"kurt(bway.net)" wrote:
quoted 3 lines I think it's a mistake to accept this high/low art dichotomy in the
> >I think it's a mistake to accept this high/low art dichotomy in the
> >first place, I don't believe it helps us to understand what's going on
> >with different genres of music.quoted 3 lines I don't know. I'm no snob. but having spent a lot of time with
> I don't know. I'm no snob. but having spent a lot of time with
> electronica in the last couple years, i'd have to say that most of it
> isn't built to last particularly, it's casual, disposable culture.
I agree -- but what does that have to do with high/low art? I think the
'disposable' nature of much electronic music may have more to do with the
accelerated speed at which our culture is changing, as well as the 'open
form' characteristic of many tracks -- by which I mean that your average
techno track isn't really a composition in itself, it's meant as
construction material for a DJ to use.
Having said that, though, there are certainly IDM/techno/drum'n'bass
whatever recordings that I would consider 'classic' and that I expect to
continue selling for a long time to come. I love some of Derrick May's
earliest Detroit tracks for example, and still play them at gigs
sometimes.
quoted 5 lines I
> I
> don't know, I guess the same is true of a lot of stuff in the
> classical world, though, at its best, that world has a lot more
> intellectual support (teachers, books, critics, history, theory, etc)
> which can prod people towards more complex achievements.
I dislike most of the music that comes out of that world because it's 100%
head music in most cases, while great dance music addresses the whole
person, mind and body. In the case of 'classical' music, this is a
reflection of the mind/body split which has troubled Western civilization
for centuries...
I'm really interested in the crossover which seems to be having at the far
end of IDM and academia, though. I attended a recent meeting of SEAMUS
(the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the US) and had one of my
abstract pieces played there in March, it was interesting to see just how
little difference there is between some of the music coming from
electronic composers in academia and recent Autechre, for example. It
seems to be taboo to use a regular beat in academia, however...
John
--
John von Seggern
DJ/producer
Digital Cutup Lounge
Hong Kong
http://www.digitalcutuplounge.com
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