I suppose I should weigh in on this since I wrote the IDM Ring
introduction that's spawned so much debate. I'd definitely agree with
the theory that IDM's a community. All the artists we discuss play
off one another. Autechre names Mantronix, Stockhausen, and George
Clinton as influences, so they're on-topic. Autechre, Squarepusher,
and Luke Vibert remix DJ Food, bringing Ninja Tune into the fold.
Coldcut mixes Plastikman with James Brown, Autechre adds a Chic
sample to their Basscadet remix, the list goes on and on... I
wouldn't try to put all these artists in the same genre, though. They
all have very diverse sounds. If anything, they're just connected by
some sort of post-modern funky vibe. That's what makes this list so
cool.
Jacob
At 12:36 AM +0000 7/2/00, idm-digest-help@hyperreal.org wrote:
quoted 26 lines Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 15:47:48 +0800>Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 15:47:48 +0800
>To: idm@hyperreal.org, "BABYDIDDY@LINEONE" <BABYDIDDY@LINEONE.NET>
>From: atom <kadrock@pipeline.com>
>Subject: Re: idm - describing your music
>Message-Id: <a04310101b5834f5fd8a5@[165.247.42.199]>
>
>hi,
>
>yeah, maybe you're right... I was being literal and kind of just
>joking, and mainly humorously responding to another message. In
>reality, as I said, a genre is just a simple way to explain what your
>music sounds like to other people, so I don't mind when people call
>my music IDM, because I would prefer to be associated with the sound
>of Autechre and Aphex Twin etc., although I think probably they all
>sound a bit different, just not to the layman. I haven't listened to
>all the artists you mentioned, so can't agree or dispute (though I
>know Mira Calix sounds a lot like Autechre) so I would say yes,
>there are some that have THAT "sound" and some are different, but are
>they still IDM? does it matter?
>It is good in another respect in that artsits in this "genre" may
>have some kind of community. But in my experience if you ask many
>musicians what their genre is, they'll probably not want to answer
>with one word, or have an answer at all.
>
>cheers
>Atom
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