quoted 3 lines Well, there's more than just Rephlex! There's a shitload of techno>Well, there's more than just Rephlex! There's a shitload of techno
>being released all over the world that doesn't get the attention
>it deserves, simply because the media ignore it.
Well I thought you said IDM, not techno. Techno is something
different entirely. I think there are some pretty big techno stars
already (The Chemical Brothers, Goldie, Robert Miles, Carl Cox?),
especially in the UK. Even in the US there's some well known
artists, mostly by the 'alternative' crowd though, not the
mainstream thank christ. You have to realize IDM is a very
specialized form of art music, which will never achieve mainstream
recognition. It's an music which you become indoctrinated to,
supported by a small network of fans and listeners who are
perfectly content to avoid mainstream sources in the quest for more
in the same vein. Understand that if some of the artist we talk the
most about on this list recieved the type of recognition your
talking about, we could pretty much kiss what we do right now
goodbye. Why do you think Aphex and FSOL release things under
secret names and low numbers? They're trying to return things to a
reasonable place, where the true fans can get their hands on
things. If Aphex or Mike P ended up on the cover of mainstream mags
with vids on MTV all the time I can garuntee they would make things
even harder for us. Believe me, we would never hear from them again
and we'd all be left scratching our heads...
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