quoted 12 lines On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 10:45:40AM +0000, dj fishead wrote:>On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 10:45:40AM +0000, dj fishead wrote:
> > Investigate the likes of Arthur Brown, Delia Derbyshire, Neu, early
>Portion
> > Control, Wire...
>
>Interesting one, this. I love Wire - probably my favourite band - but I've
>never thought of them as being very IDM. I suppose you could make a case
>for some of the late-80s/early-90s stuff, or the sonic experiments around
>the time of 154.
>
>Maybe I should play You Hung Your Lights In The Trees/A Craftsman's Touch
>out in my DJ set this weekend.
154 is a pretty phenomenal record - and the number of artists that have
covered the band (Big Black, Fischerspooner, Dabrye, Mike Watt and Lush -
who did a great version of Outdoor Miner as a b-side)... It's not
quote-unquote idm - but their songwriting was pretty damn influential - and
various member did move in substantially more electronic directions with
their solo work.
There are a ridiculous number of non-idm works that have had a substantial
influence on this whole fandangled idm thing - and I guess my point is that
it's rather near-sighted to cite someone directly involved with the whole
movement (even though he seems to be more fond of calling it braindance) as
the godfather of it all... especially when he's a bit of johnny come-lately
alongside someone like Stockhausen.
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