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Summon Illusion
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Sun, 19 Jun 2005 04:43:54 -0400
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Re: [idm] R**k music for flexible IDM types
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hmmm.....I'm gonna add you on lj. that's weird, I could've sworn I've seen you on there before... On 6/19/05, Kent Williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 61 lines Beef Terminal > Beef Terminal http://www.beefterminal.com/ > > I've spent the last week making tracks with guitar. Linked here > http://www.livejournal.com/users/chaircrusher/ has links in the last few > posts... > > I know a lot of electronic musicians who bear no prejudice against rock -- > DJ T1000 is way into early 90s shoegazer stuff like My Bloody Valentine and > Swervedriver. Stuntrock loves him some classic rock. Donna Summer is all > about Prog Rock. In general the only people who like just one kind of music > are young and looking to identify themselves with the subculture based > around that music. Being into electronic music and having a list of rockish > stuff that you've decide is cool enough to admit liking is such a hipsterish > thing -- I don't have time for it. > > I like Johnny Cash a lot, and John Coltrane, and Zap Mama, and Bach, and the > Wailing Souls, and IDM, and House Music, and Techno, and Disco, and Funk and > ... > > On 6/16/05, Alan Lockett <Alan.R.Lockett@bristol.ac.uk> wrote: > > > > > > Here's an odd one. Off topic, but with a strange on-ness. In the spirit of > > encouraging open-mindedness and a certain exploratory spirit. Or just for > > the sheer hell of it. > > Have you noticed that there are one or two 'rock' bands (how quaint) that > > tend to appeal to people whose preferred tipple has an IDM flavour. Yes? > > No? OK, well, I have <steamrollering on>. I'll mention Interpol as an > > example of a band who seem to have a strangely compelling quality for a > > number of peeps I know who tend to shun R-word outfits. > > So, anyway, if you're one of these types or suspect you might be a closet > > fan of > > dark-tinged atmospheric melodic er... guitar-with-vocals-bass'n'drums > > music > > (phew), > > then I suggest you look out for a bunch from Birmingham called Editors > > (without a 'The', > > I believe) who have some new stuff coming out now which bears the > > hallmarks > > of a new Bunnymen or Joy Division or er... is it OK to mention U2...? > > *Early* U2...? Er... > > > > You've all gone quiet... > > > > I'll get me coat... > > > > alan > > > > ---------------------- > > Alan Lockett (Senior Language Co-ordinator - EFL) > > Language Centre, University of Bristol, > > 30-32 Tyndall's Park Road, Bristol, BS8 1PY, UK > > tel: +44 (0)117 3310914 e-mail: Alan.R.Lockett@bristol.ac.uk > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > > > > >
-- the rats and the children follow me out of town.....##@%& !$#^*the rats and the children follow me out of. town.... come on kids. Site: http://natewentbaka.ukepile.com/ AIM: summonillusion --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org