Innaresting thing about these three is that in many ways they were the soundtrack/posterboys of the INTERNET BOOM 1999-2000 period, and seem to have busted the same way. I'm gonna be checkin' Fatboy on New Years' Day here in Melbourne to see where he's at sonically these days (though I'm more excited by Roger Sanchez and curious on Teifshwarz on the same bill!)..
BUT, it's interesting to see how these three suffered big losses in relevance, and perhaps have even dated somewhat in the whole techno/electronica crash.
I don't wanna sound like an arse, but as much as I admire Reynolds writing, it always seems that 85% of the bands he really hypes tend to date very quickly. I'm not sure if it's because of his po-mo pos-structulaist tact or a taste thing, but it shows a glaring fault of post-modernist deconstructualist critical thinking when it comes to rock criticism in particular - more often than not you end up with 'trendy' and dated crap - the 'instant pop rush' actually wears off quite quickly.
BUT, it's interesting to see how these three suffered big losses in relevance, and perhaps have even dated somewhat in the whole techno/electronica crash.
I don't wanna sound like an arse, but as much as I admire Reynolds writing, it always seems that 85% of the bands he really hypes tend to date very quickly. I'm not sure if it's because of his po-mo pos-structulaist tact or a taste thing, but it shows a glaring fault of post-modernist deconstructualist critical thinking when it comes to rock criticism in particular - more often than not you end up with 'trendy' and dated crap - the 'instant pop rush' actually wears off quite quickly.