Is it time again already for this discussion? The
"where's all the good stuff?" discussion?
"It's all too [noisy, wanky, DSP'd, simple, difficult,
melodic, beaty, smooth, crunchy, whatever you hate]
lately; where's all the good stuff I used to like?"
1) There is no "new IDM vs. old IDM". There are
numerous artists doing a broad range of styles.
1b) There *are* more artists and a broader range of
styles now than there have been in the past. This is
a good thing.
2) If you don't like what you're listening to, turn it
off.
3) If you prefer what you were listening to
previously, go back to it. Enjoy it. You went
through the effort of obtaining it, didn't you?
4) If you absolutely must have new music, try out new
stuff. Don't expect to like everything.
4a) If you try out artists X, Y, and Z, and none of
them appeal to you, don't assume that you've tried out
every artist and therefore know everything, and
definitely don't start complaining that "all this new
IDM is so [_____]; what happened to the good stuff?"
4b) Maybe ask the list for suggestions. Say what you
liked before, what you don't like now; you're bound to
get some good pointers. Again, keep in mind that you
won't like everything, nor will every suggestion be a
good one *for you*.
5) Are Telefon Tel Aviv really IDM? What is IDM
anyway?
5b) Don't you even dare to ask the list the question
posed in #5 above, ask it of yourself.
6) If you're going to complain about the "sad state of
IDM today" or some such nonsense, don't conclude your
message with a statement like "i'll take vanetian
snares over tel aviv..." Obviously you know a current
artist that you do like, and all you wanted to do was
express distaste and negativity towards another
current artist that you don't like.
6b) In other words, if you're enjoying some music, and
other people are enjoying different music, and you
don't like the music that other people are enjoying,
it's very childish and pathetic to try to turn the
situation into a pissing match over whose favorite
artists are "better." (As if such a thing were even
possible...)
-Adam
(who has violate most, if not all, of these points at
one time or another in the past, but learned from his
mistakes ;)
--- nat hawks <natbot@hotmail.com> wrote:
quoted 16 lines i fully agree with brian here and i'm starting to
> i fully agree with brian here and i'm starting to
> get erked by the IDM i've
> been coming across. it's getting too complacent.
> where is the passion?!
> there's no fire in this music. too passive.
>
> i came into this music through early aphex and
> mu-ziq. that shit rocks like
> anything rocks. it kicks ass. IDM these days seems
> way way too glossy and
> dreamy and dead. and as a disclaimer i'll claim
> ignorance of every niche of
> the scene right now, so dont get mad at me, show me
> what there is...
>
> i'll take vanetian snares over tel aviv...
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