At 01:03 -0500 27.01.97, you wrote:
quoted 15 lines Anyone care to venture why so many "idm-ambient" vidoes are, well,>
>Anyone care to venture why so many "idm-ambient" vidoes are, well,
>somewhat comparable to looking through a kallidescope(which for me only
>retains my interest for less than 1min).
>
>I suppose they are attempts at visual manifestations of the sensations the
>music is supposed to create?
>
>Or maybe becuase they are really nice to look at if you are on some tye
>of chemical?
>
>Granted, these "computer generated" and swirly images could be excellent on >a large scren in
>a club or at a live performance, with the music enveloping you, but, well,
>they seemingly lacked creativity while watching them in my bedroom on
>my TV.
There's the rub.
When I saw the first AMP on a typical sized home TV, many of the visuals simply appeared dull and repetitive.
Viewing later on a mega-screen projection TV was a completely different experience. Just sublime.
Another question for those in the know:
Why the constant emphasis on babies and psychadelic birth tunnels?
Is this a latent safe-sex message?
Zeno of Elea