I was saying acid trax was anemic because I just think tr-707s sound anemic and thats what the drums are in that song..
*glares at his tr-707 with the realdetroit sticker on it* its a cool track, but more to listen to later acid and then hear acid trax for the first time, it was not so spectacular :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "james bucknell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 9:22 PM Subject: Re: [313] acid (house) > acid that isn't minimal and lo fi very often ends up sounding like trance. > modern production methods mean you have to be very careful what you do with > a 303. > > as for early acid being anemic--are we talking home listening or on the > dancefloor? acid is killer on a loud system. whereas most modern production > sounds anemic on the dancefloor. > given the overproduced nature of so much contemporary music chicago acid > sounds so fresh and energetic on dancefloors nowdays. > > on the night of the meteor shower (about 5 months ago) i was booked to play > a warehouse party in brooklyn. when i turned up it was full of indie rock > kids listening to some hip hop. it didn't look very promising at all. i > thought i'd last 15 minutes before being kicked off. > i played chicago acid and people went wild. the crowd wouldn't let the dj > scheduled after me onto the decks. > the power of chicago acid made converts of rocks kids that had dismissed > dance music. > so anybody in australia up for some acid? > james > www.jbucknell.com > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 16:47:07 -0000 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [313] acid (house) > > > > | -----Original Message----- > > | From: Klaas-Jan Jongsma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > | Sent: 07 March 2002 16:44 > > | > > | >imo "acid trax" wasnt that great of a song. it merely > > | > opened the door to a new sub genre > > | > > > | >I think it was all 707 and 303 too. very amenic. > > | > > | I Know you can't argue about taste but when Acid Tracks was released > > | this was a kick-ass record. Something new, something i never heard > > | before. > > > > I agree - and I'd lump "Box Energy" in there as well. In a sense, it's the > > anaemic nature of those early acid records that makes them all the more > > atmospheric. "The lo-fi ethic", you'd probably call it, worked pretty well > > in acid. By the time the genre had evolved to Hardfloor remixing "Yeke > > Yeke", a lot had been lost... > > > > Speaking of anaemic production values - is it true that Steve Poindexter's > > "Work this Mutha" was recorded using *only* a Casio RZ-1? It wouldn't > > surprise me to be honest! > > > > Brendan > > > > > > Legal Disclaimer > > > > This message contains confidential information and is intended only for > > the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not > > disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender > > immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete > > this e-mail from your system. > > mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as > > information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or > > incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept > > liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message that > > arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required > > please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for > > informational purposes only. > > our website at: http://www.widelearning.com > > > > Wide Learning is a trading name of Wide Multimedia Ltd Registered office: > > 33-41 Dallington Street, London EC1V 0BB > > Company number: 3339664 VAT number: 690 8399 83 > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
