The Rare Guy wrote:
quoted 15 lines On Saturday, 05-Apr-97, juicyjazzguy wrote [about Re: (idm) Re: ROOTS OF IDM:>
> On Saturday, 05-Apr-97, juicyjazzguy wrote [about Re: (idm) Re: ROOTS OF IDM:
> Cabaret Voltaire]:
> >I'm the same way; I feel sort of unlucky I wasn't older during the birth of
> >the
> >Detroit sound. My first album purchase was a CD copy of Kraftwerk's _Electric
>
> >Cafe_ back in 1988. That kind of put me on the right track. I spent way too
> >much
> >time during the early 90's buying every tacky rave compilation there was;
> >didn't
> >'discover' Orb until 1993 [U.F. Orb], and Orbital in 1994 [Diversions]. I owe
> >a
> >lot of my 'tolerance' to the genre to these two recordings. Read about the AI
>
wow! a thread that everyone can agree upon...
i guess i took an approach similar to others on the list through the
sounds of 242 (front by front) and nitzer ebb (that total age) borrowed
from a friend without having any idea what it sounded like. it was
intriguing, but it didnt click right away. it didnt have the groove
that the house mixes on the radio had. (growing up just outside of
chicago had its advantages as far as that was concerned) it wasnt until
i picked up lfo-frequencies/orb-adventures/orbital-1/altern-8/activ-8 in
about a 3 month period that i really converted. im not sure why i
picked those or where i heard about them (nme i would guess) but they
proved to be landmark recordings for electronica. maybe not the
altern-8, but at the time it was good. not long after we had ai and
those speak for themselves...
cl