Jean-Michelle, Vangelis

[Henri Kovalainen]

On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Martin Czech wrote:
> We're on a dangerous path now: speaking about music.
> This should generally be avoided in this list, because of
> the resulating mail wars.

 Which is nice. =) Though probably not for the ones who want to stick into
 the subject. usenet news is the weapon of massdestruction.

> So be it:
> I have Equinoxe and Magnetic Fields as well.
> But I'm really astonished that you can hear this more then once,
> o.k., the sounds where once new, but the compositions are so simplistic,
> not to say idiotic. You know, C-maj, F-maj, G-maj, C-maj.
> It hurts my brain when I listen too long to such elevator music.
> Even if one decides to stay in standard harmony (which is a questionable
> decision, after all that was developed in the last 100 years), one can do 
> very much more interesting things. 

 I agree. However, as time goes by, I have noticed that I tend to
 appreciate more sounds, rather than what is exactly played. It still
 matters, for sure, but still it's the rhythm and sound that rules
 (nice =), if you are familiar with the production of the artists I'm
 about to promote). For the first time in music, electronic instruments
 have given us the freedom to shape *sound* into pretty much anything we
 can think of (ofcourse it has its limits, but still), and the sad part is
 that even most of the so called "electronic" composers don't seem to take
 full advantage out of it. Anyhow, here are some of my favorites, which
 seem to have found their own sound:

 Moriz von Oswald (anything from him really. the only artist whose stuff
                   amazes me each and every time I hear it. on labels
                   Maurizio, Rhythm & Sound (aha), Burial Mix, Chain
                   Reaction (as Quadrant), Main Street etc...)
 Porter Ricks     (aka. Continuous Mode. on labels Chain Reaction, Force
                   Inc. (the housier stuff))
 Autechre         (you should know the score.)
 Mimic and the Model (just "Mimic and the Model". don't know who these
                      guys are or what they have published before, but
                      it's a nice one)
 Schulze          (to be frank, "Are You Sequenced?" is the only album I
                   have listened to a lot)

 Some labels to check: din, imbalance, chain reaction, ll, Metrojuice
 (most of the time, I rely on labels, not artists)
 Oh yeah, most of the stuff is only released on wax (apart from the
 obvious ones, plus dins, Maurizio and Burial Mix compilations)

> But perhaps, no shure, this simplicity is the major part of Jarre's
> success.

 Simplicity? Man, I thought we're talking simple music =)
 The rest of the stuff I listen to is mostly house, techno (crap thing is
 that most people have never heard techno, but show off like they knew
 everything about it =)), dub and various things I find interesting (Joe 
 Hisashi and a load of anime soundtracks).

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