[kj] fully ON topic - new tracks

[Alex Smith]

NEver understood the industrial tag. What's industrial about guitar/bass/drums/keybs?

Bottom line: What makes KJ so compelling is their inability to be accurately pigeon-holed.

Alex in NYC



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>From: iPat <pmdavies at gmail.com>

>Sent: Oct 8, 2009 10:37 AM

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>Subject: Re: [kj] fully ON topic - new tracks

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>I guess I have always taken it that if someone comes from a 'metal'

>background then they can put a metal stamp on it

>The 'punk' background will see it in a different slant.

>the 'dubber' will have left the party a looooong time ago

>I have no metal roots and cannot even contemplate traditional metal as

>being entertaining.

>

>But if you dont put your prejudice on it then it will just simply be

>KJ. All music style has influence, but the need to compartilise it is

>unnecessary.

>

>I recall it being called Industrial at one time, then Industrial took

>a different meaning.

>

>On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 3:16 PM, Christof hamille

><wessidetempest at hotmail.com> wrote:

>> I don't know if I can convey this properly.  It makes sense in my head.

>> Anyway.

>>

>> There have always been metal moments.  But unlike the NWOBHM which took

>> standard rock to another level the metal seem to be more based in a trance

>> style of music.  And I guess what I mean by that in those electronic types

>> of music you will typically have a common pattern that repeats over and over

>> and over and over and over again.  So instead of a keyboard blip its a

>> guitar chug.  It is taking the electronic devise and adding a human

>> element.  The movement of the human hand.

>>

>> Chris

>

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