quoted 3 lines aphex twin or autechre. It really is not the greatest thing for me, because>aphex twin or autechre. It really is not the greatest thing for me, because
>this list is the only place where i can discuss this music. I know that 'idm'
>is bigger in the uk than here, but by how much? I have no way of knowing.
erm.. well from what i've been told, it sure seems that way doesn't it :)
it's really not though. most schools are full of kids who have no clue who
autechre is either.
quoted 7 lines I think that one thing that might stop idm from ever being that big in my>I think that one thing that might stop idm from ever being that big in my
>kind of popcentric area is its name: intelligentdancemusic whoever thought of
>the name pretty much dragged the chances of experimental techno ever being
>popular in the US into the street and shot it. not that i ever needed to say
>this but anything having to do with intelligence is almost always labled
>elitist (even though i dont possibly see how listeners of a kind of music can
>be elite, because all you have to do is listen to it to be a listener).
i think that by having such a label it keeps the music harder to define
exactly, which is good because it's fittingly hard to categorize. and most
people don't like that. they like punk or rap or boy bands. they don't
like punk and rap and boy bands, and if they do, they probably own an
autechre cd :)
quoted 2 lines Popular music in my area seems to be all about image, not really the> Popular music in my area seems to be all about image, not really the
>music itself. Does idm, or any idm musicians, have an image?
its image is its non image. which is why it avoids most media. and why
the media liked rdj.
cheers,
/derek
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