He certainly made use of that system he was playing on, he had some pretty low frequencies vibrating my eardrums.
On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > his set at DEMF last year was more interesting than almost all of his > records. he definitely seemed to be more into the end product than any > nonsensical twiddling. > > tom > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 4:49 PM, free what? <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Some of his music almost approaches D&B / 2-step with his programming, > but > > he's also into 4/4 stuff and just about everything in between. Yet he > > continually makes it all very listenable. And for what it is, incredibly > > funky.. > > > > > > > I had the opportunity to have dinner with him before he played NZ recently > > . > > > > A very giving person . who was willing & eager to take user requests for > > ableton live > > over a Thai curry. Only 1 hours after giving a two hour workshop on Live. > > (which was > > really interesting too .. (sales pitch?)) > > > > He was saying that Dubstep is the sound that is influencing him at the > > moment and his > > current meddling are in the area between electronic and these types of > half > > steps. > > > > I found his live (monodeck) set to be quite remarkable. It was incredible > > to see/hear > > someone play a dj style set in a live format (if that makes sense). > > > > He was playing tracks like a Dj, picking and choosing what to do next, but > > was not > > in anyway limited to just nursing the sequencer in its inevitable program. > > The feeling > > remained like a Dj set, where you felt at any point he could (and did) > > choose > > to drop it or break it down .etc. > > > > He argues strongly (and proves it live) that the interface is the future > of > > computer based > > music. However he talked a lot about thinking about your set/interface, > > creating limitations > > and then working with in these parameters. > > > > He felt that in this digital age of possibility, the best results come > from > > working within a > > set of boundaries you make for yourself. ie. 10 buttons, 10 faders, 10 > > knobs. 10 banks (?) > > > > (Which is the universal success of the Dj medium. bring on Claude Young!) > > .. > > > > I did ask him weather he would call his music minimal or techno .. he > > didn't really bite > > either way and preferred electronic to minimal but admitted n long term > > affinity to techno > > and Detroit. (telling a great story about sitting next to Mills on a > plane, > > having no idea who > > he was, but being surprised at his knowledge about Detroit techno!) > > > > However it was conversations with monolake that started thoughts about > > minimal being a > > production technique as much as a genre. > > > > In the regard of setting yourself a framework of limitations and creating > > with in that. > > > > Where Dub perhaps was a technique developed as a result of limited access > > to gear, > > and studio boffins using what they had in new ways. > > > > Minimal is a result of an almost infinite access to options through > > software, that is best > > managed by develops a self imposed philosophy of limitations. > > > > Obviously technique is no filter for quality. However a technique might > > help the music > > develop itself and create some direction in a sound. Turning efforts > > towards musical > > content as opposed to gadget/widget content. > > > > .. > > > > I thought monolake and his music was very refreshing. The greatest aspect > > of his show > > in NZ being that he brought a new audience out to listen to electronic > > music. Something > > that many recent visits by old masters has failed to do. > > > > It kept me pulsing on the floor, knees up and all that. > > > > I would tender that the relationship between techno and dubstep is in the > > production > > values of using space & sonic density. There is also a closer BPM > > relationship in that > > dubstep is nearer to half of techno than half of other breaks styles. > > > > etc > > > > .simon > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- ---------------------------------------------- Southern Outpost Sydney - San Francisco - Berlin http://www.southernoutpost.com ----------------------------------------------
