14 Oct
2003
14 Oct
'03
1:27 a.m.
Mark Knecht <markknecht(a)comcast.net> wrote:
Personally, I like "artsy" {My tastes tend towards non-newagey Tangerine Dream
{Mars Polaris, Tangram, Poland, the old stuff, the dance mixes, most of the new
stuff}, mid period Jarre, Zappa, Synthpop, Group 87, New Romantic, Krautrock,
Early Floyd, jazz crossover stuff like Groove Armada... the Haflers, noise and
most concrete. Most dance stuff and industrial just sort of bores me.} Is this
available online?
Seen this place? http://www.newmusicjukebox.org/
I'm not quite sure what this means.
On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 18:40, Rick Taylor wrote:
It's just
that here most "real" electronica is constrained to academia or to
experimental/artsy categories ...None of which makes any money. {Actually,
that>
whole conceptual genre has fallen into real disfavor recently.}
Well, amongst our happy family of Linux Audio Users right here on this
list we have at least one very accomplished Electronica composer by the
name of Natasha Barrett. I purchased one of her CDs (yes, it was
actually available here in the US) and really dig it. I've listened to
it at least a dozen times in the last 2 weeks. (Be forwarned, it is
abstract in nature, but deliciously so...)
Natasha - please forgive me if I should not refer to your work as
'Electronica'. To my mind (and ear) it goes in that basic area, but I
probably don't have the education to try and classify it any further.
All I'll say is that at least this composer's work has not fallen into
disfavor with me. We have that
whole rock/blues and jazz legacy to deal with as well {as
opposed> to the watered
down, imitative stuff that comes from that side of the
pond.} The> American public has come to value things like depth and quality and
a certain> "earthiness" that you just don't get with
"Eurodisco."
This statement in a week when the Top 10, for the first time in History,
was completely comprised of all Black artists. Yes, our charts, and
apparently our brethren, have gone a different direction. {Tho' you
really couldn't tell it by looking at our charts. ... A few
minutes> on the
streets or in some of our backwoods clubs would convince you.}