...and honestly, is what little "hype" there is really all bad? it's not like the man's doing Sum 41 remixes. some of the folks I saw at Matthew Dear in mpls this weekend don't normally go to 'techno' shows. the fact that he can get press from outlets that don't traditionally deal with much electronic music, like The Onion and pitchforkmedia.com, does not make the music any worse. plus, these new attendees are folks that might start buying Ghostly and Spectral releases, or show up the next time Traxx plays, or start attending Cepia's friday weekly event. this is not a closed-off scene we're involved in, no membership card is required. I think people sometimes get so lost in what they're doing that they lose sight of the beauty of exposing people to new music -- it happens to all of us from time to time.
----- Original Message ----- From: Phonopsia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, July 24, 2004 6:24 pm Subject: Re: (313) Matthew Johnson > 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 @ > Fabricthis 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 > ======= > http://www.phonopsia.co.uk > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
