I agree here, Robert!
The thing that continually bothers me is this separation of computer vs.
emotion. What is even more retarded is completely overlooking the fact that
303's, samplers, etcetera, are computers as well. It's okay to drag a
sampler and all of your midi gear to show, but watch out if you bring your
Mac or PC. What now defines musical emotion? Is it some guitar-strumming
poet in a coffee shop? Do hardware samplers and synths represent some secret
emotion that computers do not?
The MOST stunning shows I have seen in my life have been on laptops. The
most boring have been done with the standard fare. Perhaps there's a bit of
a technophobe and a bit of player hating going on here, too...Atari Teenage
Who?
I would have to agree that *IDM* in general is white middle-class, though
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From: "r stanton" <industrialrobot@hotmail.com>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 10:33 AM
Subject: [idm] Nic Endo in Grooves#7
quoted 3 lines In the latest issue of Grooves Magazine, there's an interview with Atari
> In the latest issue of Grooves Magazine, there's an interview with Atari
> Teenage Riot member Nic Endo, where she makes the statement:
> "Music has to be a physical or emotional experience and not people having
a
quoted 8 lines drink, looking at a white middle-class nerd with a Mac laptop."
> drink, looking at a white middle-class nerd with a Mac laptop."
>
> It'd be interesting to see how people respond to this...
>
> My opinion: In the interview, she claims to not label people, but that's
> clearly what she's doing here with the term "nerd." Also, in order to
> afford time to use or purchase the machines she uses for her albums, it's
> quite obvious that she's at least middle-class or above. So, obviously
her
quoted 1 line credibility is not very high, nor does she seem to follow her ideals of
> credibility is not very high, nor does she seem to follow her ideals of
not
quoted 17 lines labelling people. Obvious hypocrisy, much like her fellow Atari Teenage
> labelling people. Obvious hypocrisy, much like her fellow Atari Teenage
> Riot members. I won't get into the ideological errors of that group...
>
> Finally, who's to say that a white middle class nerd with a laptop can't
> make emotional and physical music? I definately think that some of the
> laptop-based music I've heard in the past few years has been both physical
> and/or emotional. The music-maker can't stop people from having a drink
> while making music...it's beyond their control what the audience does...
>
> I guess I'm just a bit angered by someone making blatantly false,
> hypocritical remarks like that, especially someone who supposedly is from
> the same "scene" or whatever. Blanket statements never ring as true.
>
> Robert Stanton
>
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