I'll admit right now, I am shamelessly looking for stuff to check out,
cramming everyone's regurgitated opinions into my musical taste brutally
and flagrantly! Oh I have no soul! ha, not.
I have been working like an idiot night and day for some stupid dot com and
my IDM landscape right now is basically the latest Warp stuff, that Murcof
record (which I love) and some old Ulrich Schnauss, and I have had no
chance to check out other stuff ...
Actually I don't have a favorite IDM, that's why I'm asking you guys. I
think my favorite album of 2003 (overall) was the new Outkast!
Thanks,
dave
On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, chthonic wrote:
quoted 117 lines the only way in which i agree with this is that pure "lists" without
>
> the only way in which i agree with this is that pure "lists" without
> any exposition do nothing to help. some description, and even
> links to soundclips would be helpful.
>
> i don't think best-of lists need to be ranked or rated. simply "this
> stuff came out this year, this is what it sounds like, this is why i like
> it".
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "robert stanton" <industrialrobot@hotmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 09:36:08 -0600
>
> >Hello list,
> >
> >I think that the 'best of 2003' concept is not a productive thread
> topic,
> >and as such would advise list-members to forgo writing one.
> >
> >As some of you may recall, I once ran a site devoted towards
> 'reviewing'
> >electronic music and was very much a part of the whole 'rating
> albums'
> >schema. Since that has ended, however, I have had time to
> reflect on the
> >status of music in contemporary society and have found that even
> in the
> >'underground,' it is viewed as and expected to be an industry.
> This should
> >not be surprising considering that 'popular' music is an industry
> that we
> >are constantly exposed on a daily basis; what transpires, then, is
> a
> >connection with music as pertaining to some 'industry,' whatever
> it may be.
> >The purpose of most music 'reviewing' today is to provide, then, a
> >consumptive schema for what is being reviewed; what ultimately
> comes to the
> >fore is whether or not the album is worth purchasing. Partly as a
> result of
> >this, critical interpretation is limited or ignored altogether, and the
> >significance of any one piece of music is dissolved into exchange
> value
> >instead of use value.
> >
> >'Best of' lists must be viewed in this context as they are, typically,
> lists
> >of recommendations to purchase based upon someone else's
> abstract notions of
> >worth. The most one usually receives is an artist and album,
> along with a
> >sentence or two of why the album is 'good,' which essentially
> translates
> >into why it should be consumed. Thus, 'best of' lists are nothing
> more than
> >advertising (as much as we would like to believe they are
> expressions of
> >personal aesthetic) and contribute to a standardization of music.
> This
> >occurs because the small descriptions become templates for
> further
> >production (this word was chosen explicitly for its meaning) of
> music in the
> >future. In popular music, a conservatism develops regardless of
> artistic
> >endeavors in part because of the limited forms allowed by the
> culture
> >industry; all else is regarded as 'alien' and thus 'not good.' Of
> course
> >this effect is minimal in the lesser-known musics as they are
> less dominated
> >by a hierarchy of public opinion and culture industry
> dissemination; still,
> >we can see the early fragments of this developing here as well,
> as many
> >yearn for the 'good old days.' This is why I feel 'best of' lists are
> not
> >useful in the least, and a new way of expressing opinion must be
> created.
> >
> >I would like to present the idea of a collective listening and
> discussion of
> >albums that members feel are excellent (not necessarily
> exclusively from
> >this year). While I am not sure what the exact result of this would
> be, it
> >most likely would disrupt the pattern of 'this is good so consume'
> >mentality, bring participating listmembers closer, and potentially
> return
> >thoughtful listening and discussion to the music. If enough are
> interested,
> >I will be happy to set up the framework for such an endeavor
> (others would
> >be welcomed to lead, of course).
> >
> >Regards,
> >Robert
> >
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