So there's a lot of argiuing over what idm fans here should be listening to,
how stupid. The great thing about this list is you don't have to like
everything, i mean everything from early electronic experimentation to
modern pop that just happens to use a synth or computer in its production
get talked about here. Is there one sound that all musicians should be
aiming at? no, of course not. We're allowed to like a new album because it
sounds just like a song off an artificial intelligence comp. we're allowed
to like the lastest algorithm driven headcase. were allowed to like a rock
band that happened to use a heavily filtered drum-loop. We can long for the
days when artists sounded like they did, and we can respect artist that move
beyond what we can comprehend. Its the repetative bitching that kills this
list, you know what i think anything you can say about confield/go
plastic/drukqs not sounding like you wanted has already been said. There
are hundreds of artists and albums brought up on this list every month, but
still the conversation always turns to the big acts on warp. This isn't the
warp list and everyone here knows were thay can get ahold of one of their
albums to decide for themselves. I mean if you have to ask what a boards of
canada album sounds like to decide if you want it, this is probably not the
best place to find out. We're here for the most part to find out what's new
and good and old classics we shouldn't have missed, not to find out what the
fastest selling album in the genre should have sounded like.
I hope that was semi-coherent and didn't offend anyone here too much, i have
learned a lot about what's missed by the mass media here and would have
never found most of the music i listen to without it. I'm just trying to
say is that while discussion of the new autechre/aphex twin/squarepusher
albums are warranted, there are hundreds of albums lost in the noise here
that you don't have to like, but should at least be discussed.
again sorry
David
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