At 10:08 AM 7/16/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>> > Yeah i find that really strange.
>> > Some people seem to be using "laptop"
>> > as if its a style of music.
Is it really so strange? I haven't come across anybody who "seems" to be
using the presence of laptops as anything but a quality of the performance
(similar to describing a stage setup or something), but using laptops as a
dividing line for a type of electronic music would be at least as accurate
as the term "IDM" is.
If you go to
http://www.brainwashed.com/brain/brainv04i26.html
and do a Find for the word "laptop" it will pop up 5 times in 4 reviews.
once in the thomas jirku review as a "strong laptop glitchery foundation"
twice in the fennesz review, once as "Laptop wiz-boy" and as "laptop
contemporaries"
once in the hrvatski review as a "split between minimal glitch/laptop,
"IDM", and loud, distorted drum & bass stylings"
and once in the twilight circus review as "This is the real shit, not
dub-style glitchy laptop stuff, but a real person playing the drums, bass,
guitar and organ."
So apparently, the reviewers are considering "laptop music" as minimal
glitchy stuff.
Those reviews were what prompted me to write in my response to the original
poster, saying that "laptop" is apparently a music style now.
cheers,
/derek
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