Please all, remember that this awful "IDM" term only
was coinded to this list a name. Nothing else.
--- Rev Simon Rumble <simon@rumble.net> wrote:
quoted 48 lines On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 12:10:32AM -0500,
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 12:10:32AM -0500,
> _Dipfthong_ uttered:
> > What's happening here guys ?
> >
> > Remember funky ? danceable tracks ?
>
> I have to agree. I can't stand the term IDM, it's
> worse than the
> ghastly "electronica" and almost as bad as
> "Progressive <anything>".
>
> Things have definitely taken a turn towards the
> non-musical. While
> I'm happy for someone, somewhere to be pushing
> boundaries, it's boring
> gobshite if you ask me. The elitism of being into
> this crap can be
> quite tedious at times. Accessible does not mean
> bad: tell me that
> Massive Attack weren't groundbreaking in their day,
> and commerically
> successful?
>
> > No BASSLINES!? , beats (remember DRUMS!?)
> > funk to speak of. i find this really sad.
>
> I think you're being a bit narrow. Good music can
> be built without
> basslines and drums. This is another reason I don't
> like the term
> IDM: most of the music I listen to, which would
> probably be called
> IDM, is undancable.
>
> > Stop with this trendy BULLSHIT.
>
> Hehe. This rock'n'roll stuff will never catch on.
>
> --
> Rev Simon Rumble Current physical location:
> London, UK
> simon@rumble.net
> http://www.rumble.net
>
> Lubarsky's Law of Cybernetic Entomology:
> There's always one more bug.
>
>
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