hi people,
I'm interested in the notion of "IDM" itself.
What, for instance, differentiates it from
alt.techno? How come people like underworld,
or orbital never get talked about in here?
How come 'drum and bass' gets talked about,
when it can also be on the 'stupid' tip??
hiphop??
ragga??
surely, these are intelligent?
they can *both* come out of roland boxes too.
"Intelligent Techno" was a marketing device/label
dreamt up by suits/journo's about 3 (or was it 4)
years ago.
Sometimes i can find the term insulting. are we
saying that classic "techno" as produced by people
like derrick may isn't "intelligent"?
Similarly, when it was underground (alive) it was
called "Jungle", now it's called "drum and bass"
and is subliminally under adverts for everything
from cars to shampoo.
Underground?
I don't think there is one anymore.
The majors appear to have everything pretty much
sewn up. The pirate radio, once crackling with new
volatile energies, now just cranks out the same old
tunes.
Blech?
Exactly.
Repent, and dig out your irdial records.
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