From: Olaf Molenveld (olaf_at_interactivelink.nl)
Date: 2004-02-19 10:38:44
personally i think all interesting music is evolutionary instead of
revolutionary....it takes pieces from the past, and mixes them up in an
interesting way to make a new mutation.... imho this has always been the way
things go..of course technological innovations enabled new mutations in
music, but still it's all based on things that happened earlier (look at the
references of house/techno to ancient tribal music)...
it's funny, there seems to be some kind of silence for the storm feeling in
the music community worldwide..everyone i talk to is discussing about things
like "dj'ing isn't interesting anymore", or "there isn't any cool new music
coming out" etc.etc...... i feel something new is brewing......everything is
cyclic in life.........i think something new and interesting is coming
up....and i think it will first start with a fusion of DJ'ing with life
performing..using maybe laptops, but also live elements....not a sax-player
blowing the same repeating riff over a DJ's record, but much more integrated
and musically...... this has also to do with the new music-distribution
networks appearing.....DIY approach.....which forces musicians to get out
there, to promote themselves, and the only way to do it is to make amazing
music and play it live....perform...sell your cd's or vinyl at your live
gig.....and this also forces DJ's to go somewhere new.....because the
dance-market is currently collapsing imho....making room for something new
and interesting....a fusion of the old and proven (think soul, funk etc.)
with new elements which we have been experimenting with for the last 2
decades or so.....
and now i have to go back and start programming my new traktor meets final
scratch meets reason meets ableton live software ;)
Olaf
----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Broekelmann <phil.broekelmann_at_compost-rec.com>
To: christina long <info_at_citrona.net>
Cc: Acid Jazz ml - UCSD <acid-jazz_at_ucsd.edu>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: [acid-jazz] HELLO AGAIN!!! / question s
> Christina -
>
> you're so right, old school funk is back in a big way! as is middle-class
> punk! as is melodic trance! and
> singer-songwriter-jack-johnson-meets-skateboarders-turning-30 music.
>
> but why being deranged about that imitation? sometimes long-forgotten
> elements can be trend-setting, too.
>
> some people feel inspired by James Brown, for instance. Some of them are
> white, born in the 70ies in Europe and probably follow a slightly
different
> agenda of life, but still - they feel inspired. Have you listened to the
> James Brown-ish Matthias Heilbronn mixes out on King Street, for example?
If
> this isn't innovative, I'm outta here.....
>
> Love
> Phil
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "christina long" <info_at_citrona.net>
> To: <acid-jazz_at_ucsd.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 12:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [acid-jazz] HELLO AGAIN!!! / question s
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> >
> > Well I have a question or two that some may want to respond too. I've
> > read the acid-jazz archives and watched the transitions from Acid-Jazz
> > to Downtempo, to NuJazz, 2step, broken-beat now Nu-soul, or what ever
> > it's called. It's interesting to see the trends come and go yet still
> > merge together is some form.
> >
> > . Now this does not apply to all music but something I've noticed.
> > My question is: Why does it seem the recent trends of the past few years
> > are more about imitation verses innovation or even basic
> > inspiration/influances? A good example is a really cool set I heard
> > while NYC a few months back. A big fan of just about anything funky,
> > this night seemed devoted to a wicked set of an old school funk sound
> > yet when I inquired about the records playing, a hand full of them were
> > quite new yet sounded like something James Brown would of produced 30
> > years ago. One of the labels was from Australia I think.
> >
> > Just curious......
> >
> > . Another quick question if I may, a friend of mine called a while back
> > complaining about the lack of melodies & hooks in an album he had been
> > anticipating. How do you guys feel about melody or the lack of it in
> > some cases?
> >
> > btw- a great list for one on one interaction as well as up to date
> > information, is the downtempo list as mentioned by Sirka. No longer a
> > member of that list due to not having as much time to interact, I do
> > miss it a great deal.
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