quoted 1 line The simple fact is, house is predictable> The simple fact is, house is predictable
Ha! And IDM isn't?
After 7 years of listening to this IDM stuff, it's really all starting to
sound, to me, about as generally homogenous and unintelligent as any other
genre. There are fucking amazing standouts and there's lots of innovative,
groundbreaking stuff out there of course, but in general the DSP trickery
and deconstructed d&b and too-much-percussion-in-a-measure stuff is getting
pretty old and 9 times out of 10 the latest IDM release is eminently
"predictable".
The reason why IDM people often say they don't like house is that they
usually have never EVER heard anything but mainstream, pop house. House,
like IDM, drum and bass, soul, bluegrass, jazz, etc, is a rich, diverse
genre with a long history full of some intelligent innovative music and lots
of stupid derivative music - to generalize it in any way is simply ignorant
(and in many cases it belies an underlying racism and homophobia, but let's
not get into that, shall we?)
Besides, all the IDM shows I've ever been to have been *full* of cute
people with nice stylish clothes, although generally skinnier and more
myopic than most crowds. ;)
- Cf
NP: Sister Sledge - "He's the Greatest Dancer"
(Sister Sledge sings with Nile Rogers&Chic doing the music -
unbefuckinglievable!)
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