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I wish post-rock was split in two
nuisance:
To pointlessly come back to this, the only reason Tortoise qualified as post-rock in my mind is because they're not just a rock band. They show influences of dance music (one of the members is/was a drum'n'bass DJ), of contemporary composers (like their bald Steve Reich rips) and they use programming and prominent synths and stuff in a non-rock, non-prog way. Ever heard the mighty Goriri off a compilation called 'Macro Dub Infection'? It's this wobbly ghost of a track that could never be played live.
To me, this is post-rock. It's not a largely instrumental rock band playing a new kind of rock music with slightly different gestures. It's a mix of rock and non-rock ideas creating some weird fusion.
I think Slint, to take an example I have heard, are nothing to do with post-rock as I imagine it. This is in no way a criticism of their originality or anything, just thinking in terms of grouping sounds to talk about them... But obviously it's a losing battle, cos the definition has moved on without me.
No offense, but Stereolab being electronica made me spit my breakfast milk out my nose. They're a live band. Ignoring 'Dots and Loops', where the guys from Tortoise and Mouse On Mars did some funny things, they've never touched contemporary electronics at all.
Oh, I guess the Turned On project could be considered electronica, but that's not Stereolab.
Haha, I resisted replying to this for so long.
Johnny C:
What say we call it "de-pop" guys.
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