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The Dragon Reborn
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Wed, 12 Jun 1996 17:21:42 +0000
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(idm) (Fwd) We IDMers are famous...!!!
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Oooops!!! This message was meant to go here but I sent it to UK-Dance by accident!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hey y'alls, I was reading the latest UK-Dance digest (1516) and something funny caught my eye:
quoted 3 lines Depending on what you're into, IDM and 313 are also pretty good -> > Depending on what you're into, IDM and 313 are also pretty good - > >IDM's got the best 'signal-to-noise' ratio of all the mailing lists, > >IMO...
Agreed!
quoted 4 lines IDM does have incerdible SNR, but you have to be a complete spotter, I> IDM does have incerdible SNR, but you have to be a complete spotter, I > mean, there's a huge thread of people trying to work out what > equipment squarepusher uses from the photo of his studio on the CD > inlay - sad or wot?
This had me giggling for some time...It's amazing to realize that all this time, we've been under the microscope...
quoted 6 lines Time for a dodgy opinion:> Time for a dodgy opinion: > One of the only underground music genres at the moment is IDM. > House, techno, jungle, trip-hop, trance - they're all in the public > eye in a big way. Clubs galore for all these types of music. IDM is > rare in clubs, and only true affectionadoes like it - it ain't the > latest trendy thing to be into (Unlike dolphin).
Thoughts on this? I hadn't really thought about this before...when I think of Techno. I really haven't thought about the fact that the IDM vibe is the most "underground"...Life's strange sometimes...This is a perfect example of why I can't fully grasp the genre-wars. I always tend to assume that anybody who likes techno likes ALL forms of it as long as the particular track is well done (BTW, I consider ambient to be a form of techno in that it is usually electronic). I think I'm perhaps being way to fucking naive, but I tend to assume that all lovers of techno exhibit heightened thinking patterns and sees the music as way more than music. I guess in an infinite universe, there exists the possiblity that to some, techno is just about a cool song with a funky beat...
quoted 4 lines I'm not saying that there isn't underground techno/house/jungle> I'm not saying that there isn't underground techno/house/jungle > events, of course there are, but these styles are blatantly known to > be trendy and cool - IDM is seen as rather geekish (Judjing by the > IDM list, that's true).
ROFL!!! :) Apparently, we're the geeks of Techno...quite an auspicious title...! Peace out, The Dragon Reborn -------------------------------------------------------- "You have to burn in order to shine." - Coil --------------------------------------------------------