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Re: IDM - the ProgRock of the 90's?

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1994-10-16 15:33Darshan M. Jesrani Re: IDM - the ProgRock of the 90's?
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1994-10-16 15:33Darshan M. JesraniIf it's true that the majority of IDM-listeners are white, college-aged males, what is it
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If it's true that the majority of IDM-listeners are white, college-aged males, what is it about the music that necessitates that this be the case? Do you think it has something to do with the availability of the music? The music itself? The origins of the music (which, if Detroit is cited as a major influence, are a combination of African-American and European styles). Just wondering about all of this.. Darshan
1994-10-16 16:16fms@MIT.EDU. Do you think it has something to do with the availability of the music? . The music itse
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. Do you think it has something to do with the availability of the music? . The music itself? The origins of the music (which, if Detroit is cited . as a major influence, are a combination of African-American and European . styles). The availability certainly may be an issue. Most idm and ambient music is being produced in England and generally sold for import prices. Who has the money to waste :) on all this stuff? Though that really only applies for America... Oh, but you need equipment of some kind to make techno. The chances of your parents or older friends having equipment that you can beg, borrow, or steal is rather slim so you probably have to have some amount of money to set up a studio of some sort. In any case, I would say that money is definately an issue. I've never really been obsessed with the racial makeup of the various groups I like. I thought that Dr Patterson was black for quite a while based on some bad photos of the orb... [fletcher]
1994-10-17 18:01rweisend@tuba.aix.calpoly.edu>. Do you think it has something to do with the availability of the music? >. The music it
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quoted 9 lines . Do you think it has something to do with the availability of the music?>. Do you think it has something to do with the availability of the music? >. The music itself? The origins of the music (which, if Detroit is cited >. as a major influence, are a combination of African-American and European >. styles). > >The availability certainly may be an issue. Most idm and ambient music >is being produced in England and generally sold for import prices. Who >has the money to waste :) on all this stuff? Though that really only >applies for America...
I remember posing the race/gender question to this list almost a year ago, and I never got a definitive answer. I think that a big reason why there seems to be a stereotype idm-listener is that in the US, IDM is very unaccessible to a lot of people. Where I am, it gets absolutely no radio airplay, the local record stores don't carry it, and none of my friends even know anything about it (except what I tell them). In fact, the only way for me to find out about good IDM is this list. I have to purchase all of my IDM thru mail order, so I don't get to listen to it before hand (I've made many purchasing mistakes, i.e. the several trance comps that are gathering dust right now). So if you don't have Internet access, IDM doesn't exist. -bob OnNow: CabVoltaire - Conversation