quoted 3 lines Is Plastikman IDM? Sure. Lots of people have said so. Plastikman while>Is Plastikman IDM? Sure. Lots of people have said so. Plastikman while
>minimalist maintains an enormous amount of subtlety and undeniable
>intelligence.quoted 1 line What about Hardfloor? Before you spring to your toes and try to lynch>What about Hardfloor? Before you spring to your toes and try to lynch
me,
quoted 2 lines consider their careful buildups, their exquisite use of the 303, their>consider their careful buildups, their exquisite use of the 303, their
>crashing climaxes, the twists and turns they take, and tell me that
isn't
quoted 1 line subtle. Tell me that isn't intelligent.>subtle. Tell me that isn't intelligent.
Right firstly you say that IDM isn't dance music, then you say that
Plastikman and Hardfloor are IDM.
Have you ever seen the effect that a Hardfloor track has on a
dancefloor? I would say that a high percentage of IDM doesn't exactly
set a dancefloor alight, but certain artists can be intelligent with
their music without losing the dance edge (Hardfloor for one)
I totally agree with you about the Prodigy though.
I'll get a thousand abusive e-mails for this, but I would describe the
Prodigy as IDM.
Given that a lot of their stuff is crap, but listen to "Narayan" and
take away the vocals and you're left with a very intelligent atmospheric
piece of music - listen to Claustrophobic Sting. It's a shame that the
MTV generation have picked up on Liam's work, but at least he still
keeps the edge despite commercial pressures.
See Ya
Paul