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Mon, 28 Feb 2005 08:21:53 -0600
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Re: [idm] Re: @WL Re: [idm] Derrick May invented IDM?
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On Feb 28, 2005, at 7:43 AM, theREALmxyzptlk wrote:
quoted 5 lines In fact, I think Perry/Kingsley are more important to electronic>> In fact, I think Perry/Kingsley are more important to electronic >> music than even maybe the legendary Kraftwerk. >> > Nice for an obscure reference points in a thread, but c'mon - do you > really THINK so?
Indeed, because not only did they precede Kraftwerk by a decade or so, but their music was extremely more elaborate to create. Some several miles of tape were painstakingly handspliced in order to get the "sampled" sound that we identify with so readily now (and can so easily recreate in seconds with modern samplers/computers). I give Kraftwerk major props, no doubt, but I feel that at very least Perry/Kingsley are as important. Especially, in their own unique way, to experimental electronic and idm. You could say that Perry/Kinglsey's music was, in some perverse fantasy-land form, proto-idm. Much the same that I consider Ryuichi Sakamoto's B2 Unit a proto-idm album, a good decade+ before IDM came around. -- Mr. Tangent [the binary police] www.mrtangent.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org