the hardcore continuum
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luka
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sonic fictions of ragtag crews of smuggler starships, drinking in dive bars of future cities, a blast of digital sax, a silver skinned chanteuse starts singing and all these hardened criminals, from every backwater and every slum of every benighted galaxy start weeping softly
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no mickey mouse ting
i'd never thought about it but perhaps they feel like they're living in the future so they don't need to fantasise about it
as a suburban rural boy i had a major thing for dystopian sci fi stuff - cities, romantic and terrifying at once
matter of fact the idea of where you grow up/live fuelling different fantasies is an interesting topic in of itself
as a suburban rural boy i had a major thing for dystopian sci fi stuff - cities, romantic and terrifying at once
matter of fact the idea of where you grow up/live fuelling different fantasies is an interesting topic in of itself
sadmanbarty
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you're so fucking cute sometimes. i can't wait to kiss your soft round cheeks and buy you some candy floss.
I remember those Strange Static shows. For me they are more like UK Bass or almost Bassline than Deep Tech. Deep Tech for me is less jump up and more turned towards the trad House scene from which Radford was cherry picking the darker stuff to highlight a new direction. Therefore back in 2014 I was sort of in opposition to what they were doing but secretly I was listening to those shows and really enjoying them. In 2018 that Strange Static sound, or a more jump up and hardcorey version of Deep Tech, is more interesting than it was back then when they were perhaps a bit too ahead of their time.
luka
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Three years later he moved south to England for a PhD in philosophy at the University of Warwick. In this period, Goodman’s musical tastes evolved towards dance music; in particular, jungle, a frenetic rave-born sound featuring sped-up breakbeats, samples, and bass. “Hearing jungle was about hearing those tracks [I'd been DJing] in the samples,” he recalls today.
It was during Goodman’s time at Warwick that he first intertwined his two interests. He became involved with Cybernetic Culture Research Unit (CCRU), a short-lived interdisciplinary project that had a long-lasting impact on his career. Inspired by a talk from cultural theorist Kodwo Eshun and the writings of English philosopher Nick Land, the latter of whom co-founded CCRU with Sadie Plant, Goodman came to see how the intensity of new musical forms like jungle required new language and concepts. In other words, music could spawn theory; it could be about thinking and not just listening. By mixing rave culture with elements of afrofuturism, postmodernism, and cybernetics, he began to fashion a potent personal philosophy. After completing his PhD, Goodman moved to London in 1997 and started his academic career as a teaching assistant before becoming a lecturer.
It was during Goodman’s time at Warwick that he first intertwined his two interests. He became involved with Cybernetic Culture Research Unit (CCRU), a short-lived interdisciplinary project that had a long-lasting impact on his career. Inspired by a talk from cultural theorist Kodwo Eshun and the writings of English philosopher Nick Land, the latter of whom co-founded CCRU with Sadie Plant, Goodman came to see how the intensity of new musical forms like jungle required new language and concepts. In other words, music could spawn theory; it could be about thinking and not just listening. By mixing rave culture with elements of afrofuturism, postmodernism, and cybernetics, he began to fashion a potent personal philosophy. After completing his PhD, Goodman moved to London in 1997 and started his academic career as a teaching assistant before becoming a lecturer.
luka
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Cambridge Coastal Research Unit (CCRU), Cambridge
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Welcome to the CCRU. The Unit's brief is to: Provide scientifically-informed input for the better management of shorelines and their associated ecosystems. Facilitate and promote multi-diciplinary research into all aspects of shallow water marine science by bringing together natural and social scientists in Cambridge ..
https://www.ccru.geog.cam.ac.uk/
Welcome to the CCRU. The Unit's brief is to: Provide scientifically-informed input for the better management of shorelines and their associated ecosystems. Facilitate and promote multi-diciplinary research into all aspects of shallow water marine science by bringing together natural and social scientists in Cambridge ..
luka
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that was in reference to bartys bladerunner riff not dubstep as contrived
luka
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yeah. theyre worth reading i think. dated badly but there's a sense of fun there. im laughing at it cos its easy to laugh at but basically i approve.
http://web.archive.org/web/20130829053355/http://ccru.net/abcult.htm
theyre having a crack at something and thats what its all about
john eden
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Yeah fair enough, I think that's a good observation about the sci-fi types.
Almost impossible to do that sort of romanticising with Grime because of the vocals.
See also that weird trend of people doing compilations of instrumental ragga tunes. Mo Wax and Sounds of the Universe both did them.