On Mon, 2 Nov 1998 17:57:05 +0200, you wrote:
quoted 5 lines But then again - this is entirely down to personal taste, for which
>But then again - this is entirely down to personal taste, for which
>there is no accounting. Yes, this is a far departure from Bytes
>(which I adore) but then who says that artists should maintain the
>same recognisable style? If they DO, we all start grumbling about
>how predictable and boring they are...
This is the reason why I got into IDM in the first place. Back in the
late 80s, I was dithering around with UK and Italian house -- with a
bit of Bomb the Bass on the side. Then <womp!> I was hit by 808
State's '90', which blew me away. A friend had a copy of the album in
his walkman -- I decided to check it out seeing as I enjoyed
'Pacific'. Needless to say, I had my friend's copy of '90' for about
four months.
'90' was the turning point for me. After getting my own copy, I ran
out and bought 'Quadrastate' and 'Newbuild', and they knocked me for
six too. Since then, I haven't looked back -- along came the likes of
Orbital, Orb, LFO, Nightmares on Wax... and it all took off from
there.
What point was I making? Oh yes -- all the artists I started following
the late 80s/early 90s were those who attempted to do something
*different* with each album. Sometimes the experiment didn't work, but
at least you knew the artists were trying, rather than rewriting the
same track over and over again.
/\/)ark
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