What's up with all the dnb bashing?
I think it's good that people stick to selling what they know.
(Not to say growth is bad.)
With
respect,
shell
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From: Elson Trinidad <elson@westworld.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 13:41:28 -0700
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>Gen Kanai wrote:
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>> At 10:09 PM 7/31/00 -0700, Elson Trinidad wrote:
>>
>> SNIP
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>> Yeah, blame Aphrodite. Tech-step or whatever they call it. I call it
>> shite. ;)
>
>Actually Aphrodite's stuff is more melodic and musical than the rest of the
>"buzzsaw beats."
>
>> Is anyone on the Acid-Jazz list getting into UK Garage or 2 Step? Artful
>> Dodger, Dreem Team, MJ Cole, etc.? Everyone is talking about the new MJ
>> Cole album on Talkin' Loud like it has already won the Mercury Music Award
>> prize...keep your eye out for that one.
>
>I recently got an Akai MPC2000XL sampler/drum machine...and...for the past few
>days
>I've been building drumkits and programming...2-Step Beats...(uh oh!)
>
>> Breakbeat Science doesn't carry much of it (the new
>> Revolution Magazine says that they do but I was there yesterday and they
>> had all of maybe 20 pieces.)
>
>What about some of the more house-oriented record stores in NYC?
>
>
>> This is a huge problem for BBS, imho. They're insuring their genre's
>> demise. With a retail operation that is so focused on a specific genre,
>> and almost no expansion into nu-skool breaks or UK Garage, Breakbeat
>> Science is betting it all on drum'n'bass.
>
>True, but I don't blame them for that. *WE* can make the connection between dnb
>and Garage, as well as hip-hop, bossa nova, rare groove, etc. But I don't think
>they can.
>For people who aren't open to diverse forms of music, it's hard for them to get
>into other things.
>
>> >In 3-5 years just watch, drum n bass will (d)evolve into nothing more than
>> >"tech-punk."
>>
>> Hasn't that already happened?
>
>Yeah I guess. Or how about "digital heavy metal?"
>
>Elson
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