: I dunno about everyone else, but when i first got into IDM, new
: releases of amazing shit were popping up all over the place. New things
: were going on all the time, drill and bass was just coming out . . .
: things seemed new. Now, as time has worn on, i've gradually grown less
: and less excited about new releases. IDM, for me, turned the world of
: pop music upside down in a fantastic way... and i would like to see
: people continue in that grand tradition. Don't get me wrong, im still
: mad 31337 idmcore and whatnot, and idm is most of what graces my
: stereo.... i just wish... (for something fresh?) i dunno, maybe someone
: else can express this more eloquently.
: cdin
i know what your saying. used to be i would curse the new
release lists because i couldn't possibly buy everything that
was coming out that was good. but it seemed like as time
moved on i was finding myself more and more dissatisfied
(not disappointed exactly), but just not as fulfilled in comparison
to the earlier releases. it seems like with all the releases
that come out i find just as good/comparable work done by
those on the list and those releasing their music via WEB-MP3.
and it seems like the artists that brought me into the scene
have basically poked fun at it or have minimized their output,
such as RDJ, RDevine, BOC, etc.
i haven't heard anything mind blowing as of late. i thought
maybe funkstorung would have done something spectacular
with the last album, but its nothing twisted or mindbending
in the way that i appreciate music.
i've found myself listening to more and more of the acid
type sound / playing my Selection 16 LP over and over.
But that will wear thin after a while. I'm just glad i purchased
some of the older Schematic and WARP mainstays when
i did, along with the very rarely rephlex or kracfive releases.
i mean pop music as it stands today has pretty much
borrowed all the tricks and trades of an IDM record, and
have just thrown a pretty voice over it. the one thing
they never touch though is the noise/drone or the truly new
and uncharted (Richard Devine come to mind).
i just hope that devines new one doesn't suck (i seriously
doubt it, but you never know), along with the new BOC.
but the one thing that you can almost always count on with
BOC is that if you here them out of context anywhere you
still know who made it / and what its for. heh.
but then again im full of shit and still listen to johnny cash
or beck when the dance just doesn't do it for me on a
particular night.
kd.
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