Hey...I'd be interested in learning about such gatherings.
I'm an IDMer local to Portland who dabbles in Psytrance.
Ebola
np: Mouse on Mars
quoted 56 lines From: "Chris West" <cpwest@qwest.net>
>From: "Chris West" <cpwest@qwest.net>
>Reply-To: <cpwest@qwest.net>
>To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: [idm] Psytrance--->IDM crossover
>Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 17:02:22 -0700
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> >Anyway, it's all good stuff when you want something pumping.
>Repetitive it
> >may be, but it's not boring.
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>Oops, I think I was probably a little unclear. I was referring to
>the people, rather than the music, when I was wondering about the
>psytrance to IDM crossover. Sorry about that, I'm frequently a bit
>unclear prior to my morning tea.
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>So then...
>For the past couple of years my friends and I have been putting
>together small gatherings in the pacific northwest. The general
>theme is psytrance in the upbeat room and IDM in the mid beat
>room.
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>Even though these two flavors have their obvious differences, it
>seems that people in this area (Pacific NW) seem to really enjoy
>the combination.
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>For quite some time I have wondered if this is a natural genre
>crossover for people or if it happens to be mostly limited to the
>Pacific NW for now.
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>Lately I have heard psytrance references in IDM circles and that
>got me thinking about the possible connection again.
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>Oh yes and incidentally I agree with your artist recommendations,
>and to add to it, if anyone is interested, the slower direction of
>psytrance (I like to call it psytrambient) has the tendency to
>depart a bit from the formulaic 4/4 beat and rely more on the
>tweaky synth bits. Of course, the grand daddy of this is
>Hallucinogen (Simon Posford) in his alter-ego, Shpongle. Not quite
>IDM but definitely in the neighborhood.
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>-Chris
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