Am fost certat ca sunt carcotas. Ca uite ce bine s-a simtit lumea, ca pana la urma muzica a fost agreabila. Si nu pot sa neg asta, si eu m-am simtit ok. Dar asta nu inseamna ca Birdy Nam Nam au fost extraordinari, ca nu au fost. Erau mai demult, cand ne halucinau cu youtuburi de pe la concursuri sau cluburi micute. Cand erau o descoperire, cand nici ei nu isi dadeau seama ce se intampla, cand erau underground si faceau treaba cum trebuie. De ce ne placea Birdy Nam Nam? Ca erau expresia ultima a folosirii platanului ca instrument intr-o frumoasa traditie hip-hop, ca erau atat de buni incat reuseau sa creeze o muzica de o complexitate extraordinara din ‘mii’ de sample-uri combinate cum nu ai fi crezut ca e cu putinta “a mano”. Nu era numai muzica, era si mestesugul. Erau niste sportivi cu sensibilitate, lucru mai rar.
Acum au ajuns mainstream, vor sa vanda si sa fie staruri si s-a ales praful si de muzica si de mestesug. Panica trebuia sa inceapa de cand s-a auzit ca pregatesc un nou album. Asta nu e o trupa de la care de abea astepti sa mai scoata ceva. E incredibil ca le-a iesit primul, al doilea nici nu mai trebuia sa existe. Talking about chance music :). Cam tot ce au cantat la Arene a fost banuiesc, de pe viitorul album si s-a simtit al naibii de tare. Duse sunt complexitatea, finetea si spectacolul omului la lucru. Beat-uri preinregistrate, midi-controlere, senzatia ca majoritatea stau degeaba, fac frumos la public cu manutele in aer si mai baga cate un strach asa, la vrajeala, pe deasupra. Cel mai bine s-a simtit chestia asta exact la Abysses, pentru ca o stiam toti foarte bine. A sunat atat de simplist si de vulgar, incat a durut. Pai nu era vorba despre cu totul altceva? Trupa de top-modele depasite de propriul succes. Iar muzica, asa cam cat sa faca un ban frumos la Paris, fara pretentii. Hip-hopul a disparut aproape complet fiind inlocuit de un electro populist si mediocru. Adidas Distorsion.
De Audio Bullys eu nici nu stiam. Am intrebat in stanga, in dreapta cine sunt si mi s-a zis “aia care au remixat Nancy Sinatra, Beng, Beng, I shoot you down”. Atat? Asta e tot? Si ne ducem sa ii vedem pentru asta? Am stat vreo 2, 3 piese si sunau ca Suie Paparude fara coaie si cu un vocal cocalar cu multe efecte Zion pe voce.
Vali Chincisan excelent as usual.
Noroc cu politia ca a dat subiect de discutii cat sa uitam de muzica.
“[…] electronic dance music, which once spun blithely under a yellow smiley face, seems uncommonly sober these days– self-critical, nail-biting, a buzzkill to the extreme. Minimal, of course, was the straw that overflowed the glass of Red Bull. Scapegoat or no, in the last 18 months, the ubiquitous and yet strangely ephemeral genre has become a lightning rod for every conceivable critique. It’s too soulless. It all sounds the same. It’s lost touch with the roots of “real” dance music.”
“Minimalism and austerity in dance music work best as counterpoints to more ebullient fare – a short, salty shock to set the scene for the climax to come, or to open up space for you mind to go wandering. But now minimal Techno rarely plays off against anything else; it is the main event.”
“I can’t imagine Berlin techno returning to the fairground, but perhaps a possible way out of the inertia is by exacerbating the culture’s own vices (anal precision, decadence, a certain sentimentality, the feeling of living in a city of scars and wastes) until they become virtues.”
“minimal might be characterised as nomadalgia: a lack of sense of place, a drift through club or salon spaces that, like franchise coffee bars, could be anywhere.”
“[…]the whole explosive tension-release, living-for-the-weekend economy of energy that underpins the more tribal-vibal forms of dance culture is absent in minimal. It is much more about a plateau state of pleasure and pleasantness[…]”
Intr-un moment in care parea ca Martinul moare usor dar sigur, cel putin asa se simtea la sfarsitul sezonului trecut, uite ca line-up de toamna vine sa anunte intr-un fel o noua renastere a clubului. E cineva acolo care face niste alegeri neasteptat de fericite si inscrie clubul intr-o tendinta evidenta de ceva timp dar care la noi parea ca ajunge mai greu. Nu stiu altii ce pregatesc, cine se mai scoala la toamna si cine nu, dar stiu ca Martinul e pe calea cea buna. Cel putin octombrie e a lor.
Colega mea, marcata de experienta live a lui Jeff Mills si Mike Banks de la Sonarul de anul asta, a scris un post numai despre asta cand s-a intors pe care il gasiti aici.
“In 1992 Jeff Mills, Mike Banks and Robert Hood – still known at that time as Underground Resistance – released what was probably the most futuristic album in modern electronic music: “X-102 discovers The Rings Of Saturn” (Tresor.004/UR), as part of their X-10… series. This was revolutionary: listeners had just become accustomed to the uncompromising Detroit techno sound that the three of them had produced so far. Thus on the way to Saturn they surpassed even themselves, if not a decade jump then at least 15 years ahead of their time.
But finally they’ve again joined forces to activate together their second Saturn mission. Indeed this alone makes “X-102 rediscovers The Rings Of Saturn” a milestone. But the innovators wouldn’t be such if they didn’t rediscover the tracks from the first mission (which therefore again indirectly involves Robert Hood) and on that base produce new, unreleased tracks reflecting their personal development and the knowledge gained through modern space research. 20 tracks of pure techno magic, a return to the interstellar probing that brings some of the original abstraction to skillful levels of contemporary electronic music. This is not old-meets-new: this is innovation restructured with masterly polishing – timeless.” Tresor
Ieri am postat lista cu albume unreleased de pe tailored communication fara sa apuc sa le ascult pe toate. Azi am ajuns la Jacopo Carreras – From Bed to Couch si mi-am dat seama ca merita un post separat pentru este prea bun si deosebit, un adevarat album de post-minimal.
“Jacopo Carreras is the dark angel of the Lan Muzic crew. He brings salvation through crushing the customs of listening and reveals his particular vision on what enlightment should be. If you have the patience to listen till the end you will understand how wonderfully twisted a straight techno track can be. Probably the most skilled producer we have met to date he has delivered us a real treat. As a Jünger of the Max SP community he has the ability and the aim to give his sound a special touch. Nothing to hit the consensus of the dance music crowd but rather something to share with people that enjoy the far end of the musical spektrum. The core of his approach is still not lost in space – its firmly grounded in the past decade of striking techno – but he just ends up somewhere else than most other musicians do.”
plus jacopo carreras – one sentence (efdemin remix)
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