exactly -- the old EBM stuff like 242, Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly etc is what got me interested in electronic music in the first place. Feels like there is quite a resurgence of interest in this stuff lately, even amongst those whose closets contain colors other than black. Seems to correlate rather well with the resurgence of interest in Detroit techno and Chicago house classics lately -- roughly the same time frame, I believe someone referred to it as people's "primary earning years".
all I can tell you is this stuff's still relevant -- Front 242 "Headhunter" into Polarius' retro-acid-ish "Ride the Chopper" will move *any* crowd...
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From: "Thomas D. Cox, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, June 21, 2004 8:51 pm Subject: Re: (313) Nitzer Ebb....eh? > "headhunter" is another dancefloor killer. you cant go wrong with> those types of industrial tunes man. i guess not too many of you
> guys were down with that, but thats the music that made me realise
> that synths and drum machines were my friends.
>
> tom
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: lisa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 21:38:47 -0400
>
> >Yep, it's catchy all right. I remember when I was doing a weekly -
> all
> >you had to do to pack the floor was play Front 242 - Headhunter
> followed
> >by a Nitzer Ebb tune (one of the overplayed ones) and you'd have
> them
> >acting all wild and crazy. Even the frat boys.
> >
> >Hearts & Minds is still a super wicked tune, imho, and I was just
> >playing it tonight after dinner before I logged in to see this
> thread on
> >him. (bring in music from the Twilight Zone...)
> >
> >Lisa :)
> >
> >
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> What's with their sudden popularity again?
> >> Is it a result of Richie Hawtin throwing them into his "Decks,
> efx&909"
> >> mix?
> >>
> >> They were riding the coat-tails of D.A.F. as far as I'm
> concerned.
> >> They're lyrics were sh!t, their beats were rudimentary, and
> their debut
> >> album (and those that followed) regurgitates the same
> elementary themes
> >> over and over.
> >>
> >> There were at least a handful of artists that were better:
> >> Meat Beat Manifesto (used Nitzer Ebb as toilet paper)
> >> Front 242
> >> Front Line Assembly
> >> Foetus
> >> Depeche Mode
> >> SPK
> >> Test Dept.
> >> Throbbing Gristle
> >> Cabaret Voltaire
> >> 23 Skidoo
> >> A Certain Ratio
> >>
> >> and on and on.....
> >>
> >> each of these bands could do what Nitzer Ebb was trying to do
> but they all
> >> did it better
> >> and any one of them make Nitzer Ebb look like a teenage boy
> band.
> >>
> >> If I hear that line "Lies lies etc guns guns etc fire fire
> etc." anymore
> >> I'm going to lose it.
> >> It's a crap tune - it was a crap tune in 1987 - it's a crap
> tune now.
> >>
> >>
> >> So - can anyone explain why the popularity of Nitzer Ebb and
> why do they
> >> end up in so many techno sets nowadays?
> >>
> >> MEK
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
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