IDM Mailing Archive

At 05:13 29/04/97 -0700, you wrote:

quoted 2 lines surely this album (originally released in 1993, as far

>surely this album (originally released in 1993, as far >as I can tell) is just about the greatest slab of IDM ever.

One of them, for sure. It's funny how any mid-tempo synthy breakbeat track still gets described as 'reminiscent of Le Soleil Et La Mer', that shows how influential this record was. And what TBD did with that track still turns me inside out.

quoted 3 lines Mark and Tom are coming to

>Mark and Tom are coming to >San Francisco this weekend (to play with Eon and Depth Charge!!!) and I will >surely kiss their feet for this record alone.

They are scheduled to perform at Manchester's Prescription night in May, under the Jedi Knights name. See you there.

quoted 2 lines I can almost forgive them stuff

>I can almost forgive them stuff >like "The Way/The Deep" with a record this phenomenal in their canon.

How disappointing! Is this how the rest of idm feels about their house material? Personally it has made this year just about bearable for me, The Way/The Deep is undeniable genius. I don't think people realise how important the work Global Communication are doing in this field is - they are turning on *masses* of dance music fans, who wouldn't normally go beyond MAW-type material, onto something extremely new (and I don't need to hear some anti-house poke from anyone out there - see beyond the drum patterns, PLEASE..) Not one person I have played The Way/The Deep, Catch The Break, the Secret Ingredients records or the Chameleon tracks to has had a bad word to say about them. Completely accessible, but with more depth, honesty and emotional dynamics than, well, almost anything the purist idm overlord labels have ever put out. NP - You're As Right As Rain - Count Buffalos ~~~ Through universes of worlds of shadows, S G the subconscious geography remains a constant. ~~~ Makyo 622AD