quoted 5 lines the new rolling stones issue features reviews of>the new rolling stones issue features reviews of
>the aphex twin RDJ album and DJ Shadows new album (...entroduction?)
>anyway the reviews of the albums are not what im concerned with,
>its the simple fact that aphex twin is in a magazine like rolling stone;
>the seminal icon of pop music magazines...
now, now. the mainstream press, such as 'spin' and 'rolling stone' haven't
jumped on the idm bandwagon [at least in terms of review coverage]. rdj's
last three full lengths [icbyd, saw2, sine waves] have all been featured
in the above [and other american rags, such as raygun, bikini, axcess, hypno,
ect.] prodigy, orbital, mouse on mars, muziq, plastikman.... all reviewed
in mainstream music papers. no need to get to excited.
quoted 5 lines if electronica goes mainstream it will lose its purity as an artform->if electronica goes mainstream it will lose its purity as an artform-
>instead of primarily existing to induce contemplative, peaceful
>or joyous states, its forced objective will
>be to make big money for big labels...
>whats the future of our future music ?
a good pal and i were pondering the same thing. if techno becomes widely
accepted in america, we saw two possible outcomes : techno as disco or techno as
jazz.
techno as disco:
funk and r+b gain 'underground' popularity / techno and d+b gain 'underground'
popularity
growing audience creates a surge of / growing audience creates a surge of
commercially viable dance and / commercially viable idm + d+b artists
disco artists
popularity peaks into the public / popularity peaks into the public
mainstream, especially the youth / mainstream, especially the youth
backlash ensues / backlash ensues
'disco sucks' rally held at a / 'techno sucks' rally held at a
baseball field in nyc, 1981 / baseball field in nyc, 2001
disco submerges into the under / techno submerges into the underground
ground and mutates into other / and mutates into other genres
genres
techno as jazz:
jazz innovators create a new music / techno innovators create a new music
borrowing elements from negro / borrowing elements from hiphop, rock,
spirituals, african musical / soul and jazz.
theory, and european musicl theory /
jazz's popularity literally creates / techno's popularity enhances the recording
the recording and music publishing / industry through increased cd/lp sales
industries
jazz dance/big bands [jimmy dorsey, / techno bands [chemical bros., prodigy]
glenn miller] achieve widespread / achieve widespread popularity, especially
popularity, especially in club / in club environments, while changing
environments, while changing jazz / techno compositional standards as not to
compositional standards as not to / alienate larger audiences
alienate larger audiences
others, such as ornette coleman, / others, such as autechre, vibert, clifford
monk, and miles davis advance the / and james advance the music by
music by challenging the listener / challenging the listener and, therefore,
and, therefore, giving the genre / giving the genre a slight aire of
a slight aire of intelligence / intelligence
jazz recreates itself several times / techno recreates itself several times
in the spirit of interpretation / in the spirit of interpretation
while dance bands play the same old / while dance bands play the same old
tunes / tunes.
whew. i apologise for any historical inaccuracies. i'm not a musicologist by
far, but i think the two parallels are certainly possible. i can wait to see
the nasty responses to this tomorrow morning!
Grant.