More 909 than 808 as well, I'd say the bit of drum programming most likely to cause me to dislocate a knee on the dancefloor is Suburban Knight's "The Art of Stalking"... also, "Spectral Nomad" by Robert Hood ends up sounding nearly four times as fast as its real BPM due to the dense and inordinately funky drum programming Mr Hood came up with.
I respect the sheer complexity of people like Aphex Twin when it comes to drum programming, but a lot of that just sounds slightly too random for me - complexity being done for its own sake. I like a bit of understated complexity that aids the groove more than a complete wig-out, although the sound of a drum machine falling down the stairs definitely has its own certain appeal... > -----Original Message----- > From: kj at technotourist dot org [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 01 December 2003 17:39 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: (313) the funky 808 drummer > > > Not to nitpick but this remark is about InSync's Storm (brilliant > record btw.) which is clever 909 programming not 808 :) > > > On 1-dec-03, at 17:27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Reading Iridial's bio on Lee Purkis (InSync) it states: > > > > "Lee is one of the greatest Drum Machine programmers that > England has > > ever > > produced." > > http://www.irdial.com/people/in_sync.htm > > > > Now I don't really doubt this but I haven't heard enough > InSync tracks > > to > > say otherwise (working on that - anyone got any they want > to sell? ;) ) > > > > but I'd like to ask others - who do you rank up there and *what > > tracks* are > > your favorite or rank up in the top programmed drums? > > > > MEK > > > > > > > >
