This should get a huge number of responses. So I'll start.
quoted 5 lines it) I have a few comments:>it) I have a few comments:
>
>first I think anyone who is on this list must be required to own Artificial
>Intelligence I+II, and Aphex's SAW I.
>
I agree with all of these, and I think that adding in Trance Europe
Express volume 1, and Orbital's brown album would make a good weekend
introduction.
quoted 11 lines those three CD's form the theoretical basis for IDM101!!!!>those three CD's form the theoretical basis for IDM101!!!!
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> after studying the CD's mentioned above, I think that anyone with any
>ammount of measureable INTELLIGENCE will realize the following:
>
>I.D.M
>- has NO vocals (by this I mean lyrics throughout the track, Banco de Gaia
>has
>vocals, but those are samples, not vocals like Bono)
>- is made entirely thru means of electronics, none of that rock geetar
>shit. (That
Here's where I start disagreeing. On my first read of this post, I didn't
have any problems with it, but I do now.
One of my top three records of last year was Scala - Beauty Nowhere. It's
seefeel minus Mark clifford but still with Mark Van Hoen on Touch. I
still find it hard to believe the rumours that these were 'only' demos.
Guitars, lyrics, distortion. It's also idm. Deal with it. Some the
'things' they do, (processing and sampling themselves-wise) still blow me
away.
quoted 6 lines - CAN be danced to (I consider headboppers to be dancing), but the focus>- CAN be danced to (I consider headboppers to be dancing), but the focus
>of the
>music is on sounds more than booty shakeability.
>- makes you think, not b/c it's got some political message, but b/c its
>dependence
>on repetition (loops) causes your mind to drift into deep thought
I'm split on this one. I go for the head aspect completely. Some songs
and albums have had poltical messages. Orbital's In Sides comes to mind.
Autechre's Anti ep. The Criminal Justice Compilation.
I think you're totally off base with the repetition stuff. I thought the
point of idm was that it wasn't repeated and looped. If it was it would
be house or trance. I've been listening to _anti_ alot lately, (because I
just got it, and thanks to the member who mentioned the newbury comix, I
owe you big-time) and it's one of the best idm songs ever, and of course
there are no repetitive beats. (We will turn a blind to the repetitive
rhythm of the melody during idm101.) Other non-repeaters that come to
mind are Aphex Twin - Start As You Mean to Go On.
I tend to drift into deep thought during idm, but not because of the
repetition. I think it's more because the constant changes force me to
pay exclusive attention to the music.
quoted 6 lines IDM200 is a much more rigorous class then IDM101. it has a 50% dropout rate.>
>IDM200 is a much more rigorous class then IDM101. it has a 50% dropout rate.
>The class includes penalties for failing to learn what is and what isn't IDM.
>Any mention of U2/NIN/Smashing Pumpkins etc. will require the punishment of
>listening to 72hours of DropBass 12"es.
>
I think people can feel free to mention the above bands. Freedom of
speech and all that. Of course we all have the freedom to them they are
ABSOLUTELY wrong. Most importantly, you also have to tell them why.
quoted 3 lines Lecture and Lab start tomorrow morning,>Lecture and Lab start tomorrow morning,
>Professor GMV500:)
>
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