Nog meer kritiek op de laptop

Mooi interview in The Quietus met Jon Hopkins, de volgende technoproducer die zich buigt over het probleem van pure digitale muziek.

In the corner of your studio there you've got your old piano and of course you were classically-trained. How did that come into Immunity?

JH: I've had that piano since I was eight-years-old. I used the pedals for rhythms, though the sounds have been through so many processes nobody will ever be able to tell. Most people get an 808 patch, do a double speed rhythm and that's that. It seems amazing that everyone uses the same drum sound, I hear it all the time. I don't understand the idea of starting from the same point and not changing it that much. Using real instruments, real things (even real synths because they're physical things too) each time you include a new instrument it adds new depth. Equally each time you record a track entirely on a laptop it takes away depth, so you end up with this piece of CGI music.

 Ambachtelijk gemaakte synthesizers. Bij voorkeur gepersonaliseerd. Ik vermoed dat het groot gaat worden.