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From:
Aaron Ximm
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idm doesn't stand for anything
Date:
Wed, 29 May 2002 13:09:11 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:
Re: [idm] lowercase
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<Pine.SOL.4.42.0205291304350.9151-100000@well.com>
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quoted 2 lines It's bad enough the Wire making up sub-sub-genres but Wired as well.> It's bad enough the Wire making up sub-sub-genres but Wired as well. > Jeesh. Italic sound anyone?
Huh? Wired didn't make this up monicker. Steve Roden did. Josh Russell ran with it to get the lowercase list going, and as the article says, he put out a comp with that organizing principal. There are plenty of people I've talked to and had play at my house that identify themselves as 'lowercase.' In any case it's not a sub-genre of anything I can think of, certainly not 'IDM'. Unless 'laptop music' is a subgenre, which seems misguided since it's emphasizing the tool, not the philosophy, sound, groove, attitude, evolution, audience, etc. The article over-emphasizes the powerbook -- Josh himself doesn't use one. And I wonder how Digi got that plug, I don't know many people using it at all to make this sort of work (though Steve Roden did start working in it recently...). best aaron ghede@well.com http://www.quietamerican.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org