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quoted 1 line i wonder how many have become idm fans through

>i wonder how many have become idm fans through

meat beat manifesto instead of the orb. comments?

quoted 1 line After being a li'l rivethead for the

>After being a li'l rivethead for the

last half of the 80s, and I started getting tired of all the bangy gloom'n'doomy sort of stuff in the early 90s, and somehow found myself listening to The Orb and Orbital and a few early "rave" records via friends.

quoted 1 line The real turning point was seeing Greg Earle, an industrial old-timer like

>The real turning point was seeing Greg Earle, an industrial old-timer like

myself, make a post to the industrial newsgroup ranting about some amazing artist he'd discovered called The Aphex Twin. I couldn't find any AT stuff, but found the Polygon Window album and was blown away. I caught the Toronto stop on the Orbital/Aphex/Moby tour soon after, and aside from Moby, I was even more blown away. And that's where it started for me. I have become a bigger fan of all types of electronic music through my early "involvement" with industrial music, in almost the same fashion as these recent posts to the list. MBM are one of the greatest bands ever, and still continue to amaze me to this day. Check out their 12" on Skam that came out like a year or so ago for proof that they still have it. The last album was not one of my favourites, but still worth listening to, and also put on a great live show. fan site is at www.brainwashed.com Aphex i discovered through either rmxing MBM, or on one of those Transatlantic comps from a couple of years ago and i think the track was Entrance to exit, on of RDJ's "ravier" moments if you ask me. I consider myself a aphex fan, but i really only listen to SAW2 constantly. Actually, there was a time where you could hear someone play isophrolex(sp?) at a rave in Detroit......... Orbital, Moby(early, early stuff!), 808 State, all that stuff i still listen to and got me all the way up to what's known as "IDM" these days. I love the fact that i am 26 and i am able to connect the dots on my musical experiences and influences, dating back to stuff i was listening to when i was 14 or 15. I got the new Team Doyobi in the boombox next to the KMFDM stuff............ I've read a ton of AE interviews with them citing indusrtial as a influence(mostly Coil), Devine as well. Nitzer Ebb on Richie Hawtin's mix cd........etc. In chicago, a lot of the industrial guys there-Ministry, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Die Warzau, etc..were all down with a lot of the early house guys (Lil' Louis), same thing with Detroit. Jeff Mills and Alan Oldham both used to be in industrial bands, back in the day. As far as new stuff to listen to, well i prefer the older back catalog of many of the artists i mentioned here. I am not really into Haujobb(sp?) or Frontline Assembly in 2000-FLA did sample Autechre for one of their last albums though. As someone else has posted, any Cevin Key/Skinny Puppy related releases are essential, especially the Plateau stuff. There is a new Download cd to come out this week, i suggest it to anyone on this list. www.subconsciousstudios.com On a different note, i saw the Pole show here last week and it was excellent. I did miss Farben though, which i regret. Burnt Friedman played a lot more noisy, for lack of a better word. More pops and clicks. I was expecting him to be a lot jazzier, maybe like his stuff off Con Ritmo or Flanger-esq. Still dope. Pole, wow. Once again, i was dead wrong. I expected it to be slower and more clicks and pops, and it was the complete opposite. It seemed like he was pushing out these basslines that kind of slithered out, all at a "housey" or slightly bouncy tempo.......less static, less noise. More tweaking of the sounds and effects. A powerbook, Nord Modular, and fx. Awesone show, i hope everyone has a chance to see them. Keith --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org