quoted 8 lines i would have replied>i would have replied
>with my thoughts on a few albums, but apparently i don't know enough about
>idm. which brings to mind why the guy polled an idm and not a bunch of
>accredited idm critics. if most people don't happen to be able to easily
>find hrvatski records in their local shops, but are lucky enough to get BoC
>and still enjoy it, why does that make their opinion about what the best idm
>record is any less valid? just because you've heard 10 albums released this
>year doesn't mean you'll have heard the 'best' 10 anyway.
No, it's true, but if you only listen to 10 albums and only like 1 of
them, is it going to be the only one you're going to vote for ? Just
because Boards of Canada are widely distributed shouldn't be the only
reason for their position at the top of the poll. If you only vote
for artists that are easy to find in your local store, then you end
up with the entire Warp catalogue and nobody else. I mean, I must say
I was surprised to see Fennesz in the top 5 - but it's mainly because
people didn't vote only for Aphex Twin or Squarepusher... and if they
didn't, it's mainly because they knew other stuff too...
quoted 6 lines and i'm sure i wasn't the only one>and i'm sure i wasn't the only one
>who was discouraged from participating merely because of the sheer length
>and bredth of this poll. if you look carefully, if you haven't seen an idm
>artist live then you _couldn't_ complete this poll fully without lying or
>without speculating about the quality of an artist live by listening to a
>bootleg (which is not the same at all to me).
No, no no... if *you* look carefully, at the top of the poll, it says
that *only* questions 1 to 7 had to be filled out completely. It was
perfectly okay if you didn't answer to "best internet radios",
"favorite IDM record stores", "best IDM live act" and "best IDM DJ"
given that, as you said, not everybody has seen a live act or DJ
performance like not everybody listens to the radio or goes to the
record store to buy records... Anyway, all the votes I received
tackled the questions right as the directions indicated at the top of
the poll...
quoted 4 lines it's a good idea to poll. i like polls. i find them interesting but just>it's a good idea to poll. i like polls. i find them interesting but just
>because someone can't list their 15 favourite labels doesn't mean their
>opinions on idm aren't relevant to a poll. although they were obviously not
>relevant to _this_ poll.
Well, first of all, it's 10 labels, then, what would you answer if
the question was asked and you didn't have to name 10 ? Well, a lot
of people would have still probably answered Warp and Skam as the
poll shows, but I don't think there would've been much room for
labels like Plug Research or Tigerbeat6 for the simple reason that
they're not half as famous... If you give a wider range of answers,
you give a fair chance to the smaller labels and for the other
categories, the less famous artists...
Besides, there's probably at least one record that you haven't
listened to that is featured in the results, and if several people
voted for it, I think it makes it worth a listen, doesn't it ?
Now, imagine that you don't know any of these artists. Don't you
think that these results reflect a nice little discography to own ? -
I think it does... and it's not just Warp stuff just because they're
well distributed...
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