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Jojo mayer and his Work with the band nerve spring to mind A great drummer who really mastered the technique of imitating d n b style live. There debut album is set for release this year. looking forward to that On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 7:43 PM, Daryl Shawn <highhorse@mhorse.com> wrote: > I love this so much. It's a fascinating example of the give-and-take >between > technology and human musicians, in this case working the opposite >direction > from the norm. People use the limitless capabilities of machines to >create > things hitherto impossible or unthought of by human drummers, and while >I'm > not necessarily a jungle fan, I adore the result when a human then >emulates > the style. Tom Rainey will do this sometimes, on Torn's "Prezens" for > example. There's also a guy I went to music school with named Johnny Rabb > (the "fastest drummer in the world", supposedly) who shows obvious >influence > from the machines in his setup and style. > > I gotta hear your kit! > > There's something elusively distinctive about the jungle beats I'm still > trying to figure out. What is it, technically speaking? The asymmetrical > rests, combined with extremely fast groups? I mentioned Veronica May last > week (http://www.myspace.com/veronicamay), she has a tune called >Sandpaper > that manages to evoke the feel within a bar, just tapping on a guitar >body. > > On the other topic, I'm listening to Reich's "It's Gonna Rain" right now >on > headphones...a near-static loop...that completely fascinates. > > Daryl Shawn > www.swanwelder.com > www.chinapaintingmusic.com > >> I have just loved that the technique of forward thinking drummers in >> recent years has soared because they have purposefully tried to emulate >the >> seemingly impossible computer cutups of styles like Jungle and D and B. >> >> Indeed, I have worked hard on creating a drumset that has three tiny >> (6",8",10"= snares, 8" hihats and little 12" and 14" kick drums on one >side >> (to emulate pitching up a drumset an octave on a sampler) and a 26" >kick, >> huge 16" hi hats and a deep 10" X 14" 'coliseum' snare drum, all tuned >> extremely flabby and flat to simulate pitching a drumset down an octave >> (jungle meets half speed trip hop). >> >> Even trying to emulate a drum machine perfectly is fun for me because >I'm >> a human being and can't do it. It's just fascinating to me the really >> minor imperfections that occur when attempting to do something silly >like >> this. > >