>Techno was ALWAYS about the surface anyway, it never was substantive
>compared to, say, Mozart.
What? So "Strings of Life" is all about the surface? That's a pretty damn
emotional track if you ask me.
Gets crowds going every time I heard it drop last month (3 times!).
>there is also a place for
>abstract music that explores structured sonic possibilities for their own
>sake.
but after a bit (take Autechre for example since you're listening to them)
all you hear is math and eventually, if pushed too far in that direction,
it goes up it's own arse
there will always be an audience for the more academic electronic music -
that's not the issue
I am talking about genres of dance music - of which I wouldn't put a whole
ton of abstract music (including most of Autechre's) - eventhough you could
probably dance to some really abstract Cage music - the majority of people
who are inclined to dance wouldn't choose that type of music
and that's sort of what we're talking about - a dwindling audience for
techno as dance music
most dance music has to have some emotional content for people to really
want to dance to it - like Soul/Northern Soul does
what Larry was addressing was people trying to make dance music
(house/techno/d&b) but are too wrapped up in creating a new sound and
forgetting how to play that new sound
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I'm guessing he's not a big John Cage fan.
Seriously, though I have great respect for Larry Heard as a producer, I
have to disagree. A certain kind of feeling might define a GENRE, but it
can never define all the possibilities available in the exploration of
music as an art form. These fixed ideas about what is music and what is
noise prevent innovation and evolution. And to fear evolution is not very
"techno".
Musically we are living in a period where every form of noise has been
"liberated" - not to express something but rather to be explored for its
own sake. I don't need music to carry some supposed meaning or feeling.
There is a place for music with feeling, but there is also a place for
abstract music that explores structured sonic possibilities for their own
sake.
Techno was ALWAYS about the surface anyway, it never was substantive
compared to, say, Mozart. Techno is a special effect, a slowly mutating
surface of noise vibrating over extremely repetitive rhythmic patters. And
that is just fine with me.
np: Autechre - Untilted
~David
> but he called it a collection of noises - not music
>
> MEK
