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as predicted by The KLF.....

http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/347068-01.htm

DEFINITELY needs more cowbell

Maybe it is The KLF. Either way, we need someone else to do it now to test the theory.

What's the story, morning glory?

In their book "How To Have A Number One The Easy Way", the KLF claimed that great music had nothing to do with originality or craft, and was all about the charisma and personality of the musician shining through. They claimed that one day someone would make a track that was just a 4/4 kick drum all the way through, and that somebody else would then copy them. One of these kick-drums would sound better than the other, simply because the charisma of one musician was greater.

They were probably joking, or exaggerating in typically hyperbolic, KLF style. You can read the book online for free if you search for it on Google.

Is this available digitally too ?

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J

Thanks for clearing that up

im going to buy two copies of this track and play them in and out of phase with one another


it's actually cool to hear in a john cage kind of way, because you get to hear 'everything else' coming through, all of the electrical noise and environmental noise.

i also read a paper once called 'percussion and transition' which talked about certain frequencies of repetitive drum hits that induce trance states in humans. id have to look it up again, but im pretty sure it was about this tempo.


and like system-j said of the klf, in a way, if you played this out or saw this played live, you would almost certainly see the personality of the musician or the deejay more clearly in their reaction to what's going on, the way they play it and use it, etc.

even if they were joking it is interesting

The only person who would be interested in this would be your bank manager. He is wondering why you paid �10 for a looped 909 bassdrum.

Nothing more than an overpriced DJing tool. Don't know what the big deal is.

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Originally posted by nefardec im going to buy two copies of this track and play them in and out of phase with one another

Me too, but I'm going to play the second one in antiphase which will result in the most beautiful track ever

unbeleiveable

wore my KLF shirt to Studio A last year at WMC and Tommie Sunshine and I think it was one of the DeepDish guys were there and loved it. They took pictures with me lol

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Originally posted by nefardec and like system-j said of the klf, in a way, if you played this out or saw this played live, you would almost certainly see the personality of the musician or the deejay more clearly in their reaction to what's going on, the way they play it and use it, etc.

For me the claim isn't really about how the track is used. It's more of a claim that the personality of the musician can literally be felt in exactly the same sound, which seems impossible. Here's the original quote:

"We await the day with relish that somebody dares to make a dance
record that consists of nothing more than an electronically programmed
bass drum beat that continues playing the fours monotonously for eight
minutes. Then, when somebody else brings one out using exactly the
same bass drum sound and at the same beats per minute (B.P.M.), we
will all be able to tell which is the best, which inspires the dance
floor to fill the fastest, which has the most sex and the most soul.
There is no doubt, one will be better than the other. What we are
basically saying is, if you have anything in you, anything unique,
what others might term as originality, it will come through whatever
the component parts used in your future Number One are made up from."

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Originally posted by KLF (I'm assuming) via SYSTEM-J "We await the day with relish that somebody dares to make a dance record that consists of nothing more than an electronically programmed bass drum beat that continues playing the fours monotonously for eight minutes. Then, when somebody else brings one out using exactly the same bass drum sound and at the same beats per minute (B.P.M.), we will all be able to tell which is the best, which inspires the dance floor to fill the fastest, which has the most sex and the most soul. There is no doubt, one will be better than the other. What we are basically saying is, if you have anything in you, anything unique, what others might term as originality, it will come through whatever the component parts used in your future Number One are made up from."

Sig worthy.

Fuckin TUNE!

Would like a mnml remix of this though.

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Originally posted by creon444 Fuckin TUNE! Would like a mnml remix of this though.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J For me the claim isn't really about how the track is used. It's more of a claim that the personality of the musician can literally be felt in exactly the same sound, which seems impossible. Here's the original quote: "We await the day with relish that somebody dares to make a dance record that consists of nothing more than an electronically programmed bass drum beat that continues playing the fours monotonously for eight minutes. Then, when somebody else brings one out using exactly the same bass drum sound and at the same beats per minute (B.P.M.), we will all be able to tell which is the best, which inspires the dance floor to fill the fastest, which has the most sex and the most soul. There is no doubt, one will be better than the other. What we are basically saying is, if you have anything in you, anything unique, what others might term as originality, it will come through whatever the component parts used in your future Number One are made up from."

That is hillarious, and extremely illogical, but still so wierd and strange that i actually believe it could be true.

ch00n

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