On 27 Apr 1994, Jon Drukman wrote:
: This whole "guitar" debate is just getting ridiculous. IDM is not some
: sacred formula like Christianity. Guitars are not heretical. If you
: doubt, trip back in time to 1972 (or thereabouts... uncle jonnie's brain
: isn't what it once was) and slap on Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting." More
: experimental, intelligent and out there than a truckful of Aphex Twerps.
: And guess what... most of it was done with guitars.
Jon, I haven't seen anyone arguing that guitars are "heretical" -- rather
I've seen quite a few posters wishlisting/speculating about what their
"ideal" guitar/electronic fusion would sound like. On the contrary, as
long as artists avoid the recent "industrial" trap of trying to
out-speedmetal the speedmetal bands I think there's a wide ground for
cross-fertilization between genres.
...and I'd still like to hear Moore & Ranaldo jamming along with
Underground Resistance...
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