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> who isn't completely close-minded should run right out and buy the
> _Monsters, Robots, and Bug Men_ compilation that Virgin recently put
> out (its catalog number is AMBT 11, which should give you some idea
> where it's coming from). It's a compendium of "post rock" songs
> (whatever "post rock" means -- that's almost as vague and meaningless
> as term as "intelligent dance music")
I really must second this. This compilation is absolutely superb
from beginning to end. Whilst not actually being IDM by any stretch
of the imagination there is lots of interest to any IDMer who is not
totally hostile to guitars. Droning, experimental song structure and
use of instrumentation, lots of references to fusion and Krautrock
and so on. Cool cover as well.
Virgin's AMBT series is well worth glancing over as a whole. The
first three 'Brief History of Ambient' double CDs aren't that hot,
basically they are Virgin label samplers, but after that Virgin have
bankrolled some seriously cool shit. This includes the Isolationism
compilation, Techno-Animal LP, stuff by Paul Schutze, the Ocean of
Sound compilations and so on. Not bad for a (cough, splutter) major
label.
love and kisses,
Rob ;-)
(who, as you might have gathered, is bored and spending all day mucking
around on the net)