The Pre-Party of Disembodied Poetics: Steve Reid
This is pretty fucking perfect.
And a nice little quote from Reid on his musical philosophy:
“Today’s music is driven by the rhythms. That’s the key. There are going to be no more Coltranes or Hendrixes: all this shit on the top has been played already! Now it’s about mixing the whole thing up with the rhythms. It’s not an intellectual thing anymore. It’s a feeling.” Drumming is a craft that Steve feels is being neglected, “Now everything has a very clinical, digital drum sound. You don’t hear overtones or anything like that. It needs to be opened up. There’s not too many guys left: Blakey, Elvin… everybody with a raw sound has gone now.” And then, remembering himself: “Almost.”
