Well, I've been readin the thread about shoegazing these last few days
and its got to be said that I think there's little or no difference between
some of these bands and certain types of IDM. For example, I challenge
anyone to tell the difference between Main's track "Suspension" (an ambient
chill-in nightmare that sets anyone on edge, very low-level sound with
a nonrhythmic drum tap that sounds unnerving to say the least) and
Atom Heart's "One Atomsecond" (much the same, without drum tap, but all done
with computers).
Seefeel got a lot fo their influence from My Bloody Valentine, and if you
listen to 1991's "Loveless" album you can certainly see which way they are
heading. Kevin Shields has been quoted as saying he's now going to use his
samplers with computers instead of with guitars (to a certain extent).
Some of the Reload stuff from "Short stories" tends to remind me vaguely of
Slowdive, to a lesser extent. I think both scenes of ambient DM and shoegazing
are pretty much paralleled in a lot of ways - both pretty diverse and original.
Anyway, thats my 2p on the subject!
darko
3-beyond.....