IDM Mailing Archive

From: mr808@teleport.com Subject: Re: IDM Times (yes, really) (fwd)

quoted 2 lines Date: Fri, 30 Dec 94 14:25 WET

>Date: Fri, 30 Dec 94 14:25 WET >From: Jon Drukman <jsd@cyborganic.com>

quoted 7 lines Plastikman: Musik

>Plastikman: Musik > >Ah, what are we going to do with Richie Hawtin? >at his worst (and he frequently is), he >churns out utterly forgettable tracks that are a short on ideas, >instrumentation and just about everything else. 5 minutes of a >minimal drum beat is not a song, it's an insult to the listener. And

At last, someone speaks the truth. I suspect that Mr. Hawtin's popularity is due to the general lack of talent amongst DJs nowadays. As a friend of mine said about Plastikman, "I can mix ANYTHING to his shit". Since his musik tends to be SO minimal, a mediocre DJ doesn't have to work very hard to find something that will mix with it. I suspect this is also why I NEVER hear any excellent IDM at clubs or raves - it takes a very good DJ to mix to a complex piece of music. I consider Musik to be fine as DJ fodder, but full-length CD material it ain't. It just doesn't stand up to repeated listening. PEACEOUT 808 "Whenever a musician is interested in self-expression you know it's gonna suck." - Robert Fripp