I'd like to throw in my 2 cents as someone completely away from the
hype. When I saw MJ's live set at the Paxahau party I had no idea who he
was. Had never heard of him. So it was all about the music and what I
was seeing/experiencing. I had to ask someone in the crowd who he was.
It was only after I returned home that I understood him to be someone
"hot" or "happenin." But I'd already decided I'd buy a record by him as
soon as I could, because I thought he was that good. As I said before,
it was the best thing I saw at Movement.
lisa
Phonopsia wrote:
I could not agree more with all of Derek's rant. Note for the record, I've
been evangelizing about Mathew Jonson since I first saw him live @ Fabric
this Spring. I'm not saying that to underscore the 'ahead of the curve'
factor, just to say that this is not some f*cking trend based on two new
releases! Everyone will love it, and I want everyone to take note! That is
the only reason I've taken time to mention it. Precisely as Derek said, the
hype is there because the music represents everything that techno is. I
simply don't have enough superlatives for it. If people want to see it as a
trend, that speaks more about their jadedness than the quality of the music
they're critiquing. No one has has ever consitiuted a trend on thier own,
and his inimitability will always keep him afar from classification. Let's
revisit this discussion in 5 years and see if it's a trend.
Tristan
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