Quote Originally Posted by TechMouse
Quote Originally Posted by Komplex
I know that any self respecting artist who puts any sort of real work into their music wouldn't even think twice about handing it out all chopped up for people to rip off in any number of ways.
Richie Hawtin (DE:9), Speedy J (Loudboxer) and Chris Liebing (Stigmata) have all put out vinyls which consist solely of locked grooves, which is near enough the same as giving people all the parts to something. I'd describe all three as self respecting artists.
Ok DE:9 isnt even Hawtins music is it? Isn't it just loops ripped from a collection of other peoples tracks? The same ones he used for the closer to the edit mix thing? (or am I confusing it with something else?)

Speedy J's locked groove thing is exactly that, loops that repeat, with some progression between different loops, kind of like those loops tracks that go for 5 minutes and don't change (which makes me wonder why people don't just make more locked groove records). Its a great record :)

But they aren't exactly a whole piece of music, a standout track, cut up into instrument level parts, on a cd in wav format ready for raping.

I wouldn't know about the Chris Liebing one. It was probably some marketing gimmick. Tell me about it please.

Anyway, if people wanna put the extra effort into releasing their original music all chopped up like this than good on them. I'm having enough trouble sourcing a high number of good techno on cd's so I think its all still a long way off :(