quoted 19 lines What? Is "rave music" not good enough for you? Are you "above" hip hop>
> What? Is "rave music" not good enough for you? Are you "above" hip hop?
> Cos, you know, the only reason autechre make music is because of their
> early hip-hop influence and b-boy lifestyle, Aphex Twin because he wanted
> to fuck around with sounds and listened to 70's folk/rock when he was
> young, and countless other reputable musicians who were influenced a hell
> of a lot more by 80's techno than by any sort of classical, modern or
> "old". Just because the complexity is something we see more often in older
> things, it doesn't mean they're at all alike.
>
> We should scuttle all you "where's idm come from, and what's it called"
> people off to some idm-anthropology list, where you can discuss how "idm is
> so advanced, it couldn't possibly have come from 'lower' forms of music."
>
> "Intelligent" sounds pretentious, yet saying 'idm' is "above" dance music
> isn't. nice.
>
> cheers,
> /derek
Okay, you busted me. I despise rave music. I've always hated it. I was into
rock as a teenager, I hated it that much. It wasn't until I heard Aphex Twin
at a mate's house that I started liking "electronica". I still hate
repetitive Radio One music (Judge Jules, Paul Van Dyke, all that lot). I
didn't realise there was a prerequisite for joining the IDM club. Anyhow,
just because I don't like rave doesn't mean I feel superior to it somehow.
Whatever tickles your fancy really. Lord knows I listened to some real
rubbish in the eighties.
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