tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537988259790085733.post7831254992093115211..comments2024-03-29T01:47:59.171-07:00Comments on Energy Flash: SIMON REYNOLDShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282478701882900354noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537988259790085733.post-92216110964125225942009-05-11T17:51:00.000-07:002009-05-11T17:51:00.000-07:00When I said "synth stabs, plinky riffs, bass boing...When I said "synth stabs, plinky riffs, bass boings, xylophones, pizzicato strings etc are structural" I mean the rhythmic character that they all share rather than these particular sounds.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07338913820044696655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2537988259790085733.post-50784616333204697672009-05-11T17:48:00.000-07:002009-05-11T17:48:00.000-07:00I'd replace "Mentasm-stab" with a more general "st...I'd replace "Mentasm-stab" with a more general "stab/staccato riff". "Mentasm" refers to the timbre of the riffs so it's merely a flava, but synth stabs, plinky riffs, bass boings, xylophones, pizzicato strings etc are structural. They were huge in hardcore, faded in jungle a bit (but there are string stabs in Renegade Snares, and maybe the piano could be included too), resurged in 2step, and then were a key component of the grime sound. To begin with, in I Luv U/Eskimo/Creeper/Pulse X/Oi, the "stab/staccato riff" element was indistinguishable from "bass science" but then the riffs became treblier in Skepta and Terror Danjah's work.<br /><br />And stabs still survive today in funky - in the strings and xylophone in Crazy Cousinz' 'Inflation' and in the rave riffs in Geeneus's 'As I' and Roska's 'Feeline'.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07338913820044696655noreply@blogger.com