I have to agree with most of the things that have been said on this topic.
Last week I spent two or three days working on an assignment for my degree
course (gotta design a mic amp!) and listening to my Aphex Twin collection
on random play. Towards the end of this time, I started to feel a
little...detached. So I thought I'd change the music...put on some FSOL.
Nope..still feel funny. Changed to Cypress Hill and the Beastie Boys for a
total change of scene. This didn't really work and the only thing that
brought me back to normality was a good dose of Liszt with a Queen chaser.
Somehow, (and I'm not knocking AFX) I became drained by the music. I dunno,
it's difficult to express exactly how I was feeling at the time, but it was
kind of frustrated...I couldn't get my mind to focus properly. What I needed
was some SOUL.
There's plenty of IDM around with emotional content (Mu-Ziq - 'Balsa
Lightning'; Biosphere - 'Sphere Of No Form'; for examples) and there's heaps
with energy...but that's not enough. It's relatively easy to create music
with emotion and energy, it's harder to really hold the listener's interest
for 10 minutes...the ultimate challenge is to be able to program music with
soul. A live band like Queen (or Prince when he did Sexy MF) have soul
oozing out of their pores. There's something that happens when music is
programmed and it isn't to do with quantization or conversion from analogue
to digital. I don't know why, but for me...somehow it seems to lose its
soul.
Maybe I'm not explaining myself properly...does anybody see what I'm trying
to get at?
Stevie.
quoted 4 lines I love IDM, but I find that often after having let it dominate my thoughts> I love IDM, but I find that often after having let it dominate my thoughts
> and time on my stereo, the one aspect of my life that seems unfulfilled is
> romantacicim. I REALLY do get a feeling of unattachment for people (with a
> few acception eg. boygirl song, flim flam, tortoise, savath +savalas Some
to
quoted 1 line ro coco rot). Does IDM ever make you feel like part of the lost> ro coco rot). Does IDM ever make you feel like part of the lost
generation??
quoted 2 lines Or am just going though a steril period. I think I'm going to blast some> Or am just going though a steril period. I think I'm going to blast some
> Dinosaur Jr. sonic youth, Fugazi and Mazzy star for a while. Call me
cheezy
quoted 2 lines but those artist just refill some lost teenage 'angst'or needed depression> but those artist just refill some lost teenage 'angst'or needed depression
> for loss of better word. Some time I feel like IDM gives me no emotion
other
quoted 2 lines than interset in IDM. Sometime I want more. I need an un quantized human> than interset in IDM. Sometime I want more. I need an un quantized human
> touch. Mayde darkside of the moon is what I'm looking for, maybe some sea
and
quoted 1 line cake. HELP! Am I the only one that gets like this some times?!> cake. HELP! Am I the only one that gets like this some times?!
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