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>last album). and (aa) it worries me hearing so many people complain about >bad mixing on disctruction...i think idm as a >genre is maybe most readily defined as a genre which repeatedly is in danger >of resting on it's laurels and falling into formula and codification, only >to be rescued just in time by one or another innovative artist...

idm's recipe these past two months seem to be: -- take crunchy beats -- add boring noise -- layer over hip hop vocals -- repeat and rinse funkstoerung's "...Disctruction" is as guilty of this as any release could be of late. is doing MTV-audience-targeted pop music with an idm flavor really "innovative"? if you want to hear this formula done right, listen to quant's 'tik tok' single on dot recordings. that concern aside, except for "A Bottle, a Box, and a Mic", "...Disctruction" wasn't as interesting or fun as people made it sound in their reviews. and for the third release of funkstoerung that i've listened to, i am now in full agreement with the folks who look at this group as a pair of 'autechre clones'. i'll be looking forward to jimi tenor, pole, and fourtet's releases, instead. yrs, a. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org