What exactly makes idm intelligent or more intelligent
then other forms of music?
--- XeNoFoO@aol.com wrote:
quoted 71 lines In a message dated 12/19/00 3:56:33 AM Central
> In a message dated 12/19/00 3:56:33 AM Central
> Standard Time,
> idm-digest-help@hyperreal.org writes:
>
> > so we're back to one of the commonest threads on
> the list :
> > dissatisfaction with the term 'idm'. if i may
> summarize its famous
> > history : it began to describe a few brits
> (notably afx--the original
> > subject of this list) who would make
> thumpy-thumpy dance music that
> > didn't have a comforting house feel, but felt a
> bit manic, twitchy,
> > yet very melodic. when these artists (e.g. warp
> crew) simultaneously
> > began exploring the deconstruction of jungle
> music with the same
> > weird vibe, the term 'idm' followed them, because
> there weren't a lot
> > of people doing this sort of thing to dance
> music, so very different
> > sounds were cast into the same genre. then it
> really becomes a mess.
> > a new wave of artists doing very simple,
> happy-bouncy synthesizer
> > music (e.g. solvent, plone) are decidedly 'idm'
> from the get-go, even
> > though this sort of music has been around for
> decades. squarepusher
> > starts doing jazzy stuff ; because of his name,
> THAT becomes idm.
> > minimal/ambient house emerges in germany, along
> with noise/unmusical
> > stuff (e.g. oval) and these progressively become
> assimilated into idm
> > culture. if we may say that common threads on
> the list make a type
> > of music into idm, then it also encompasses
> certain ambient artists
> > (e.g. vladislav delay), some techno, and some
> more experimental
> > stuff. now, the very loose application of the
> term 'idm' makes for a
> > very diverse idm community (just watch the stupid
> debates of opinion
> > for a sample) ; it effectively unites a number of
> small off-beat
> > genres into one, over-arching 'we don't like
> normal stuff' sort of
> > community. so the moral of the story is, just
> keep saying 'idm', and
> > don't tell people what it stands for (a
> stalinesque act of erasing
> > its history would be in order) ; the fact is,
> *we've got a name for
> > it*, it's too late to invent a new one and
> re-engineer our community,
> > but just recognize what a diversity of
> denotations the word carries.
> > (beware the connotations as well--people will
> probably think you're a
> > fancy, show-offy idm-l snob!)
> >
> > .af.
>
> sweeeet post, someone should save this and just
> repost it whenever a "i hate
> the name idm" thread pops up.
>
>
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