quoted 6 lines hey
>hey
>someone put C=C music factory in the same list with aphex and Autechre in
>a post talking about UNDERWORLD. sorry I couldn't forward it. Anyway,
>that person ought to know better, come on buddy don't do that again, it
>made me sick.
>
If you'd read the note more closely, you would have noticed that this is a
*spectrum* that begins with C&C on the least-IDM edge, and ends with your
needle dragging across that slipmat at the epitome of IDM. See the
attached:
quoted 26 lines Well I for one really like the new Underworld album and have been
>> Well I for one really like the new Underworld album and have been
>> listening to it alot. It has quite a bit of range, from some
>> light drum & bass to lush orbital-esque techno, a bit or hard stuff -
>> trance, acid. But yes, some of the trcks do have (errr) vocals. Not
>> just weird nondescript vocals but actual lyrics. Whether or not its IDM
>> is debateable, but for the purposes of this discussion I would like to
>> submit this little chart:
>>
>> Mainstream Dance/Techno
>> _______________________
>> C&C Music Factory
>> Dee-Lite
>> The Prodigy
>> Leftfeild
>> Underworld
>> Chemical Brothers
>> Orbital
>> LFO
>> Aphex Twin
>> U-ziq
>> Autechre
>> Letting your needle drag across the slip mat....
>> _________________________
>> IDM
>>
>> - -Fresh
BTW, please please please refrain from forwarding the entire digest when
you reply to a post! 15K for one post is a little excessive, IMO.
Cheers,
-Phil
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