On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, sm@4th World wrote:
quoted 11 lines From: Ian_McCausland@mit.bison.mb.ca (Ian McCausland)> From: Ian_McCausland@mit.bison.mb.ca (Ian McCausland)
> Subject: Re: Re: (idm) electronica on mtv and 90210
>
> >just what the HELL is this Electronica term all about ... Thats just
> >blows.... reminds me of Summner/Marr meets Republicia.....
> >its just techno ,... kids...
>
> nah mate - yer cant call skam or afx 'techno', the term 'electronica' to me
> is for
> the abstract/experimental end of electronic music...but thats the problem
> with these definitions- one persons electronica is another persons techno
I have to agree with sm@4thworld here - I use electronica 'cos it's *much*
more general than techno/house/abstract hip-hop/etc. and it has very few
of the negative connotations of "idm" (which seem to get bandied about
here every few months and is getting real old), plus it's easier to
explain than "idm".
cya
brian (apparently one of the many brians on this list - didn't know we had
so many)