In a message dated 3/4/99 3:11:23 PM Mountain Standard Time,
loki9@sympatico.ca writes:
quoted 14 lines I have noticed that alot of people have been complaining about> I have noticed that alot of people have been complaining about
> artist trying to be an Autechre knock off (eg. Funkstorung, anything on
> the MaS and Schematic labels). I think it is unjustified. When Drum and
> Bass first started coming out and Goldie was at the top of his game,
> were there not alot of artist who sounded like Goldie?! Just look at
> all the types of Drum and Bass artist and category's that have been
> created. My point being is although Autechre were the pioneers of this
> "type" or "sound" of music the artist who follow are not necessarily
> Autechre clones. The Autechre sound is now part of a large list of
> sub-category's under the term "IDM". In my opinion Autechre have been
> breaking new ground with every release which opens the door to new
> artist putting a new twist to this sub-category of IDM.
>
> Just a comment from the Peanut Gallery.
Less attentive people could even accuse autechre of being aphex clones. It's
all bullshit really.
~crtrdge