it's exactly the same problem as the 10,000 jokers with electric guitars
in their garages, wailing away trying to be the next nirvana or limp
bizkit or whatever ... once the tools are readily available people will
start picking them up and trying to become craftsmen.
it's easy as hell to download a granulation patch and start making a
racket and "sound like autechre" but the key to real Quality (in the Zen
and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenence sense of the word) is not the tools,
but the creative impulse behind their use. If you just try to sound like
Autechre, chances are you will come up with a reasonable facsimile of an
Autechre sound. But the thing that people should remember when they are
trying to be "the next Autechre" is that Autechre did not become the
touchstone of IDM by trying to be "the next Aphex Twin" ... they came at
it with a completely individual approach and a distinctive sound.
Anyway, with regard to filtering for Quality: that's what this list is
for... when "the next Autechre" does finally appear, you'll probably hear
about it here.
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