Dan Bell

[SlavikSvensk]

loving this "let's get dirty with the classics" trend on here. anyways, here's a still banging tune from dan bell, aka dbx, the (arguable) godfather of minimal techno.

apparently this is from some dance show on local TV from detroit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EHf1NNbaW4

[DannyBlack]

haha the shapes them people are throwing!

[...Dave...]

more classic dan bell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwihmkUENTU.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC2f9agku-s

[...Dave...]

how about some classic speedy j..

we could go on forever here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWQ4GXLruio

[teknorich]

Favourite Dan Bell track has gotta be Baby Judy, with the freaky vocals and that beep noise, classic!

[teknorich]

Another classic which I love (but always pitch up when I play it!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zj6CXleiYM

Cajmere - Percolator

[teknorich]

Just found a link for Percolator on that same Detroit TV show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMEDZnM_TZE

That must have been some show!!!

[The Overfiend]

It's time for the perculator
Love it

[The_Laughing_Man]

godfather of minimal techno.

I would argue against that, simplistic is not the same as minimal. There`s a bit more to the ethic than not using much kit.

Although I do like some Bell stuff, I hate nostalgia.
Old people talking about how good music was back then.
Horrid.

[gunjack]

dude you are so: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGgqRNb96LY

[SlavikSvensk]

Just found a link for Percolator on that same Detroit TV show:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMEDZnM_TZE

That must have been some show!!!

nothing beats local tv dance shows from the 80s

[SlavikSvensk]

I would argue against that, simplistic is not the same as minimal. There`s a bit more to the ethic than not using much kit.

Although I do like some Bell stuff, I hate nostalgia.
Old people talking about how good music was back then.
Horrid.

some would argue that predictable and/or compulsive contrarians are the problem :)

but seriously, there's a nice middle ground between obsessive nostalgia and a lack of appreciation for one's roots, which entails respecting and celebrating the past while simultaneously looking towards the future

[The_Laughing_Man]

dude you are so: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGgqRNb96LY

Quite the opposite in fact, I just don`t engage in hero worship.

[The_Laughing_Man]

some would argue that predictable and/or compulsive contrarians are the problem :)

but seriously, there's a nice middle ground between obsessive nostalgia and a lack of appreciation for one's roots, which entails respecting and celebrating the past while simultaneously looking towards the future

Why respect the past if it is irrelevant to you?
Yeah sure, celebrate it though.

I just see over reminiscience in music scenes as a sign of people growing old and losing touch.

[gunjack]

afraid of losing touch are ya?

[...Dave...]

Why respect the past if it is irrelevant to you?
Yeah sure, celebrate it though.

I just see over reminiscience in music scenes as a sign of people growing old and losing touch.

dude. whats wrong with remembering good times? do you not feel nostalgic when you hear tunes from when you were out having a great time when you were young?

i know i do.

loosing touch? maybe, but we all know going out now is nothing like it was back in the day. it was ****ing great

[markandrew]

dude. whats wrong with remembering good times? do you not feel nostalgic when you hear tunes from when you were out having a great time when you were young?

i know i do.

loosing touch? maybe, but we all know going out now is nothing like it was back in the day. it was ****ing great

there not one person on this board that doesnt feel nostalgic when it comes to oldschool or old tunes if they say there not there lying

[basslinejunkie]

Why respect the past if it is irrelevant to you?
Yeah sure, celebrate it though.

I just see over reminiscience in music scenes as a sign of people growing old and losing touch.

so the past is irrelevant to you? you werent influlenced at all by others and their sound? I find that very hard to believe.

must admit though dan bell is someone ive never really gone and looked into proper, apart from the obvious dbx stuff, guess i should be the sounds of it!

[teknorich]

The Blip, Blurp, Bleep album is quality. Is a collection of tracks, rather than an actual album, and they are the most obvious ones (Losing Control, Baby Judy etc) but definitely worth a listen.

[SlavikSvensk]

so the past is irrelevant to you? you werent influlenced at all by others and their sound? I find that very hard to believe.

i also have a hard time buying that. of course, there's a big difference between saying something's irrelevant to you and it actually being irrelevant to you...

sounds a bit like a political stand to me...like he perceives "obsessive nostalgics" as holding current music back, so he attacks their sacred cows...not really because of the quality of said sacred cows, but because he doesn't like the effect of the attachment to them.

i think the frustration with the "obsessive nostalgics," esp of the littledetroit variety, is understandable. but that kind of extreme stand only results in a "narcissism of the present," which is every bit as limiting as "obsessive nostalgia."