The constricting paradigm of electronic music oriented software digital audio workstations resulting in the homogenization of related music production techniques, and eventually, the music itself.
Newcomers to electronic music have a tendency to get stuck in the software oriented, Abletonistic modernity of the past decade, often ignoring or unaware of the quirky, more hardware oriented approach to electronic music production from previous decades.
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
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Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2million.