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teisingos mintys, HOWIE B:

Howie began by explaining his mission statement, 'less is less': "Skelf (my music) is all electronic, and is just made using simple sound sources: one drum machine, two synths and two step sequencers. It's about making very little sound very big. I'm using such a minimal amount of gear so I can focus more on the groove, and less on the gear and the machines. I get fed up with so much gear. There are so many things around, and it seems like people are taking technology much too seriously. It's like we've gone too far with all these plug-ins and the conviction that all these extras are going to give us a great sound. It's technological overkill. I get demos sent to me, and at the bottom of the accompanying letter it often says something like, 'If I'd had one more plug-in, it would sound great,' or 'If it was compressed it would sound a lot better.' That's rubbish. Good compression is not going to make it sound better. If it's a bad tune, it will remain a bad tune."

For a producer of electronic music, Howie B has a defiantly anti-technological stance. "I can't stand this emphasis on technology," B proclaims. "I like reading articles in music magazines, but when everyone says it's getting cheaper and cheaper to record your own music, I say it's rubbish. It's getting more and more expensive. The cheapest way to make music is to buy an acoustic guitar and sit at home and write a song. You can't get cheaper than that. That's something we've been able to do for hundreds of years. And if you record something on a rusty nail, if it's a good idea it will be on Radio One, whereas if it's bad idea it will sound like... a rusty nail."

He is, for instance, still happily residing in the computer stone age with his ageing Atari 1040STE, and Notator 3.2 software dating from 1991. "The Atari is fantastic," B exclaims, "and what I love about Notator is that it is incredibly musical. I have learned so much about music through using it, including how to read notes. The timing of the Atari is better than on other computers, and also, I'm upset with Apple. I am upset with companies that let you do their R&D by giving you things that aren't finished yet. Why do they do that? The Atari is simply brilliant, there's no strain in working with it all."

2002