I was listening to Chris Franke's London concert this morning and a thought came to me about TDs use of sequencers.
In Franke's days in the band, the sequencers were often used to provide not just a bass line but also melody, harmony, "pulse" (beat) and formed a basis for the music all by themselves, without the need for percussion or additional instruments.
Since the 80s, though, TD tend to use sequencers just like any electro-pop band (the depeche modes of this world) to provide a single repeating bass line to accompany a drum beat and conventional musical instruments. The old idea of using multiple sequencer lines to provide harmonies, and lots else beside (almost like a perfectly constructed Bach composition), seems to have gone out the window.
Is this the essential difference between old and later TD?
TDs use of sequencers: past and present
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