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Re: [microsound] re: failure theory



speaking of which... what is ultra-hip right now?  :)

brad (ultra hipster inc)

On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 03:14:52PM -0700, David Fodel wrote:
> sadly... i have never listened to any of their Blec(h). but based on their
> "cons" it sounds as if they are just posturing as ultra-hip and ragging on
> anything which is merely only sorta hip now.
> 
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> > ----------
> > From: 	Dr. Gozra Von Peebles
> > Reply To: 	microsound
> > Sent: 	Wednesday, March 13, 2002 2:31 PM
> > To: 	microsound
> > Subject: 	Re: [microsound] re: failure theory
> > 
> > I see their point, but why would they have such close
> > ties with kid606?  I'm no computer music guru, but
> > doesn't he more or less violate just about every no-no
> > - save the one about Kim Cascone articles - listed
> > below?  Maybe not the gear one either.  I don't really
> > know him...
> > Maybe they don't have close ties.  Hey, I'm still
> > trying to digest about 90% of kid606's work, so go
> > easy on me.  The whole mechanic of tb6 just seems a
> > bit odd, though. 
> > Also, am I the only one here who sees Mr. Laner's
> > [electric company] role in things at tb6 parallel to
> > the person at work who just comes in, smiles, does his
> > work at his corner desk and goes home while the rest
> > of the office is hung over at the water cooler?  Maybe
> > I'm just reading a bit too much into the wrong
> > direction of things, but I've never not enjoyed elco.
> > 
> > gzvp
> > 
> > 
> > --- Andrei <andrei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I'm not really a fan of Blectum From Blechdom's
> > > music or their whole
> > > esthetic (plus one of them dates Kid606 for God's
> > > sake, which says a lot),
> > > but I really got a laugh out of their list of "Cons"
> > > in the "2001 Rewind"
> > > issue of The Wire:
> > > 
> > > "Cons: Stupid mailing lists: (Microsound, IDM,
> > > banewmus); articles by Kim
> > > Cascone; minimal Techno, droney shit, boring music,
> > > click-hop,
> > > glitch-tronica; music without colour; people
> > > obsessed with gear before
> > > music; people obsessed with process before music;
> > > ..."
> > > 
> > > // Andrei
> > > 
> > > 
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