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simon silverdollar
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ha, don't go to Fabric on a saturday night to see villalobos if you want to keep yr fantasy intact!
Villalobos Fabric 36- Thoughts?
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ha, don't go to Fabric on a saturday night to see villalobos if you want to keep yr fantasy intact!
DigitalDjigit
Honky Tonk Woman
Do you think there's a difference between the audience for this music in Germany and in Britain or is it the same?
borderpolice
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In both cases, this music is mostly for tourists. the locals have moved on.
Alfons
Way of the future
getting back to the subject, some thoughts on the cd. It was more housey than I expected, it takes a while to pick up but I quite like some of the tunes on the way there, percs and drums, farenzer house and the vocal tune with the "japanese drums" bit. Premier Encuentro Latino-Americano is the standout track tho, I think I could listen to that tune for hours and still dance.
there's been so much hype around minimal though, like people have mentioned upthread. I don't think Berlin, Villalobos or the Panoramabar, to mention three examples, will live up to the expectations of anyone who has read lot's of Sherburne et al (not to fault their writing, the hype is just feeding of itself).
there's been so much hype around minimal though, like people have mentioned upthread. I don't think Berlin, Villalobos or the Panoramabar, to mention three examples, will live up to the expectations of anyone who has read lot's of Sherburne et al (not to fault their writing, the hype is just feeding of itself).
noel emits
a wonderful wooden reason
Interesting, and contentious!
Why do you think that might be? It's not as if there's too much beauty around in society is it? Or is it 'beauty' or a preoccupation with order and perfection that is counter revolutionary? Beauty being a highly relative cultural concept anyway of course.
Are you perhaps talking about a very particular kind of revolution involving being and angry and smashing things?
What about revolution through aesthetics?
This also makes me think of the Japanese idea of Wabi-sabi. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi.
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so where have they gone to?
borderpolice
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sodiumnightlife
Sweet Virginia
It repays repeated listening but I do agree with most people here - it gets better in the second half. M. Bassy is cool though with that little bass riff.
I was in Berlin this weekend and its difficult to get a handle on what is going on. I went to Watergate and it was a big Poker Flat party on Sat night...but I did get the impression that it was mostly people like me - tourists - in there rather than Berlin headz.
Tangentally, I also went to the new Tresor but that was full of meatheads and suburban knight was shit. Cool space though, in some sort of cement factory or such.
Who knows where the Berlin crew have gone...possibly to off-the-radar, smaller parties?
I was in Berlin this weekend and its difficult to get a handle on what is going on. I went to Watergate and it was a big Poker Flat party on Sat night...but I did get the impression that it was mostly people like me - tourists - in there rather than Berlin headz.
Tangentally, I also went to the new Tresor but that was full of meatheads and suburban knight was shit. Cool space though, in some sort of cement factory or such.
Who knows where the Berlin crew have gone...possibly to off-the-radar, smaller parties?
It's from the Fabric birthday thing -edit 21st July 2007-. I'll see if I can grab the promo tomorrow and up it. Think it might have been flying around on the messageboards so it may be out there somewhere already.
It's streaming here. Will up it tomorrow anyway.
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sodiumnightlife
Sweet Virginia
i was there that night so be good to hear it. cheers.
sodiumnightlife
Sweet Virginia
thanks alot.
I found it very slow to begin with, but I was won over by the end. Kind of. I need to give the mix a 4am listen because minimal techno only really makes sense to me as after-party music. (How do people listen to this stuff at peak time? It's got no kick, no bass.)
When I hear minimal techno, I'm aware that my impatience and need for something new every two minutes might be preventing me from really enjoying what the genre's about. (Or perhaps some of it really is boring as fuck.)
I wouldn't mind seeing Villalobos play, he looks like he's having such fun, but I can't bear the thought of being in Fabric or some vapid Sh*red*tch hole to watch him.
When I hear minimal techno, I'm aware that my impatience and need for something new every two minutes might be preventing me from really enjoying what the genre's about. (Or perhaps some of it really is boring as fuck.)
I wouldn't mind seeing Villalobos play, he looks like he's having such fun, but I can't bear the thought of being in Fabric or some vapid Sh*red*tch hole to watch him.
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simon silverdollar
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his DJ sets are often quite banging- not very minimal at all, and with quite a lot of old tracks (he seems to have quite a soft spot for early 90s techno)
I really like the first half, especially the second track, the one with the drums; reminds of some Paradox's better moments.
The vocal numbers like 4 wheel drive kind of spoil the mood for me a bit, though the big Latino-Americano tune at the end is amazing.
And if you view it as an 'album' of sorts, it does hold up quite well in terms of covering a fairly broad range of sounds within a cohesive overall 'vision'.
The vocal numbers like 4 wheel drive kind of spoil the mood for me a bit, though the big Latino-Americano tune at the end is amazing.
And if you view it as an 'album' of sorts, it does hold up quite well in terms of covering a fairly broad range of sounds within a cohesive overall 'vision'.