[Question: Is the general 'sound' of techno usually up at 140bpm or
more? I know that Lost is the place to hear such things, I was just
curious. The last 313 party was quite pacy as well, maybe I'm smoking
too much?]
I think this is more the general sound of Hood than the general sound of
techno. His set @ Fabric in August was *much* harder. Thoroughly brutal. But
I loved both sets. Like Ryan said, I think he's one of the very few who can
pummel at that speed and make it work.
Sure, thanks for the opinion! Although I can't imagine how fast it must
have been at Fabric! Brutal is the word. It was that crazy, industrial,
minimal sound that got me hooked all those years back, with the likes of
Waveform Transmissions Vol. 2. That edge is such an important part of
what makes techno what it is, I suppose that nowadays I love to hear
grime and grind in music, I guess I was caught off-guard. I really like
hearing grimy, dirty techno at a slower pace, seems to give the beats
more space, more air. I'm always the one to pick up the Red Passion,
Drama, or M-Plant releases and pitch it DOWN!! Much to the annoyance of
some friends! It's certainly true that there's more to funk than mere
syncopation, hard sounds can be just so f*ckin driving! Y'know, it would
have been really cool if the staff of The Egg hadn't let in so many
people, it was so rammed I couldn't even get a spot! Still, it didn't
ruin the night, it was a major education. Big ups to the Lost crew!
Oh, and re: the pace of the last [313] party - you should have arrived
earlier! I was playing at around 120-125 at 9:30. :) But seriosuly, it
wasn't as fast as Hood speed, even if it was uptempo.
Hehe, yeah, I think I made a small error by implying I was at Public
Life on Saturday, unfortunately I couldn't make it down. I was referring
to the last one. Actually, you played this blinding broken track, which
was well over 130 (to my ears), and the funk was well intact, no
mistake! I fielded the question really to inform myself as to what the
regular techno clubber hears out there in the clubs. As for the
regularity of the 313 events, I think our cousins Stateside have some
catching up to do! ;-) How about other continents too?
All the best,
Andrew
