Well, for me, electronica, is anything that is blippy bloppy in nature, as
in trying to sound electronic - thus, Autechre, Aphex Twin, Mouse on Mars,
Coil, Orb, Plaid, Photek, and many others, count as electonica for me...I
wouldn't call them techno, as techno suggest to me a 4/4 pounding,
dancelfoor beast, actually, nowadays, what I would have called techno a few
years ago, I link in to tech house, or house, 'cause with the new wave of
techno, which is more 2/4 orientated, over the last few years, has made it
necessary to split these names again...I couldn't imagine The Advent &
Autechre being mixed in to each other...also, Photek, are mostly D'n'B - but
I couldn't imagine mixing Johnny L and Photek...
Then again (and again), a mate of mine would call Imminent Starvation
"noise", whereas I would call it rhythmical noise, mainly because I
associate noise with the likes of the less aggressive japanese noise
movements (not talking Aube, Massona, K2, Incapacitants, et al, which is
just classic Jap Noise) and european noise projects...like Merzbow, Con-Dom,
Iugula Thor, etc...
Then there are the likes of the Ninja Tune and Mo Wax bands, which are
mostly trip-hop, chill-out orientated...but I could go on for days...
:)
RoNAn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anig Browl" <anig_browl@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: [idm] Trivia questions
quoted 24 lines From: Mark <mef@ecst.csuchico.edu>
> From: Mark <mef@ecst.csuchico.edu>
>
> > It's too late. The name is definitely associated with the genre (at
> > least in the states, in the UK it's still kosher to say 'electronica' to
> > describe non-house/trance music), and has been referenced in numerous
> > magazines, reviews, etc. It's here to stay, for better or for worse.
>
> In the states, 'electronica' seems to be a generic term for any kind of
> electronic music. I hate this word, it's like acoustic music is called
> 'acoustica' or rock is referred to as 'amplifica'. What the fuck is wrong
> with 'techno'? I think of autechre as techno. I will spare you the
> multi-paragraph rant on this obscure subject which I would like to write.
>
> Anig Browl
>
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