welcome. you have a very similar path through electronic music as i (in
fact, i moved back to SF in 99 too...). i originally was pretty
interested in "experimental"/drill'n'bass stuff like aphex,
squarepusher, ae, etc, but then got pretty obsessed with mainstream
DNB. in the last few years i've fallen back into the more subtle stuff
like mathew dear, mathrew herbet, akufen, apparat, helios, etc. its
not that i've started disliking other more maximalist idm, but i've just
gotten more appriciative of subtlety in music. i must be getting old.
recommend away ;)
shawn allen wrote:
quoted 36 lines Sorry I just kinda popped out of lurker mode without any sort of
>Sorry I just kinda popped out of lurker mode without any sort of
>introduction there. My name's Shawn, and I'm a technoholic. I live in
>San Francisco, and I play infrequently to dirty ravers in warehouses and
>half-empty bars.
>
>Like many of you, I was first exposed to IDM in the form of Aphex Twin.
>I was a Nine Inch Nails fanboy in my teens (I know, I'm dating myself
>here), and I stumbled upon an RDJ "remix" on the Further Down the Spiral
>EP in '95. Along with 99% of the people I know, I gradually discovered
>Autechre, BOC, Plaid, Cylob, Two Lone Swordsmen, Squarepusher, LFO, Luke
>Vibert, Photek, et al. After I moved to SF in '99, I kind of tuned out
>IDM and focused on drum and bass, house, and eventually techno (which,
>like "IDM", is a term I don't particularly like using).
>
>Recently, my new-found love of deep, minimal stuff sparked a renewed
>interest IDM. I'm getting back into Monolake and Arovane. I'm loving
>the dubby stuff, like Basic Channel (more specifically, Rhythm & Sound),
>Deadbeat, Thomas Fehlmann, and Michael Mayer's "Immer" mix. I'm a sucker
>for click-house, a la Matthew Herbert, Akufen and Soft Pink Truth. I
>like the new Mouse on Mars as much as the old, and I'm not afraid to
>admit that I really liked the Milosh album on Plug Research (though I do
>wish the songs were all a little more developed). Right now I'm digging
>the "Station" compilation on Ai, and the new albums by Swod and AM/PM.
>
>What I haven't really been able to get into is the harder stuff. Kid
>606, Venetian Snares... it's all just a bit too aggro for me. Hard
>techno's never really been my thing either, though I will admit to
>owning a couple of Joel Mull, Heiko Laux and Renato Cohen records. :)
>
>So yeah, that's me. Let me know if you have any recommendations based on
>what I've listed above, I'm always on the lookout for something new to
>listen to.
>
>Cheers,
>
>
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