Much of what you say here rings very true, to me at least.
quoted 3 lines In all seriousness, Simon Reynolds comes from a fundamentally
> In all seriousness, Simon Reynolds comes from a fundamentally
> different context in discussing music than most people on this list.
> He's all about populism, dancing, and cultural revolution.
The problem with this is that he can't recognize the value of anything
outside of his little [big] revolution. I'd venture to say that
everyone here understands the purpose of dance music. Perhaps it is
just that he feels so strongly about the rave scene that he sees IDM as
a threat to it, and thus he must try to stop it. Is Simon Reynolds a
vigilantee? (sp?)
quoted 5 lines Most IDM and the people on this list who follow it are about
> Most IDM and the people on this list who follow it are about
> abstraction, elitism (to some extent, don't tell me that you who own
> the Skam frisbee do so because it sounds great), and the fact that
> it's in opposition to most of the stuff Simon and his Dance Music
> represent.
I'll totally admit that I am somewhat of an elitist, although I don't
own a Skam frisbee, or even any releases from the skam label. (I never
really bought much IDM untill just recently... up to now, I just
created it -- I didn't realize what a big scene there was for it) But
anyway, yea, I mean, look at the name -- '**Intelegent** Dance Music'
-- I mean the name leaks elitism between every letter. I think to a
certain degree, elitism goes along with the attitude of being original.
If you weren't content with the status-quo in the first place, and felt
that you could do it better, well, that is somewhat of an elitist view
("This sucks, I could do it better"). Not that that is bad, it is a
very healthy attitiude for creativity.
-Andy!
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