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Posted by dcctnycprincess on Sep-13-2006 16:09:

Minimal is Over Predicts German Minimal Star

blantantly taken from another board...Extracted from the Scrufff-e newsletter 8th Sept 06

Minimal is Over Predicts German Minimal Star

Kristan Beyer from German electronic duo Ame chatted to Skrufff this week about their already hugely successful minimal tech-house anthem Rej and revealed that he absolutely loathes most minimal music.

�Some tracks are good but in my opinion 90% of this music is bullshit,� said Kristan.

�Rej is a big hit with the American guys like Louis Vegas, Francois Kevorkian, Timmy Regisford as well as the minimal guys like Richie Hawtin but we�ve never made minimal music and I don�t like minimal music at all,� he stressed.

�We think it�s only popular because it�s the best music to accompany the drugs people do these days. In Germany we call it ketamine music,� he added.

The former Sonar Kollektiv star and Jazzanova peer stressed Ame come from a �more traditional house and techno music� background and predicted minimal�s days are numbered.

�Even in Berlin, people are starting to get bored of this music,� he said.

�I know a lot of people on the scene, Steve Bug, for example, is a good friend of mine, as are the guys doing the Perlon label, who are famous for minimal and they�re bored of it. Berlin�s where it started and the fact the people there are bored of it, to me means there will be a big impact on it in a couple of months and minimal will go down and something new will emerge. I don�t know what style, maybe house?� he guessed.

UK house star Felix Buxton from Basement Jaxx also admitted to feeling less than impressed with most of what passes for minimal, telling One Week To Live �don�t get me wrong it serves a purpose and sounds good in clubs but the riffs are all just old house riffs. And most of them are quite boring, considering it�s meant to be futuristic house music,� he added,

Ames Rej is (re)- released on Defected Records imminently, with two new remixes by the Pasta Boys and 100 Birds.

discuss.

Posted by Allied Nations on Sep-13-2006 16:18:

I just saw Steve Bug and he played a fairly CRAZY set, but not all of it was minimal. Just A LOT.

I agree with this article though, 90% of minimal IS shit. For every hundred minimal tunes I listen to (and I could listen to practically 100 new ones a day) i may find 10 I like, if that sometimes.

Posted by RJT on Sep-13-2006 16:21:

Been saying this for a good long time now...

Posted by Ted Promo on Sep-13-2006 16:22:

So with minimal "over", 'electro tech house' played out, trance "dead/dying" for the past three or four years easily, what is the in thing?

Posted by d-miurge on Sep-13-2006 16:26:

Progressive minimal. That's what I produce.

Posted by RJT on Sep-13-2006 16:27:

quote:
Originally posted by d-miurge
Progressive minimal. That's what I produce.

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

Posted by d-miurge on Sep-13-2006 16:30:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ RJT
I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

Progressive with melodic constructions and electroish elements, without the tsss tak tak of the minimal: that's the next big thing. The prog electro thing is too hype for me.

Edit: abouta sample of what I'm speaking

Posted by Zombie0915 on Sep-13-2006 16:31:

quote:
Originally posted by Demoted
So with minimal "over", 'electro tech house' played out, trance "dead/dying" for the past three or four years easily, what is the in thing?

Posted by Psy-T on Sep-13-2006 16:36:

quote:
90% of minimal is shit.

and what genre has a different ratio?

Posted by Psy-T on Sep-13-2006 16:37:

quote:
Originally posted by Demoted
So with minimal "over", 'electro tech house' played out, trance "dead/dying" for the past three or four years easily, what is the in thing?

New-school Polkacore

Posted by Zombie0915 on Sep-13-2006 16:41:

quote:
Originally posted by Psy-T
and what genre has a different ratio?

whatever genre the person who says that likes

Posted by SMC on Sep-13-2006 16:42:

quote:
Originally posted by d-miurge

Progressive with melodic constructions and electroish elements, without the tsss tak tak of the minimal: that's the next big thing. The prog electro thing is too hype for me.

Edit: abouta sample of what I'm speaking

Sweet tune.

Posted by Akazi on Sep-13-2006 16:45:

quote:
Originally posted by Zombie0915

deep house? simple house - i think

if you have the time check out this video interview its kinda old but still i think he has a point there!

http://www.higher-frequency.com/e_v...louis/index.htm

Posted by dcctnycprincess on Sep-13-2006 17:18:

it's true that about 90% of minimal tracks are shitty, but so are about 90% of any genre of music. i also think minimal gets a bad name because so many dj's are spinning it, but don't really know how to fit the minimal tracks into their sets. just like trance, house, techno and other genres of edm, minimal is here to stay and it will continue to influence dj's and producers. however, the hype and explosion of minimal is definitely on the downturn b/c it's no longer "fresh" or "new" - something will take its place.

Posted by chesco on Sep-13-2006 17:52:

Re: Minimal is Over Predicts German Minimal Star

quote:
Berlin�s where it started

A person of infinite knowledge I see.

If he doesn't even know who the first pioneers of minimal house and techno were and where they came from the likelyhood is he doesn't have a fuckin clue what minimal is.

No doubt he's talking about all this nu-wave stuff which has been labelled by minimal by every shite dance music mag or record store, but which is in fact anything but minimal.

Posted by chesco on Sep-13-2006 17:56:

a friend of mine made this comment on another forum and tbh, I think it's absoultely spot on:

quote:
Whenever a sound "blows up" Joe Bloggs is always eager to jump on the bandwagon. On the flipside people are just as eager to slate it and be the first to notice that there is a bandwagon being jumped upon (or at least suggest they were digging it when it was cool).

Fact is, there is good music and bad music. Well made music, with depth and layers and shitty transparent cack. This goes for all style/genres.

Posted by Sand Leaper on Sep-13-2006 18:00:

Since when were Ame "minimal stars"?

Posted by Spacey Orange on Sep-13-2006 18:07:

what the hell's minimal?

Posted by GoSpeedGo! on Sep-13-2006 18:36:

quote:
Originally posted by Demoted
So with minimal "over", 'electro tech house' played out, trance "dead/dying" for the past three or four years easily, what is the in thing?

Posted by basilisk on Sep-13-2006 19:16:

Posted by Sand Leaper on Sep-13-2006 19:21:

And we all know that the in thing atm is polka electronic death country.

Posted by Faj27 on Sep-13-2006 19:50:

Posted by Arbalest on Sep-13-2006 19:54:

quote:
Originally posted by Spacey Orange
what the hell's minimal?

you don't really want to know...
to put it short: it's crap

Posted by david.michael on Sep-13-2006 19:57:

Perhaps I don't understand completely what minimal is, but isn't this a bit contradictory?

quote:
minimal...anthem

Posted by Nik Novo on Sep-13-2006 20:02:

quote:
Originally posted by Spacey Orange
what the hell's minimal?

Overrated.

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