Brendan Nelson writes:
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>Galaxy 2 Galaxy has made me wonder that perhaps Mad Mike is _the_ electronic
>producer, forget AFX and co. It`s just so versatile, emotional and
>energetic, and unique and original, with it`s heart in the right place (one
>track is dedicated to Chris Hani). We need that sort of thing in idm, not
>necessarily lyrics but some sort of message, some sort of consciousness.
I agree completely - I think that the vast majority of what would be con-
sidered IDM lacks the ability to make me feel anything. I don't know if this
holds true for the rest of you (think about it, and post), but much of this
music doesn't move me emotionally (or physically, since IDM's style seems to
be typified by de-emphasized percussion). Don't get me wrong - I don't mean
that the music should dictate any sort of 'emotion' to the listener (via
sappy, cheesy, sad string melodies or any other shit like that), but should
act in such a way that the listener is affected emotionally in some way or
another (even if it's extremely subtle).
I just think that the subject matter of the music should be bigger than that
which was used to produce it, namely electronics and electronic musical
instruments. I don't really want to hear music about electronics, know what
I mean?
Darshan