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David Sim
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Wed, 08 Feb 2006 18:57:02 +0000
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Re: [idm] Pale Glitter
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Fake, surprise surprise, is said to be a big, big fan of Aphex Twin and My Bloody Valentine. Not that his own music makes that in any way blatantly obvious, at least not to my ears. What's so nice about Dinamo (as the only example of his music that I know) is that it's so obviously NOT another "progressive house record", nor another "techno record", nor another "microhouse record". Yet it could almost fit into a mix/set on all three of those levels. And yet there are others that reckon it sounds like something off of a 21st century Bytes. It's said he doesn't really like listening to all that much dance or electronic music, but that he does delight in composing it. That's definintely one way of retaining an individual and unspoilt vision. In general though I think that nowadays the best electronic/dance musicians are less afraid of taking risks and are enjoying the freedom to re-invent themselves over more and more labels and releases e.g. Villalobos. With so much product being made available to buy and with only so much of that product capable of reaping any "real" serious commercial reward, the bets are off our more underground "stars" having to remain so contrived in their vision becasue the stakes aren't being stacked so high on their getting by on just one or two high profile releases every couple of years. Thus follows greater freedom of expression, with more frequent releases of more worthwhile music. Hurray ! |---------+----------------------------> | | David Sim | | | <pmxds@nottingham| | | .ac.uk> | | | | | | 08/02/2006 16:52 | | | | |---------+----------------------------> >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: idm@hyperreal.org | | cc: | | Subject: Re: [idm] Pale Glitter | >------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
quoted 1 line Also digging Ricardo Villalobos' new release Achso on Cadenza - he is one> Also digging Ricardo Villalobos' new release Achso on Cadenza - he is one
quoted 6 lines of a few producers whose work is truly worthy of the term "intelligent> of a few producers whose work is truly worthy of the term "intelligent > dance music". > > Anybody else heard any of this guy Nathan Fakes stuff ? I've only got > Dinamo, released on Traum in 2005, but this too is a beautifully > constructed piece of math house par excellence. He's an album due soon on
quoted 1 line Border Community that I just might have to pick up.> Border Community that I just might have to pick up.
Amen to both of those. Had I not been paying attention before, or has techno got really really good recently? Dave |---------+----------------------------> | | David Sim | | | <pmxds@nottingham| | | .ac.uk> | | | | | | 06/02/2006 17:17 | | | | |---------+---------------------------->
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quoted 9 lines <aside>><aside> >Last month i finally moved away from using pine for email and now using >Thunderbird, so i have filters setup for the IDM list, and its only then >i really started seeing how little the ratio of music discussion to >promotion there is here. Be good to get some good recommendations from >people and just general discussions about good electronic music going >on. In fact, i dont care if its about electronic music, i find it quite >interesting to see what everyone else listens to besides idm. ></aside>
Yes!!!! When I were a lad, whenever anyone got a record they liked, they'd stick some sort of micro-review on idm-l to let other people know and spread the love. These days the first you hear about it is when they sell it on ebay. I don't know why this has happened but it's really annoying - I got a lot of my favorite records after people around here recommended them. Not really IDM (although there are some glitches in there) but the Tunng album rocks, and the new EP with the Bloc Party cover rocks even more. Sileni's also fantastic on an IDM / minimal DnB crossover tip. Dave (Sorry about the threadkenstein resurrection of a rather old post.) This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses, which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses, which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org