quoted 11 lines I think that creating sub genres isn't going to decrease the
> I think that creating sub genres isn't going to decrease the
> variety you are going to hear when playing out. That depends more
> on the dj or musician as opposed to what the music is called. One
> can play more than one sub genre; just because a sound has been
> further classified, does not mean there can be no inter-mixing.
>
> I guess my feeling is that IDM is getting to be an awfully large
> playing field; it encompasses a lot of different types of music.
> There is a pretty darn big gap between Arovane and Venetian Snares
> and I think it is reasonable to discuss different ways to classify
> the obvious musical branching within the genre.
I'll never understand why people that listen to experimental mostly
instrumental music insist on coming up with names to describe it. Let's
face it, most people that don't live in big progressive cities with great
music scenes are going to find their Autechre in the "rock/pop" section at
the record store anyways. The only people that should be worrying about
naming genres are people that work at record stores and can't figure out
where to file music. As far as that goes, I like the way Rasputin out
here in the bay area does it; they just have a big section called 'avant
garde' with everything from Convertor to Monolake to Painkiller to Kid 606
in it. That's a fun section to look through. Some people might disagree
with me on this point, but I've always looked at it like this:
Experimental electronic music has been around for, what, 60 years? I'm
thinking back to like John Cage (who I admit I know nothing about). To
try to turn 60 years of experimentation into a genre or category seems
like a real mistake to me. It also seems like something that could hinder
progress. I wouldn't have a problem with people trying to make a genre
out of a certain type of IDM (distorted breakbeats, glitches, sweet
child-like melodies) which is a very distinct and easily recognizable
sound, but it seems ridiculous to try lump that stuff with Oval, or
Autechre, or minimal stuff like Brinkmann or Monolake. I'd advocate
seperating what I basically see as Aphex Twin wannabe music from
everything else and just calling that stuff "IDM" and leaving the rest of
it in the misc avant garde section before trying to lump all types of
non-commercial electronic music into one pile. Then again, opinions are
like...
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