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Is Autechre really IDM though? I always though of them as techno or edm. On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 2:45 PM Rjyan Kidwell <cexwell@gmail.com> wrote:

quoted 148 lines WAIT wait I mean:

> WAIT wait I mean: > Cex "Am I Soundboy" https://youtu.be/QVXf6_plGy8 > > Cex "Sean Wilkes Booth" https://youtu.be/7AT3nlpYqUI > > Cex "Vapor Ops" https://youtu.be/obPnUSjJLsw > > > On Fri, Jun 4, 2021, 5:32 PM Alex Kolesnichenko <support@bytegems.com> > wrote: > >> FWIW, Ae of Incunabula to LP5 period is rather “archetypical” IDM. >> >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> *From:* c. jones <coda27@hotmail.com> >> *Sent:* Friday, June 4, 2021 1:36 PM >> *Cc:* IDM List <idm@hyperreal.org> >> *Subject:* Re: Archetypical IDM >> >> >> >> I'm a gatekeeper, so I just tell them Autechre or Merzbow to scare them >> off from all the "glitchy left-field abstract electronic noise & bleeps" I >> like so much. If I really liked them, maybe I'd recommend Girl/Boy song by >> Aphex Twin (that entire album is THE most archetypical work of mainstream >> IDM as far as I'm concerned, there were prominent online artists the >> following years that reinforced the sound more for me though...anyone >> remember MP3.com?) or really anything from Boards of Canada; Aphex & BOC >> seem to be the stepping stone for a normie's foray into IDM. I'm pretty >> sure whenever I tell people I like IDM, they're mishearing me and think I >> mean EDM anyway, so Skrillex. I recommend Skrillex. Any Skrillex song. >> Listen to Skrillex or die. Throw away all your tapes & CDs and replace them >> with Skrillex albums. Have you downloaded your Skrillex yet? Don't worry: >> I'm sending you all Skrillex files anyway. >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* Memjutsu <mehmet.ismail85@gmail.com> >> *Sent:* Friday, June 4, 2021 13:43 >> *To:* Hugh Davison <hugh@hughdavison.com> >> *Cc:* John D <john.m.dalton.iii@gmail.com>; IDM List <idm@hyperreal.org> >> *Subject:* Re: Archetypical IDM >> >> >> >> Autechre - lera >> >> James Holden - Gone Feral >> >> Curve - Falling Free (Aphex Twin Mix) >> >> >> >> And another vote for Red Hot Car, has to be included! >> >> >> >> On 4 Jun 2021, at 18:08, Hugh Davison <hugh@hughdavison.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> Loving these lists guys - if any of you felt like including links I >> wouldn't complain >> >> >> >> 😂 >> >> >> >> Being the lazy bastard I am >> >> >> >> Here are three of my current favs: >> >> >> >> Gas - Zauberberg <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKsLvEkefTc> >> >> Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani - Closed Circuit >> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGxoQTPFtyw> >> >> Abul Mogard - Half Light of Dawn >> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uf8hFbm0Ls> >> >> >> >> I may be swinging a little off centre here, so forgive me... >> >> >> >> but worth a listen nonetheless... >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 6:12 PM John D <john.m.dalton.iii@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Spooky - Fingerbobs >> >> Squarepusher - Fat Controller >> >> BOC - Happy Cycling >> >> Hello list, >> >> given the following conversation that at least some of you should be >> familiar with: >> >> They: "What kind of music do you like?" >> You: "Electronic music." >> They: "Oh, techno? I love that, too." >> You: "Well, not really techno... let me show you." >> >> Assuming you'd think .oO(IDM), pick *three tracks* from the top of your >> head and/or the bottom of your heart to help them understand. They don't >> need to be the "best" tracks (whatever that means) or the most popular (who >> cares), but what you think is somewhat suitable for a nonverbal/acoustic >> definition of your perspective of what's going in this part of the >> universe. (I know it's difficult. Maybe it should be albums instead of >> tracks or five or fifty instead of three, but for the sake of >> simplicity...) I start, in no particular order: >> >> Autechre - Gantz Graf >> Aphex Twin - Ziggomatic 17 >> Boards of Canada - Turquoise Hexagon Sun >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Hugh Davison >> >> Cell: 072 658 2597 >> >> Website: http://hughdavison.com/ >> >>

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