> Jeff Mills gets a lot of respect for his production > though I don't think it's all that great. Maybe Jeff > Mills used to be good but I feel he's surpassed by the > likes of Claude Young. Jeff's too busy messing about > making so called experimental tunes when he should be > knocking dancefloor tunes together. How far must we > keep 'pushing the boundaries'?
If every composer thought like that, there would be no progression in music at all. Pushing the boundaries is essential, and these 'so called experimental tunes' are vital to stop a scene stagnating. Sure, experimenting just for the sake of being unconventional doesn't always result in good music, but breaking the rules is how every important musical genre was created. And why on earth 'should' Jeff be 'knocking dancefloor tunes together'? There's a million other producers out there that keep the market flooded with dancefloor techno (Ben Sims included). It seems like you're dissing Mills for failing to fit in to the scene which has sprung up as a result of people taking some of the basic ideas of some of his past production and copying them. They, and you, may have missed the point. People are preoccupied with emulating the specific sound of the music, instead of being inspired by the attitude/state of mind that created it... :::::::::::: tom churchill ::::::::::::: ::::::::: headspace recordings ::::::::: : http://www.headspacerecordings.co.uk : ::: e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ::: ::::::::::: t: 07976 898514 ::::::::::::
