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The death of electronica
by Shaun Turner 24 Nov '04

24 Nov '04

Well it's finaly hit me. electronic music as has been dominating the scene since the late 80's since the development and populisation of the "techno" music seems to be well and truely at an end. Despite longings to go only to my local night spot saturday nights with the desire to listen to, and if the tunes are right, dance to, some electronic music in whatever form the dj is playing. The aforementioned techno was always popular, with house, trance, and heaps of other variants well and truely in there. Personaly i dident mind rap either. Sir-mix-a-lot, Young mc, Hammer, Run D.M.C., even the beastie boys where always welcome. Now rap has been warped into hip-hop. A style of music that you can only bounce to, and definatly not dance to in any way shape or form to. Hip-hop, largely the domain of afircan americans, has taken over the nightspots where electronica in all it's forms once ruled. The young people of today are taken in by the "gangster" persona of a number of the better known exponents. the young men are also persuaded by the video clips of extramly skantily clad women with ample busts flying about everywhere. Guys, rarely do video clips reveal anything. Your wasting your time gawking. perhaps it's just my narrow look on the world from a country town 200km from a town with a 20k population, and 300km from my capitial city. perhams i'm being bent by the narrow minds of the dj's at my local night spot who i've only ever known to play hip hop. perhaps i need to get out more to the right kinds of places - how can one do that in the country. Or perhaps i'm getting old set in my ways. Punk is a style that came and went. perhaps it's electronica's time to go. I hope to god it's not 'cause there's not a lot else out there to listen to. if anyone has any tips on how to survive in the drought of new and popular electronica i'd be glad to here it. sorry to rant, it's been one of those days Shaun

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Dieter TV
by Jon Kamm 01 Nov '04

01 Nov '04

Hey everyone! Here is the first half of the program. Won't be up long. Second half coming next week. Special thanks to Greg for his help. Enjoy! http://homepage.mac.com/junekamm/FERRY-MEIERZurichpart1.mov ,Jonathan

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Last chance !!
by Jon Kamm 31 Oct '04

31 Oct '04

Dieter Meier on Arte TV part 1 comes down tomorrow. Will be replaced with Part 2 http://homepage.mac.com/junekamm/FERRY-MEIERZurichpart1.mov

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Fwd: [Bulk] Robin Guthrie - USA 2004, Tour dates
by Laurens van Graft 30 Oct '04

30 Oct '04

> > Hey Jonn, Julz, Tasha, and any other members of the list that live in > the US, here is a neat show you MIGHT want to check out! Robin, was > (is) in the band 'The Cocteau Twins', so if you like them, you might > like the show I haven't seen any dates for Canada yet, but I'm > hoping. If you arre lucky enough to go, please let me know how it > was!! > Laurens van Graft > The Grip Guy > All your gymnastics grip needs right here! > > Abolish Daylight Savings Time; it's past its usefulness > > Begin forwarded message: >> >> Subject: [Bulk] Robin Guthrie - USA 2004 >> >> Robin Guthrie USA 2004 >> performing a live instrumental set >> Lumiere is a 40 minute long animated film created as a backdrop to a >> sublime collection of sensual and atmospheric, guitar only, >> instrumentals of truly hypnotic beauty performed live by Robin >> Guthrie. >> As the founder member of the seminal Cocteau Twins, Robin Guthrie >> has created some of the most beautiful music of recent times and is >> widely regarded as a musical visionary. The distinctive sonic >> landscapes that have become his trademark are again on display >> throughout the Lumière performance and at time touches upon his, thus >> far, only instrumental album Imperial and his legions of admirers >> will find much that they recognize and love. >> Yet what marks this performance out from his recorded work is the >> spaciousness of the music. Robin employs an astonishingly down-tempo >> pace throughout the performance to mesmerizing effect. This is music >> to drift away to...music in which you can lose yourself... >> The film itself has been made with the same craft and techniques >> which Robin has used in the sonic world for years, an interweaving >> and layering of images, creating distinct moods which are reflected >> my the music being played. The music is 'improvised within the >> framework dictated by the visuals' and used no fixed rhythm or >> 'beats' but more relies on layers of treated guitars and cyclic >> melodies. >> Monday November 1st Arlington VA Iota Club & Café >> >> Tuesday November 2nd New York NY Knitting Factory >> >> Wednesday November 3rd Philadelphia PA Tin Angel >> >> Thursday November 4th Brooklyn NY Southpaw >> >> Saturday November 5th Boston MA Paradise Lounge >> >> Sunday November 6th Chicago IL Black Orchid Showroom >> >> Monday November 8th Detroit MI Magic Bag >> >> Wednesday November 10th Los Angeles CA Knitting Factory >> >> Thursday November 11th San Francisco CA Rx Gallery >> >> Saturday November 13th Seattle WA EMP Level Three >> >> Robin will also be appearing as special guest at a Benbecula Records >> evening in Glasgow at the Arches on October 24th 2004 Robin >> Guthrie has recently scored, with Harold Budd, the new Gregg Araki >> movie, Mysterious Skin. The Movie will be featured at The London Film >> Festival on October 25th and 26th 2004

