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From:
Chris Fahey
To:
'IDM'
Date:
Tue, 1 Apr 1997 23:19:40 -0500
Subject:
RE: (idm) Gonzi's and cspot's final sign of the impending Apoca
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-----Original Message----- From: On Behalf Of The Rare Guy ... I mean, we are the "supporters" as he calls us, and we certainly (at least the majority) don't think that The Prodigy, Chemical Bros. and whatever the heck Eric Clapton's techno project is called is what we believe to be good electronica. I never even heard of some of the groups mentioned. If you look at what all the 15-20 year old "rave" kids with the baggy pants and the colored hair and the tongue peircings and the "I'm so freaky" attitude are listening to, you'll see that its the Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Orbital, Underworld, etc. And probably U2. It's the same as back in the mid 80's when the hip english dance music of the time hit mainstream - the Cure, New Order, Love and Rockets, etc. (And I think electronica will be just as unsuccessful, i.e., rawk will still win) What happened is the number of makeup-wearing boys and wastrel vampira girls actually INCREASED even as the core listening groups of that scene tried to disavow themselves of having ever liked the cure or whatever and turned back inwards to their Wedding Parties and their Falls and their Cabaret Voltaire. There's a huge scene of these kids. 99% of them probably never heard of Squarepusher or even aphex. The most exciting thing they will ever do in their life is X at a New Years Eve rave. They are dumb ass kids who like prodigy because they saw it on MTV. And when all these articles talk about a "burgeoning scene" of electronica, they mean ONLY those 5 or six electronic bands which MTV has in regular rotation. AMP is already going downhill, just as 120 minutes did ten years ago. It'll always have some of our freinds on it (just as 120 minutes does even now) but not quite as many. NOTE: I do not mean to offend you freaky looking people out there. I think those freaky rave kids look super sexy and much better than their grunge, jock, punk, metal, or whatever counterparts. I am freaky looking. But that's just genetics. -----Original Message----- From: On Behalf Of The Rare Guy ... I mean, we are the "supporters" as he calls us, and we certainly (at least the majority) don't think that The Prodigy, Chemical Bros. and whatever the heck Eric Clapton's techno project is called is what we believe to be good electronica. I never even heard of some of the groups mentioned.