17 May
2011
17 May
'11
4:28 p.m.
On 17 May 2011 09:36, Julien Claassen <julien(a)c-lab.de> wrote:
Hello James1
First of all: I suppose when I mentioned the TB303 for the higher frequency
covering smootchy piercing sounds, I didn't really mean a TB303 sound. Just
some sound, that will take care of damaging you high frequency hearing.
Higher sounds are subjectively louder, or maybe even objectively. They
somehow get to you. And I suppose they just fill the rest of the world, that
the bass hasn't filled, and make you completely live in the music. I
suspect, that this is an important ingredience for good danceable music of
that genre. Just my tuppence.
Kindest regards
Julien
Well Julien, I think I can detect something in your message this time...
Anyway for what it's worth, my relationship with techno and all the
4/4 music that it spawned over the decades (oh no it's plural now) has
always been of the love/hate variety.
What I love about early 90's techno is that it wasn't so easy to
pigeon hole it. The other thing I love about early 90's techno is it
didn't have all those lovey-dovey airy-fairy vapid vocals... nor those
irritating snare build ups.
Best,
James.