What is Minimal
i like to think of myself as someone who knows what he's talking about when discussing minimal... and hell!... i 'know' what i'm talking about when discussing minimal, and i guess most of the people on this board who've been following the sh!t from the very beginning know what minimal is
for me there's a clear distinction
but once the term becomes too instutionalized, pretty much everything is called minimal... people just don't think... even if the word 'minimal' is pretty much self-explanatory, people still swallow any kind of crap that can be effortlessly digested
style names once popular become brand names and as the masses (i know it's an ugly word, but it exists) like pre-chewed food, it's really easy to distort a term for the sake of green bills
look at what happened to electro, most people who use the term don't even known the first thing about electro
when i explain them that electro grew from the hip hop scene begin 80's they look at me as if i'm from another planet... wel sure, they weren't around when africa bambaataa and jonzun crew were kicking it... they only know Dj Hell and Ms Kitten... Minimal will head for the same direction once big companies enter the game
it's no longer about what 'is'
it's rather about what people think 'is'
and the latter is easy to control once you control the right channels
conclusion: just do your thing and don't worry about definitions
definitions get sucked into the system and get boxed into nice packages
just play some good music and push the good stuff wherever you can!
for me there's a clear distinction
but once the term becomes too instutionalized, pretty much everything is called minimal... people just don't think... even if the word 'minimal' is pretty much self-explanatory, people still swallow any kind of crap that can be effortlessly digested
style names once popular become brand names and as the masses (i know it's an ugly word, but it exists) like pre-chewed food, it's really easy to distort a term for the sake of green bills
look at what happened to electro, most people who use the term don't even known the first thing about electro
when i explain them that electro grew from the hip hop scene begin 80's they look at me as if i'm from another planet... wel sure, they weren't around when africa bambaataa and jonzun crew were kicking it... they only know Dj Hell and Ms Kitten... Minimal will head for the same direction once big companies enter the game
it's no longer about what 'is'
it's rather about what people think 'is'
and the latter is easy to control once you control the right channels
conclusion: just do your thing and don't worry about definitions
definitions get sucked into the system and get boxed into nice packages
just play some good music and push the good stuff wherever you can!
