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to move on... ok, i'll give that a shot if you will... minimalist stuffs are ok by me... but i haven't found anything german new in a while... i'm not as enthusiastic about it anymore... i have heard my share of t. brinkmann, etc. ... do you have any recommendations? listening to the beauty forward comp at the moment though which is still nice btw friend s r, i hate madonna as much as anyone might... not that there is anything wrong with her, lol... hate anyone interesting lately...? just kidding with you : ) i'll tell you about my musical taste when i have a _better definition_ of it... suffice it to say i hear way too much music and many styles, so i know enough not to hate on any one thing... i love diversity and humor... the minimalist stuff i still like wouldn't be fun if all music was like this... anyway help a guy out with some recommendations eh... let's see what you're about : ) greetings _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 2 lines my opinion of music is my personal taste no more

>my opinion of music is my personal taste no more >no less

next time you advance a personal opinion, then, you just *might* want to phrase it in less dogmatic terms that those with which you wrote off the entire musical output of the "third world" as crap.

quoted 4 lines you, Fuminaro, may be like Bowie, Madonna, i

>you, Fuminaro, may be like Bowie, Madonna, i >dont know , whoever- >i like german minimalizm compared to what other >stuff suck.

it's interesting that you bring up this point, because i just got off the phone from an hourlong conversation with thomas brinkmann -- who i think most of us would agree rather epitomizes "german minimalizm" -- and much of our conversation centered on they hybridity in his music, and the complex roots of german music -- US military presence in the 60s and 70s introducing afro-american soul, post-pinochet chilean exiles introducing a latin element in the 80s and 90s -- and that this hybridity stands in stark opposition to deep-seated notions of "purity," both racial and cultural, which even now fuckers like jorg haider are trying to resurrect. in other words, it's quite subversive. and it entails knowing a *little* something about other forms of music. but i guess you'd miss that part. and did you know that throughout latin america, germanic techno actually has a huge presence? it's very influential in mexico, chile, argentina, with the result that there's a surprising amount of cross-pollination between those cultures (btw, i'm not calling latin america *one* culture, either). i think you need to learn a little something about nuance, and stop assuming that the thing you happen to like is the *only* thing with value. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org