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1995-11-18 16:20Frank H RothkammEylon Israeli <snowjob@actcom.co.il> wrote: "Almost every new genre was innovative as it s

From:: Frank H Rothkamm <fLUX@thing.net>
To:: Intelligent Dance Music <idm@hyperreal.com>
Date:: Sat, 18 Nov 1995 08:20:46 -0800
Subject:: (idm) Innovation

Eylon Israeli <snowjob@actcom.co.il> wrote: "Almost every new genre was innovative as it started, blending things not blended before and giving sounds a new aroma. Keeping that aroma or enhancing it is the problem." You're right, that is the force of innovation, the connection between two elements that made no contact before. "keeping the aroma" however is the end of innovation, 'cause the flow's gone. Music is like alchemy and like that "science" finds most practioners in it for the gold and a few ones in it for the "lux eterna". Frank For further information on fLUX, including limited edition releases, contact: ______________________________________________________________________ | fLUX@thing.net | fLUX Box 2141 New York NY 10163 | +(718) 599-9377 | |________________|_________________________________|_________________| \o / )( / \ \ \ http://hyperreal.com/music/reviews/davis/flux.planet/flux1.html

1997-07-20 00:26Christopher FaheyPeter Becker said: > I find it interesting why many folks ( on this list & in general ) ar

From:: Christopher Fahey <chrisfahey@mindspring.com>
To:: 'IDM' <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 20:26:13 -0400
Subject:: (idm) Innovation

Peter Becker said:

quoted 2 lines I find it interesting why many folks ( on this list & in general ) are so

> I find it interesting why many folks ( on this list & in general ) are so > concerned with an artist *moving forward* and *paving new ground".

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quoted 3 lines for all the eager flamers out there.....*please* tell us all that every CD

> for all the eager flamers out there.....*please* tell us all that every CD > in your > collection is a 100 % innovator.

Well, generally I don't like the CDs I own which are not at least somewhat innovative. There are many ways for an artist to get a gold star in my grade book, and being innovative and different is by far my #1 criteria. I'd rather listen to an artist awkwardly stumbling over new ground than perfectly striding a well-worn path. It's so lame to do something you already know how to do. As an artist freind of mine said to me the other day "the job of an artist is to figure out what it is that they do the worst, then start doing that." It's a bit of an exaggeration, but the point is that if you aren't going forward, you're going nowhere. -CF

(idm) Innovation