but for me back in my clubbing heyday in the early-mid nineties he is one of > the guys that I look back on a lot more favourably than most. Tracks like > 'Technarchy', 'Technotropic', 'Trac-x' and the early FUSE and Plastikman > stuff all pushed the boundaries of electronic dance music, the first time > any one of those tracks dropped, nothing quite like them had been heard > before. His DJ sets from these eras were never overly innovative, but for me > he was definatly among my top 5 DJs ever for pure rock the crowd value, plus > he was the first DJ I ever heard to really work the EQs in his sets. Though > I got kinda bored with his Decks and FX mix CD after a while, it was still > technically outstanding and I feel that the whole deal with Richie is that > he has always tried to push the envelope in everything he does, be it in his > music, using Final Scratch or in the painstaking re-editing on his latest > mix album. And whilst I can't help feeling that it may be an unpopular view > on this list I look back on many of his early works and do hold them up with > much of Juan or Derrick's stuff. > > As I said I'm relitivly oblivious to much of his Concept and Minus stuff and > from what I can gather it seems like these are largley DJ tools, but even > still, they have been released with original concepts and all I can say is > fair play to the guy and anyone that thinks his music lacks innovation now > needs to listen to his early early nineties stuff and get the full picture. > I dropped 'Technotropic' at the 313 party the other week and so wanted to > drop 'Technarchy', both those tunes will always rock a crowd. > > My 2 Pence worth > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
