quoted 4 lines No, but you *can* expect this list to be a place where people often express>No, but you *can* expect this list to be a place where people often express
>their opinion's of music - whether it's old music or new. Which is the
>whole point - a place where people can discuss the music of Aphex Twin,
>Boards of Canada, Squarepusher, and the like.
| -somrux.
why the heck do we insist on classifying "IDM" as the same old artists.
i dont even LISTEN to aphex or squarepusher anymore. squarepushers
last decent album was big loada. aphex's was the RDJ album! autechre
hasn't made a good album since Chaistic Slide. the point is is that
the face of good electronic music has changed, and we have to admit
this, instead of telling people to go buy Autechre's back catalog.
With artists like B. Fleischmann, Abfahrt Hinwil, Solvent, Arovane,
Prefuse 73, and many others coming on strong, there isn't any reason
to continue talking about has-been artists who haven't made a decent
track since 1997. And even if you want to talk about "old" classics,
why not bring up stuff like Funkstorung, Bochum Welt, Cylob, and Push
Button Objects? The 1990's weren't owned by RDJ and Booth & Brown.
Continuing to pigeonhole the idea of "IDM" into the few artists
constantly mentioned limits the scope of records that new members may
want to check out.
While I am not saying that somrux was saying exactly what I am
talking about, his comment shows how limited in diversity most of the
music mentioned on IDM is. i, for one, cannot even fathom how so many
people have chimed in about aphex's new CD drukqs. do we really need
50 emails with one-sentence replies about how good or bad you think
it is? the man hasn't made anything worth talking about in years. why
do we hang on, waiting for any piss of his to hit our ears? why not
read some release lists and get listening to some new music?
my rant is over. replies with actual thought-out sentences will be
read. anything else will be ignored.
shane
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