as far as my own works as of late. i have different styles. im kinda silli
about what i will sow others, and what i keep for myself. usualie the stuff
people might like is what gets hidden awai..
anyways a terem i coined..[mai have occured before but i havent heard it] was:
neo-cortexical
the neo-c0rt3x *giggles* [leet nuff fur ya?] is the most recent part of the
brain to form. in the nature of evolution it seems that we are given an
over abundance. have it stripped awai. and then rebuild only what you need.
kinda sounds like my life by this point.. except the whole rebuilding part. =p
soo being the most recent addition to the human brain the neo-cortex is an
upgrade on humanmind ver. 2.0 expanding it to maybie a 3.5 with a
possibility for promotion..
yep..you guessed rite!. its a perfect metaphor for music. which started
with an over abundance of beauty [classicla, symphonic] then over time it
stripped away everything it had accomplished and took itself back to the
bare minimum. so before 'idm' i must admit i had a great distaste for
music. none of it except maybie pink floyd and miles davis reali seemed to
stretch the boundries of what we could hear. then the genesis p. orridge
and martin atkins dais came around. which was the start of something MOST
curious..
and the little cheshire cat i am i dug rite into it.
granted i missed the peek of genessis orridge...but i was too young
then.,..i cannot be entirely blamed.. my parents didnt go out of their way
to introduce me to expansive music =p
suddenly now i wade through a sea of immitations and attempts to achieve an
already reached state. but a few like autechre and mu-ziq,,,and of course
aphex..have paved the way. so those who reach for the analog stardom, wont
need to be where they're at alone.
but either way music has evolved has philosophie. as everything else with
the acception of physical art.
tis one thing ive notice has not truly evolved even since the artifacts of
neandertals. its alwais been exquisit.
and at the same time terrificly abstract and lacking beauty wot so ever.
but music and art have one thing in common. they dont have to be beautifull
to be what they are.
so i do agree that idm is quite generic.
just because dance music is for : Pathetic Lazy Unintelligent Rejects [PLUR]
does not mean that electronic that contains substance must fullfill the
role of a contradictory stance.
we arent dealing with opposites here. and what opposition does exist..and
there is much. comes from all sides and angles rather than just one.
[intelligent dance music] can we be so desperate to distance ourselves from
the contaminated fall out of the rave surge of years now past..?
i know ive succesfully seperated myself without needing a title to do it.
and with my music ive seperated myself even more by doing what i could to
create musix without such an obvious influence from my mentors. needless to
say..im unimpressed with it cause they are better...heh..but thats which
wai the cookie crumbles.
so let music evolve without the labled restrictions that humans tend to create.
i dun see the title of idm being replaced anytime soon..specialy with what
the pop has alreadie caught wind of.. but as the higher layers of
consciousness some of us have the unalienable freedom to change and distort
what we see fit without concern for who will follow us.
so for me,...
it is the musical neo-cortex. the next progression in audio development.
and im proud that its ruined my expectations for all other music.
set the bar wai too high. but at least i dont 'settle' for poppy tunes
anymore. wait..i never did. i denie kris-kross's 'i missed the bus' tour to
the bitter end!
neil
www.invisie.net
At 07:27 PM 2/21/01 -0500, you wrote:
quoted 14 lines IDM is a silly name. we all know it. if describing autechre, aphex,
>IDM is a silly name. we all know it. if describing autechre, aphex,
>boc....i say IDM. not because they make "Intelligent Dance Music" but
>because they pioneered the genre. it formed around them, they didn't form
>around it.
>
>describing my own music on the other hand, i prefer the term "experimental
>electronic" because it is exactly what kind of music i make. i experiment
>with electronic equipment and music happens. songs are then formed from
>sounds. my stuff could be called IDM, but i personally think the term is
>not descriptive of my music. i think it would be very cool to pioneer
>this type of music. so if any of you want to start a "e.e" list, then i'll
>gladly be the next autechre :)
>
> :jason (e.e)