I can't even tell what you're going on about. You seem to be contradicting yourself with every other statement.
Andrei
damek@earthling.net wrote:
quoted 102 lines Exactly. His point is that music is subjective, and therefore no one like me should contri
> Exactly. His point is that music is subjective, and therefore no one like me should contribute to the list that we don't really think Arovane is that great, because obviously some people like him, which means that he is pretty great.
>
> Come off it. This list is all about the discussion, recommendation, review, etc. of music. If music is "just subjective" and we should all just like what we like, then what's the point of this list? As if this hasn't been discussed ad nauseum here before, I see no reason why some of us can't write in and express our disinterest with one of the IDM-list's recent "superstars." In fact, I think it's crucial that those who find a particular artist not as exciting as the rest of the list thinks should write in and say so.
>
> For the millionth time, IDM-l is a list for the discussion of music, specifically the more "experimental electronic" sort, not a fascist club of band-fans.
>
> A certain amount of geek/dork/nerd-ness is inherent in the very nature of this list. It's a defining element of a music-discussion list, in my opinion. If you don't like it, you don't really have much justification for complaint on those grounds. If some of us feel that Arovane or anyone else is "just another guy making music" (as I think I wrote), that's our right.
>
> -adam
>
> np: john sinunu's butt cheeks.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gause, Brian [mailto:bgause@SECTORBASE.COM]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 2:57 PM
> > To: 'andrei@world.std.com'; IDM
> > Subject: RE: [idm] arovane
> >
> >
> > Highly subjective? Yes, that was my point exactly. Thank you for
> > understanding.
> >
> > ---brian
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: andrei@world.std.com [mailto:andrei@world.std.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 10:49 AM
> > To: IDM
> > Subject: Re: [idm] arovane
> >
> >
> > "Gause, Brian" wrote:
> >
> > > It's music. It doesn't HAVE to be groundbreaking. It just
> > has to make you
> > > feel something. Music isn't always about standing tallest
> > in the ivory
> > tower
> > > of intellectual sound sculptures.
> >
> > Well, that's highly subjective. There are people who would
> > deem any music
> > which
> > doesn't introduce some new idea worthless (i.e. Pierre
> > Boulez) and there are
> > people
> > who compose music more as some sort of scientific experiment
> > not to "make
> > you feel
> > something" (i.e. Xenakis).
> >
> > > On the other hand, Autechre create sound that is intellectually
> > > beautiful and can be admired from a different perspective.
> >
> > Autechre intellectual ? Come on !
> >
> > And personally I really enjoy Arovane's music, especially
> > recently. I mean I
> > don't
> > think he's quite top tier stuff a la Aphex and Autechre, but
> > he's very high
> > up there
> > in my esteem. You can tell he's been influenced by the
> > standard IDM stuff,
> > but
> > there's a maturity in his work which doesn't relegate it to
> > mere mimicry
> > (i.e.
> > Funkstorung, Fizzarum, etc.). There's something very
> > enthralling about his
> > compositions. He really knows how to create an atmosphere and
> > a mood. I'd
> > say 'thaem
> > neu" off "Atol Scrap" is one of my favorite IDM tracks. I was
> > playing that
> > piece at a
> > party recently and right away a couple of people were like
> > "this is really
> > beautiful". At first I was a lot more into "Tides" than "Atol
> > Scrap", but I
> > find the
> > more I listen to "Atol Scrap" the more it grows on me.
> >
> > Andrei
>
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