Muzak Madness (was Re: What's in my player)

From: Steve Oldmeadow (soldmeadow@bigpond.com)
Date: Wed May 17 2000 - 02:35:14 MET DST

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    From: <sobrown@teknorapex.com>
    To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
    Sent: 17/05/2000 04:29
    Subject: What's in my player

    > Hmmm, that's tough... acid jazz tops my list usually, but I switch
    > frequently to idm and Detroit inspired techno. I really like the new
    Motion
    > Control CD, Norwegian house meets seventies funk. My only complaint is
    > that quite a few compilations now sound like elevator music to me...
    > glorified new age/jazz... (Tribes of Da Underground 5 and Future Sound of
    > Jazz 5 are two examples)

    The stuff you are complaining about is my favourite sub genre. Other
    examples would be the Guidance Hi:Fidelity Lounge compilation, most stuff on
    Stereo Deluxe, the Om Lounge series and most stuff on Hedkandi.

    For me a big appeal is the constraint aspect (similar to what people were
    talking about in the house thread). There is an art to making a track that
    is mellow enough to slip under people's conscious but interesting enough to
    warrant concentrated listening. A lot of latin percussion works in a
    similar way where at one level it is very calm and soothing but at another
    it is this incredibly complicated tapestry of interacting sounds.

    I have noticed this sort of music being used as muzak a lot lately in shops
    and cafes but I think that's great - it might open some people up to newer
    sounds.

    Having said all that, I can understand why people find this stuff boring -
    it doesn't really make me want to jump around like a looney the way I did
    when I first heard "No Sell Out" by Malcolm X/Keith Le Blanc or "Rockit" by
    Herbie Hancock.

    Steve



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