i was having a conversation w/ a deadhead at an ambient party in baltimore
in '94......
we decided that all good music sounds the same anyway.....
oh yeah....we were tripping X)
On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, David Hodgson wrote:
quoted 63 lines a friend of mine the same - she never *got* electronic music till she> a friend of mine the same - she never *got* electronic music till she
> listened to some whilst tripping. Now she loves it - or at least some of it
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> but most rock music is made by people under the influence of one kind of
> mind altering substance or another too. i doubt in any different proportion
> to those making electronic music
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: spacecake [SMTP:spacecake@earthling.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 02, 1998 4:29 PM
> > To: idm@hyperreal.org
> > Subject: Re: (idm) 76:14 and 'difficult' music
> >
> > At 02:10 PM 4/2/98 +0000, you wrote:
> > > Is electronica made by, and should it be listened to by,
> > >people using mind altering substances. I know that I listen to a broad
> > >range of this music under all states of consciousness, but when it >comes
> > to a night of, shall we say "ritual ingestion", I find that >artists like
> > ORB are the real deal.
> >
> > okay, just this one last post and then i'll shut up:
> >
> > my friend always used to slag electronic music and dissmiss it
> > as shit (i belive he has reffering to bochum welt's module2)
> > unlistenable, and boring.
> > once however while we were smoking grass at my place, i managed
> > to convince him (inspite of his protests) to listen to 'some of this
> > techno
> > shit' and played him orb's uforb,orblivion, and autechre's amber...
> > and guess what? the man has been converted! he has seen the light!
> > he now OWNS autechre, dj shadow, underworld, and some other
> > electronic CDs... and has been last seen at various techno parties
> > dropping
> > oodles of acid... and being chilled out of his mind.
> >
> > i can't help but smile everytime i think of his sudden change
> > of heart concering electronic music... and it all came about
> > because he smoked a little herb...
> > so there's your answer... :-)
> >
> > personally, i discovered electronic music before i discovered drugs,
> > and on my first trip i remeber the feeling that i was hearing
> > the music for the very first time.. they gave the music that extra
> > dimension and depth that was not accessible without them-
> > so there's my experience...
> >
> > well that's it. peace.
> >
> > :spacecake:
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