on this tip, I moved to SF in spring of '99. For the past 8 or 10 years,
I've been into a wide variety of ambient stuff from biosphere to the
irresistible force to namlook to the klf and back...but ever since I moved
out here, I talk about ambient and everyone thinks kruder and dorfmeister or
thievery corp or fila brazillia. Even clubs...fliers advertising an 'ambient
room' REALLY mean downtempo. I can't tell if this is a SF thing or a
johnny-come-lately thing, but it bugs the hell out of me. Ambient is NOT the
same as downtempo...we need a car commercial to get this to the masses.
oh, and I also say 'experimental electronics' when asked what I listen to.
it just seems easier than using a term which you then have to define.
---brian
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ross Balmer [mailto:ross@tui.co.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 10:45 AM
To: IDM
Subject: Re: [idm] IDM is not downtempo (a historical analysis)
Actually I say that quite a lot. Then I usually have to qualify it because
most peoples idea of what techno is just plain wrong.
Ross.
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