razor5cl
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It's just a matter of opinion, I loved their earlier French House, sidechained sound but their new funk stuff is not for me, and I feel they are going a bit mainstream, so to speak.
Because the kind of people that listen to those genres of music probably buy Beats.
Bazing!
There's an astonishing lack of familiarity with electronic music in this thread.
I like everything from Charles Dodge to Paul Oakenfold and Paul VanDyk (who's put out some excellent podcasts on iTunes, btw), along with VnV, KMFDM, gosh there are about a thousand others. Daft Punk of course, very clever and knowledgeable not only of the history of EDM but of the science of sound, to the point where some of their compositions are actually commentaries on the interactions of different kinds of sonic events. Mouse on Mars is astonishing, along of course with Autechre, and Aphex Twin, if you're into more experimental efforts (MoM mixes incredible polyrhythmic things with incredible sonic range).
Very little of the best EDM broke through during it's renaissance 1993-2001 period, and a lot done now, with the exclusion of dub-step, happy-core etc. is pretty derivative.
Morcheeba. Sneaker Pimps. Chumbawamba. Juno Reactor. Leftfield:Rhythm and Stealth. Add N to (X), Avant Hard. Sasha and Digweed.
You kids should get out more!
My point also is that this is not by any means all compressed, bass-heavy, poorly recorded crap. On the contrary, electronic instruments push the frequency and dynamic range limits of even the best systems out there. It is not easy any easier to record the subtleties of a Moog Voyager or for that matter Absynth than it is to record a French Horn or Tuba. The knowledge needed to do electronic music well is pretty extensive. A lot of it has now been pre-packaged for the current generation of performers, but that's their limitation if they remain superficial, not the genre's. The capabilities built into Ableton Live 9, Native Instruments' Komplete 9 and Maschine 2.0 are phenomenal, however; beware, I anticipate a breakout of spectacular new innovation any day now. Go to www.ableton.com and www.native-instruments.com to get just a taste of some of the innovation taking place outside the glaring spotlight of the main commercial corpo-music industry.
I'll regale you with my rant over the general stupidity inherent in most people's understanding of rap and hip-hop another time.
Meanwhile, all I can say is: http://youtu.be/QlWZluzBNxM
!!! enjoy and show some RESPECT!
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