{"id":810,"date":"2008-01-08T23:09:58","date_gmt":"2008-01-08T22:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=810"},"modified":"2008-01-08T23:36:48","modified_gmt":"2008-01-08T22:36:48","slug":"anyone-can-play-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=810","title":{"rendered":"anyone can play guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=\"text\/html; charset=iso-8859-1\"> <META content=\"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16544\" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE><\/STYLE> <\/HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>it was bound to happen.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>you see, load up the <EM>ireallylovemusic<\/EM> blog  in your browser of choice and step away from the computer. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>you will probably notice that the site is devoid of  anything superfluous.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>its a clean site lacking design, colour, and even capital letters , as is the original review site.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the whole concept&nbsp;behind  <EM>ireallylovemusic<\/EM> was about the information and pointers to the music,  and not about promoting the actual site itself.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>in other words its always been a minimalism site  both in design and stature.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>so, when in the last 18 months i kept reading on  various forums about the expl<\/FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>osion in the minimal  techno world i was initially wary of the use of the <EM>m <\/EM>word.  <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>in fact, the very description had me concerned that  the music would be&nbsp;too hardcore, nee <EM>bangin&#8217;, <\/EM>for my delicate  eardrums. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>so i held back from investigating further.  <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>then slowly remixes by so called superstars of  minimal scene started to drift into the <EM>ireallylovemusic<\/EM>  archive.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>almost by accident.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the epic <STRONG>ricardo villalobos<\/STRONG> remix  of <STRONG>thomas dolby<\/STRONG>s classic, <EM>one of our submarines,  <\/EM><STRONG>trentemoller<\/STRONG>s<STRONG> <\/STRONG>brilliant remix for  <STRONG>robyn, <\/STRONG><EM>&nbsp;<\/EM>and<EM>&nbsp;<\/EM><STRONG>radio  slave<\/STRONG>s<STRONG> <\/STRONG>remix for <STRONG>the knife, <\/STRONG><EM>we  share our mothers health, <\/EM>being the primary culprits to raise my awareness  and initiate the hunt for more.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>then in december when i looked back at 2007 and  realised that actually it was the techno music that i (re)discovered which  provided my inner soul with the greatest buzz, i decided to jump on board and  see if my system would be appreciative of the new directions techno was moving  in and drift beyond my personal comfort&nbsp;zone of detroit  styled&nbsp;productions.&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>bearing in mind i am no <A  href=\"http:\/\/www.philipsherburne.com\/\">philip sherburne<\/A>, (his online  articles&nbsp;and photography&nbsp;have been a revelation in ways to describe  such simplistic music and yet still managing to make everything sound utterly  essential), am no longer part of the clubbing community,&nbsp;and have little  access to the glut of hard-to-find limited 12&#8243; singles that dominate the scene,  i picked up two albums that were very easy to track down.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the very ambient based  <STRONG>trentemoller<\/STRONG> compilation\/mix, <EM>chronicles,<\/EM>&nbsp;thus  making me wonder if this is all a new updated version of my addiction to  <STRONG>pete namlook<\/STRONG>s <EM>fax<\/EM> label back in 1994, and the  <STRONG>radio slave<\/STRONG> <EM>misch masch<\/EM> set, and settled down on the  sofa to see what all the fuss is\/was about.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>to cut to the chase &#8211; i am smitten.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>totally and utterly smitten.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the music has proven itself to be the perfect  antidote to all that i normally listen to.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>predominantly devoid of vocals other than a  processed snippet here and there, beautifully produced for headphone listening,  and very emotive when done right, this electronic music has reinvigorated my  passion far more than anything else has for quite a while. <\/FONT><FONT  face=Arial size=2>sometimes the machine enhanced moods are cold, distant and  rather dark, other times, its all about the party, but the results are often  startlingly wonderful.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>so, now that the blogsphere (if people still call  it such) heat&nbsp;has probably moved onto pastures new, therefore giving rise  to easy accusations&nbsp;that <EM>ireallylovemusic<\/EM> is merely jumping on the  media loved up frenzy for all things minimal, i suppose its only&nbsp;expected  that i am to follow in the trailblazers&nbsp;burnt paths and pick up the  charcoaled pieces.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>however the simple truth is that these  albums\/remixes\/mixes,&nbsp;are <U>exactly<\/U> the sort of music i want to hear  more of in the coming months, well, that is&nbsp;until i tire of throbbing syths  and melodic machine created ambience, and i once again need to hear the  cut-n-thrust of a rock band.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a great place to try before you buy many great  examples of the new directions in which techno has ventured recently, legally,  is of course the <A href=\"http:\/\/www.residentadvisor.net\/\">resident advisor<\/A>  podcast series. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>high(ish) in aural quality, these 160kbps mps are  absolutely essential to the novice&nbsp;trying to&nbsp;figure out exactly which  micro genre&nbsp;within&nbsp;techno&nbsp;happens to be the most  enjoyable.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>apparently techno, electro and yes, even minimal  are my chosen directions, <\/FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>but then i knew that  already.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>so there you have it, with my obvious love for  techno on the up (search the blog archives for <EM>dust science <\/EM>and all  will become clear!), it looks like the <EM>ireallylovemusic<\/EM> blog is  entering into a new era.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>don&#8217;t expect me to suddenly become a pure techno  only blog, that&#8217;s just not the way things work in the english outback, and there  are plenty of excellent places&nbsp;online already giving&nbsp;us  daytrippers&nbsp;all the necessary pointers, it&#8217;s just that i wanted to explain  the slight change in direction that will probably become more obvious as the  year goes on.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>in the course of such a shift, i have felt, and no  doubt will continue to feel,&nbsp;duty bound to try out various guitar based  releases,&nbsp;but, <\/FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>being brutally honest, i have  heard little in quite a while that has been of interest.&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>though <\/FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>knowing the  way my emotions run, this could all change 15 minutes after this overly verbose  post goes online.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>at least now you know why i never reviewed that  dreadful&nbsp;<STRONG>babyshambles<\/STRONG> album.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>stay tuned.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>mark e<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial  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