Lol! Didn't spot that, but it's true innit! :) It's like, 'give 'em yer geeh-thar solo buba'!
As ever, Hawtin is great value as a whipping boy. But as ever, I can't help but secretly admire the man. I mean he's f****g excellent at what he does and he also makes some excellent music too - often, not always. I acknowledge how my sometimes faux, sometimes real criticisms, are rooted in a degreee of jealousy, for sure! -----Original Message----- From: Martin Dust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 2:32 PM To: Odeluga, Ken Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: (313) Richie Hawtin's Traktor setup On 5 Sep 2008, at 14:13, Odeluga, Ken wrote: > Whilst admiring how clever he is - and I genuinely think Hawtin > shows a > profound intelligence about how he applies the new opportunities which > these latest technologies offer - I found myself drifting. > > I think I can only take so much technological advancement at a time. > > Then I kind of withdraw, hoping to hear some actual music. Perhaps > something which completes rather than loops over another loop or even > four fragments looped at the same time. He's talking about the use of the kit more than making tracks, I think it's cool to show people how you work but it is a tad geeky :) Not ground breaking but it will help people. > The day when these genuinely impressive techniques add up to something > equally as genuinely impressive coming out of the speakers will be the > day when many luddites just using one laptop [ha, I'm not even going > to > mention the pre-historic relics, like me, who use that black plastic > stuff!) won't be allowed to DJ anymore due to being seen as a comedy > act. Room for all I reckon but we did laugh at the need to "entertain" in the video - what a tragic rockism. m
