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| quote: | Originally posted by Kate Manus
latest issue of Mixmag declares minimal as 'the next big thing'...
Mixmag Make Minimal Their Next Big Thing
Text by Jonty Skrufff (Skrufff.com)
Mixmag dubbed minimal techno 'the hottest sound in dance' this week in a four page feature asking 'why are we going mad for squeaks and bleeps?'
The UK dance mag raved about 'the rest of the world going spastik to minimal' describing it as 'the catalyst to a resurgence in underground music that's reinvigorated clubbing all over again', just as Time Out staked a claim to be the first magazine to start the 'minimal is dead' inevitable upcoming backlash.
"Minimal: the sublime and stripped back sound of the future or is it just for wasted K (ketamine) kids at silly hours on a Monday morning," asked Time Out. "Will it be the sound of the our summer or will we be so over it be then?"
Riton ('it can be really dull') and Ben Fat Trucker ('it's already starting to look really tired') offered up the sharpest sound bites while Secretsundaze' Giles Smith ('I can see why some refer to it as boring') was more positive complaining instead that the term is already overused.
Scottish minimal maestro Alex Smoke raised the same point chatting to Skrufff last week, declaring 'everything gets called minimal, whether it's techno, electro, house or anything and it's become quite bloated as a genre definition."
"I suppose I've listened to more of what's called minimal in the last year and I've DJed some of it, but already I'm starting to play more electro and techno again,' Alex added.
"Because it's experienced such a rapid expansion it can't help but change just because you've got a lot of DJs out there now all playing the same tunes," he said. |
I agree with a lot of this.
the role I think minimal will play longer term is infused with more electro tinged music (not electro house...but there is a lot of music being produced right now that I wouldn't call tek house or electro house or minimal or techno, it's a combo of all of them) and straight up techno in any given set. Beyer is doing this particularly well right now, and I see Barbara probably evolving to this as well as many of the "regulars" on the techno circuit.
I agree with what Alex said - things are being called minimal when they're not minimal at all. like I don't think Beyer is playing minimal, he's just playing deeper techno. |
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| Kate Manus |
| quote: | Originally posted by LiGHT78
Nice, thanks Kate!
Finally I get to check out this DJ Murphy you're always raving about |
I listened to this one again this morning and was reminded how good it is! :)
This will give you a real taste of Murphy... just in the first 3 minutes along he shows his style & skillz!
DjMurphy_Live@The_Legend_Club_(Monaco)_13-05-2005
A friend of mine is having dinner with him next week in Germany... if all goes well I am hoping there will be a decent chance we may see Murphy in Canada by year's end! :)
*crosses fingers* |
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| Kate Manus |
some pics from the following night of Awakenings.... sheesh... must be nice to not only have one party of that stature as an option for the weekend.. but two!!
A rising female dj from spain.. Pelacha!
Joel is such a cutie! :D
The man of the party.. .Steve Rachmad! Rachmad considered it to be his best Awakenings party in years... and he has played 30 of them :)
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| Kate Manus |
some pics from Timewarp last weekend in Germany...
Murphy! -hoping to hear the set soon
hawtin and his bitches with ricardo looking on :P
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| aria_clubber |
| quote: | Originally posted by magikb
Sven Väth @ TDK Timewarp Mannheim 02.04.2006
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this is 2005 |
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| magikb |
| quote: | Originally posted by aria_clubber
this is 2005 |
yeah that wasn't my typo.. I copied and pasted :p |
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| aria_clubber |
niceeeeeeeeeee
can't wait to listen to it
sven owns |
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| Kate Manus |
finally... awakenings saturday night pics.. now where are the sets!? hehe
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| Kate Manus |
mmmm tasty DEMF afterparty...
Sunday 5/28
3rd Annual Detroit Festival Afterparty: Substance
3 ROOMS / 1,000 PLUS CAPACITY
Dan Bell (tbc)
Mode Selector (tbc)
Ben Sims
Regis
Mark Broom (tbc)
Richard Devine
Otto Von Shirak
Function
Tim & Camea
Kero
Spinoza
Wolf+Lamb
+ others TBC
I am going to consider this roadtrip the night before to Avalon in NYC again.. we shall see!
Saturday 5/27
Phono @ Avalon
Ben Sims
Regis
Mark Broom (tbc)
Function
+ others TBC |
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| Skipper |
^^ nice parties - the more I think about it though, DEMF is NOT in the cards for me this year. 2 weeks before the LSAT - can't spare the time unfortunately.
The Joris Voorn set is posted from last Friday's awakenings:
http://www.awakenings.nl/link.php?setid=182 |
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