quoted 6 lines I think i'm on the IDM is a mailing list not a genre team though.> I think i'm on the IDM is a mailing list not a genre team though.
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> Because as a genre is makes no sense. I mean...are the squarepusher
> tracks here he plays bass not IDM? What about the whole Morr music
> catalog? I think compared to other ways of labeling and discussing
> music, IDM is inclusive of the tangents...
I don't really care what people call things, but open-mindedness to different sounds and different styles, and blurring of boundaries between them is usually a good thing. It's always nice to hear a record that doens't just fit into a genre and then continue exactly as you'd expect something of that genre to continue - that's half the fun of 'progressive' music.
So provided that we can continue to discuss things coming from detroit techno, drum and bass, ambient, post rock, abstract glitch, electro and hip hop as well as Autechre clones I'll be happy whether we call it IDM or not.
My favorite things I've bought this year have included
Secret Frequency Crew - Forest of Echo Down (case in point - my first response when the brass came in was 'ug - this is trip hop. I don't like trip hop.' But then I realised what I was doing, and that it was actually just top music.)
Hamijama - their side of the split 12" with Diamond Ice.
V/A The Delivery Room (Leaf) (proper eclectic.)
Shitmat - Full English Breakfest (if only for the silliest inlay card of the year.)
The Futureheads - The Futureheads (second time this has come up on idml - invasion of the indie-kids!)
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