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Date:
Thu, 06 Feb 1997 12:49:53 -0800
Subject:
(idm) underground v mainstream
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Written by Hillie <buh@clark.net>
quoted 9 lines I can't lie that I want the music to become a little more mainstream, it>I can't lie that I want the music to become a little more mainstream, it >will be easier to get hands on, and we wouldn't have to worry about shitty things like >losing tracks when buying the domestic releases like in some cases or others. also if >it's mainstream, MTV would most likely play WAY more IDM videos >that they are currently. Just because the music what's mainstream now is= >crap and the reason people listen to it is mostly only because it's mainstream doesn't >mean that we will or should protest the thought of IDM becoming mainstream, a lot of >good (detecting possible flame-war) things will come of it, and no bad things can come >of it, because the bad things of mainstream music are already here.
oh no - not the underground v mainstream debate agaaaain , be realistic can you really see the likes of autechre and aphex climbing up the us charts? no! , the decline of the traditional 'rawk' market has opened up a gaping hole but do you really think that acts like the prodigy & chemical brothers will force the average mainstream buyers to rethink their musical diet? the bottom line is the acceptance of chemical bros, prodigy etc into the mtv / american mainstream circuit is the combination of 2 factors 1. They still subscribe to the traditional *band* ethic eg guitars , stage shows ,stadium gigs 2. they are *white* , this is a race issue , why has the music of black pioneers like carl craig , mike banks, derrick may , juan atkins been ignored in the us for the last 10 years , miles davis had the same problem , as longs as it is watered down , reconstituted and sold with a white face america will by it put that in your pipe and smoke it sm@4thworld *cutting edge mail order* http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/4thworld/ np - insyc - the storm