CiM wrote on Wed, 14 Feb 96 11:47:51 GMT :
quoted 4 lines Which brings me to your other point - about DJ'ing IDM. I'm intrigued to> Which brings me to your other point - about DJ'ing IDM. I'm intrigued to
> know - what do other list members think about a complete night of DJ'd IDM?
> Would it work? Would it fail? (Assuming here, that the DJ has a certain
> degree of competence).
Well it depends how broadly you define IDM, but I always enjoy nights at
Oscillate here in Birmingham. The DJ's don't even mix, but the music is great.
They start early on with mellow, even dubby stuff like Seefeel and as the place
fills up they crank the volume and the tempos. I can recall hearing stuff like
Biosphere, Black Dog, Orbital, The Fires of Ork, getting a very good response,
but they don't go into pure 313 or harder techno territory too much, often
working instead on the syncopated stuff. I must say I can't really remember
clearly what was going on any particular occasion I was there (once I get on
the floor I'm in my own little world), and of course they always have 1 or 2
live acts - last one I went to was Autechre and Freeform, which is a fair
indication of where they're coming from. There's plenty of bangin' dancefloor
oriented music out there with a definite intelligent side to it.
J
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