On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Guillaume Grenier wrote:
quoted 12 lines The vast majority of IDM currently released seems to be very static> The vast majority of IDM currently released seems to be very static
> harmonically, exploits often a single idea for a whole track and is
> extremely dependent on unchanging loops. While that can sometimes give nice
> results, I'd be very interested in hearing suggestions of music that's
> exactly the opposite.
>
> I'm looking for IDM-ish (or somewhat related) music that does NOT match
> these criteria: music that is harmonically very rich and dynamic, that
> develops itself extensively, that does not revolve abusively (or even at
> all!) around loops.
>
> Does it exist?
I think some of these things match at least one of those criteria:
One thing that I finally discovered (I know, I know, I'm a fool) and which
I find very solid musically is Jega's "Spectrum". It's not anything
ground breaking harmonically, but it's very rich melodically and
rhythmically, there's good development in the tracks and it takes some
nice unexpected turns at times. I think I even heard a modulation in one
track :-).
Then there are some very nice lush moments on the last 2 Mouse On Mars
albums, "Niun Niggung" and "Idiology".
Like someone else already pointed out there tends to be a good amount of
harmonic content in Squarepusher's stuff, probably more so in his pre-Go
Plastic output, and he definitely strays away from the loop approach.
Other things that come to mind:
post "Hangable Auto Bulb" Aphex
Bisk's "Ticklish Matters"
maybe Jake Mandell's "The Placekick EP" on Carpark
Stuff on Carpet Bomb
Telefon Tel Aviv
some Atom Heart / Uwe Schmidt
recent Burnt Friedman
Hrvatski
Phthalocyanine
Leafcutter John
Lexaunculpt
Andrei
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