On Tue, 11 Jul 1995, Miles Egan wrote:
quoted 4 lines What's behind this recent fascination with "dark" ambient and> What's behind this recent fascination with "dark" ambient and
> "scary" IDM? It's certainly a twist on the old neo-hippie rave ideals.
> Is this a sign of the times or just a fad? There must be a lot of grumpy
> people out there.
I reckon this is a tad symplistic, to say the least. Lots of listeners
surely fit into different "scenes" or social groups, or whatever. Music
doesn't determine people's ideals.
If darker stuff is suddenly getting more publicity, it's probably just
something else advertisers/editors/etc. have found to cash in on. ;)
quoted 4 lines I find the trend interesting because I've gravitated AWAY from> I find the trend interesting because I've gravitated AWAY from
> industrial and noise music and toward more postive/balanced stuff over
> the last few years. It's curious to see so many people headed in the
> other direction. This isn't meant as criticism; it's just an observation.
There were probably just as many people heading away from dark stuff
towards more cheery sounds when you were just getting into noise music.
It's all about perspective (wank wank, toss toss ;)
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