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minimalism: technique versus style
i can't stand how a technique has been transformed into a style
minimal is only really minimal in the context of something else.
so many deejays i feel think of minimalism as a style, a fashion or otherwise hip/underground aesthetic, but i think the basic strength of minimal is that it can be played meaningfully in the context of something 'not-minimal'.
if you listen to dan bell's deejay sets, or move d's for instance, you will always hear a range of spacey, funky music. they move between more minimal grooves and noiser grooves.
in other words, minimal should be more of an adjective, but everyone seems to use it as a noun these days
a deejay can take a groove and strip it back simply with the selection of a track, revealing the basic foundation of the thing, and then embellish and express with the next selection. i think good techno deejays don't stick to one 'style', they play techno, and within this continuum they are free to become more minimal or deeper or harder, etc.
minimalism should be a technique for penetrating to the core of a thing, and not the sort of circus shitshow spectacle it has become
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