electronic music

I'm back from the Bay and very inspired.  There were two breeds presenting to us.  There were the Now-Successful-After-10-years-of-grinding-it-out electronic producers.  The seminar by James Bernard was very illuminating.  After talking about many technical ins and outs of Reason, and recording art in general, he showcased his track that he made 100% with one single 10KB kick drum sample.  He even managed to program a huge wobble bass with it.  Very impressive, James cut his teeth in the days of analog recording and using samplers that max out at 1MB of sample space.  Anybody remember recording vinyl samples at 45 and then pitching down to conserve memory space?  

"Oh my God," came out of my lips about 10 times last night at the electronic music CAMMIES showcase.  I was so totally impressed by everybody's compositions.  

Weston came hard with a crazy track that was full and lusciously pounding with his trademark perfect production prowess.  For those who saw his set, that 3rd one...you know what I'm talking about.  

Ayrian sat quietly and shocked everybody with his secret mean-ass angry pounding dub inspired jams.  One had a harmonica.  His last track made me want to break things - or breakdance.