Try Asmus Tietchens' "Noturno". I don't know how 'IDM' it is but who cares.
Sorry don't have time to write any more on the subject, fantastic electronic
artist though.
Regards,
Christophe
James R McPherson wrote:
quoted 48 lines Perhaps the deepest disappointment I've experienced with IDM (or whatever
> Perhaps the deepest disappointment I've experienced with IDM (or whatever
> we call it) is the lack of well done "empty" music. By this I mean the
> use of space - empty space - not mere echo, reverb, or swaths of synth.
> While groups like Autechre (to use the most obvious and easily obtained
> example) create(d 'round TriRepatae) shimmering structures, songs that
> almost crystallize into breaking, by creating rhythmic maelstroms with
> beacons of melody shining through the dense, I find the opposite approach
> generally non-existent. That is, using the "beacon" without the storm.
> For example, in classical Eastern music solo and combined works (for
> pipa, shakuhachi, zither, harp, etc.) are very affecting in their use of
> few instruments and lots of "empty" space. I don't mean white noise, and
> I know true silence is impossible, but the space where the instrument/s
> are not in action. The classical Western canon seems more focused on
> larger bodies producing a more full sound (although there are exceptions
> to every rule). This parallel projects today - listen to (most) dnb from
> NA and Europe and then plug in your far more subtle Japanese artists
> (Bisk, Multiphonic Ensemble). Difference in approach is evident.
> So, where are the purveyors of the empty IDM? Perhaps they are there and
> I just haven't found them. Or perhaps Sven Birkerts gleans the truth
> when stating "technology and inwardness are fundamentally discordant".
> So it seems to my ears, as artists pile on as many tracks into each track
> as they can, merely because they can. Excepting rare tidbits where
> harmony is struck (and these are often SHORT tidbits - Richard Thomas'
> work on _Invsble Sndtrks_, i.e.), can someone point out to me the
> accomplished artists who paint a canvas with a single stroke?
>
> J
>
> np: space, the final frontier
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> PS - To clarify: Porter RIcks reaches beauty to my ears by creating a
> false background of aurally full and space-filling synths, Plastikman
> does the same without the melody part, the Orb are far too busy, Arovane
> ascends to being Autechre with slightly less force, Shankar gets it right
> when solo dbl. violin, and Eno's early work is close but no cigar.
> Vadim's _USSR Repertoire_ accomplishes it at (brief) moments. These are
> the most common reference points I can communicate.
>
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