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| wotyzoid |
| Anyone else think he's super underrated? |
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| Adam420 |
| Yes, incredibly so. |
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| wotyzoid |
| I feel like his time will come, but I don't understand how he is where he is. |
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| Sand Leaper |
He may not be all that big in the US, but otherwise, he's rated just fine for what he does and always has done: thoroughly average and conventional dancefloor techno, in whichever shape and form that has at any given time (his stuff on Primate reflected the loop/perc driven peak time sound that was popular around Y2K, and now he makes and plays that slow, housy, Detroit-inspired techno that is so popular). His music is pleasant enough on the floor, but there is nothing original or innovative about the stuff he makes.
Anyway, the guy has had his tunes played by every big shot techno DJ under the sun, was included in the high profile FUSE Presents-series of mix cds, gets bookings for every big outdoor festival and lucrative Ibiza venue and was one of the most featured producers for Music Man and Intec during the time when those labels were among the biggest go to-labels for big room techno records. I can't imagine him being particularly worried about his career. |
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| Alero50 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sand Leaper
He may not be all that big in the US, but otherwise, he's rated just fine for what he does and always has done: thoroughly average and conventional dancefloor techno, in whichever shape and form that has at any given time (his stuff on Primate reflected the loop/perc driven peak time sound that was popular around Y2K, and now he makes and plays that slow, housy, Detroit-inspired techno that is so popular). His music is pleasant enough on the floor, but there is nothing original or innovative about the stuff he makes.
Anyway, the guy has had his tunes played by every big shot techno DJ under the sun, was included in the high profile FUSE Presents-series of mix cds, gets bookings for every big outdoor festival and lucrative Ibiza venue and was one of the most featured producers for Music Man and Intec during the time when those labels were among the biggest go to-labels for big room techno records. I can't imagine him being particularly worried about his career. |
Couldn't put it any better than this. |
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| wotyzoid |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sand Leaper
He may not be all that big in the US, but otherwise, he's rated just fine for what he does and always has done: thoroughly average and conventional dancefloor techno, in whichever shape and form that has at any given time (his stuff on Primate reflected the loop/perc driven peak time sound that was popular around Y2K, and now he makes and plays that slow, housy, Detroit-inspired techno that is so popular). His music is pleasant enough on the floor, but there is nothing original or innovative about the stuff he makes.
Anyway, the guy has had his tunes played by every big shot techno DJ under the sun, was included in the high profile FUSE Presents-series of mix cds, gets bookings for every big outdoor festival and lucrative Ibiza venue and was one of the most featured producers for Music Man and Intec during the time when those labels were among the biggest go to-labels for big room techno records. I can't imagine him being particularly worried about his career. |
I think you're making him and his arsenal out to be a lot shallower than they actually are. There's a lot more eclecticism that comes from him than "slow, housy, Detroit-inspired techno". |
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| Adam420 |
| Well he's definitely underrated in North America that's for sure. |
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| enydo |
| That's generally how it is with electronic music in North America. |
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| Sand Leaper |
| quote: | Originally posted by wotyzoid
I think you're making him and his arsenal out to be a lot shallower than they actually are. There's a lot more eclecticism that comes from him than "slow, housy, Detroit-inspired techno". |
I sure am intrigued as to what releases in his catalogue that live up to the term "eclecticism". Apart from a releasing jazzy/broken beat 12" on Compost (which sounds almost exactly like the Detroit techno he's always been copying anyway), there is absolutely nothing in I can see in his catalogue that strays enough from middle of the road techno/house to call him eclectic. If eclectic is what you're after, you should be making threads about guys like Moritz von Oswald or Matthew Herbert instead. |
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| wotyzoid |
| I wasn't speaking about North America specifically, though. I think he is underrated globally. I'm sure he gets mad love in Europe, but he doesn't have the worldwide stature I think his level of talent calls for. The same goes for a lot of other artists obviously, but I think it is especially true for him. |
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| wotyzoid |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sand Leaper
I sure am intrigued as to what releases in his catalogue that live up to the term "eclecticism". Apart from a releasing jazzy/broken beat 12" on Compost (which sounds almost exactly like the Detroit techno he's always been copying anyway), there is absolutely nothing in I can see in his catalogue that strays enough from middle of the road techno/house to call him eclectic. If eclectic is what you're after, you should be making threads about guys like Moritz von Oswald or Matthew Herbert instead. |
I wasn't talking about him as a producer specifically, but point taken. |
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| Adam420 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sand Leaper
I sure am intrigued as to what releases in his catalogue that live up to the term "eclecticism". Apart from a releasing jazzy/broken beat 12" on Compost (which sounds almost exactly like the Detroit techno he's always been copying anyway), there is absolutely nothing in I can see in his catalogue that strays enough from middle of the road techno/house to call him eclectic. If eclectic is what you're after, you should be making threads about guys like Moritz von Oswald or Matthew Herbert instead. |
Yea definitely not middle of the road. Eclectic maybe not, but definitely not middle of the road. Your comments make it seem as if you haven't tuned in to anything he did in the last 5 years. |
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