Message 11/27
Date: 19-May-02 @ 05:50 PM -
RE: shall we.......
I say no to genres. I think that divides us. We are individuals, but we all have the common goal of trying to move others regardless of our interpretation of sound and aesthetic. At the heart of it, It's ALL Electronic Dance Music, and putting names on each type is jsut for DJs and folks too ignorant, disrespectful, or time pressed to listen to each piece and recognize the individuality. It also reflects our 'throw-away' attitude toward our own pieces and others'. Perhaps more time should be taken on each piece, giving it more identity and signiture, as well as value, rather than this acquiesense to mass-consumerist pressures. Smaller releases of higher quality, and more craftsmanship in each piece over simple-minded uncaring audiences. It's time for a change. Time to make folks see us as the innovators and heroes that we are, rather than the faceless tools for DJs to use to their benefit/glory and our poverty/ignominy. Perhaps it is time to get people more interested in what is happening musically and physically so that folks ask 'when are you playing?' rather than 'Are you a DJ? When are you spinning?'. Then a gain, maybe I'm just the fucked up one, and you folks LIKE being shat upon. Count me out of the genres game. I make wierd electronic noises, and some folks like to dance to it. That's all I ever say when folks ask me what I do. Other than that I am a MUSICIAN, period. I'm not a Junglist, or techno-head or any of that. That shit's for closed-minded assholes, losers, and fuck-ups as far as I'm concerned. The worlds physical and musical are both bigger than that.
Ape