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A chill in the air
by Jon Kamm 30 Oct '04

30 Oct '04

enjoy! http://julzdesign.com/yelloforum/viewtopic.php?p=493#493

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Question: The Rhythm Divine composer
by Mark Pulley 30 Oct '04

30 Oct '04

I noticed in the credits for The Associates 'The Glamour Chase' CD that 'The Rhythm Divine' and 'Snowball' were written by "Billy Mackenzie / R. Charbonneau / Boris Blank". Charbonneau's name is conspicuous by it's absence from the credits on 'One Second'. Does anyone know who this person is, and was he(?) involved in Yello's version? Mark P. ----------------------<http://users.tpg.com.au/mrpulley/ >---------------------- "One gathers the intention is the escape of these Drashigs in order to cause a disaster that will reflect badly upon President Zarb and his regime. Is it not possible that one might oneself become part of that disaster?" (Orum, "Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters")

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Soul On Ice (Playgroup)
by Jon Kamm 30 Oct '04

30 Oct '04

Here is a little sample of Playgroups re-mix of Soul On Ice from the new 2 CD set "Playgroup Reproduction" http://217.158.65.110/MP3/SF160272-03-02-08.mp3 enjoy!

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Yello Forum RSS
by Jon Kamm 29 Oct '04

29 Oct '04

Julz, Great idea Julz! That works great! Now I have a little icon in my dock that lets me know whenever there is a post to the Forum. Couldn't be easier. Can we do that with the mailing list? ,Jonathan

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RE: [Yello] Complaints (beergut) MST
by Rob_King 28 Oct '04

28 Oct '04

Hey Tasha, I LOVED Mystery Science Theater 3000 (aka MST3K, I believe)... Unfortunately, only have seen a handful of shows, but what I saw caused me to laugh so hard that I had to go change my pants. ;) "Look, they're doing it clown-style" will forever be seared into my memory... The movie they put out is also equally as funny as the show, if not more. Based on a crappy police movie called, "Mitchell" or something like that. Really, really funny stuff. Ummm. Yello content of this email? hmmm... ah... welll... erm... nope, sorry, none, this is as off-topic as you get. Well, except that I always wonder if Dieter did get a chance to read all of our birthday greetings or not (i.e. this past birthday someone was soliciting birthday greetings from listees, so that they could forward them along to Dieter later). And if he did, did he have any comments? (I may have missed that mistakenly, if posted to the list).

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Yello Forum RSS
by julz 28 Oct '04

28 Oct '04

To make things much more simple I have added RSS to the YELLO Forum. http://julzdesign.com/yelloforum/rss.php With OS X you can use such great apps as Net Newswire http://ranchero.com/software/ There is a free version there called Net Newswire Lite. As far as which one is a good one for windows I don't know. If anyone knows please post it. Julian

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