as with most new music it's all a matter of equilibrium. Microscopic sounds
are starting to make the transition from a new trend to a more established
subgenre. While it will retain to some extent its own niche audience (one
which developed quite rapidly, from my own observation) it will inevitably
begin to become assimilated into the larger scheme of things musically, a
phenomenon which is nothing new and is not limited to electronic music.
It seems like a lot of the more extreme minimal stuff out there is pushing
it almost to its limits, and it will be interesting to see where it goes. I
think the "pendulum" so to speak is going to start coming back toward more
musicality, though, if the last few years of the same back and forth pattern
are any indication.
Microscopic stuff, some of it is great, there seems to be some rather
average stuff as well as is the case with any new music trend. I really like
the majority of the Mille Plateaux stuff I've heard, and the 12K comp I
picked up is good too..... but I still have to give highest praise to Oval's
entire discography, since he did it first and, in my opinion, consistently
does it better, if less extremely. Also, Panacea's "Brasilia" made some
interesting combinations of his more hardcore d&b background along with
microscopic sounds and harsh noise.... not entirely listenable, but some
interesting sounds and ideas :-)
quoted 35 lines From: "k. aleh" <eatthis@xs4all.nl>
>From: "k. aleh" <eatthis@xs4all.nl>
>To: idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: Re: [idm] is anyone into microscopic stuff?
>Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2000 07:51:59 +0200
>
>i don't know if it all comes down to the micro stuff in the future, but i
>sure think that the influences of all this microscopic stuff will be heard
>in the next months/years.
>
>but i don't think that it will be as big as warp.
>
>but io can advise people to go and see/hear a gig by rijoy ikeda or noto,
>or whom ever. really great. ii heard ikeda/noto are going to do a cd
>together (saw that one live, brilliant)
>
>music for your ears/mind
>
>
> >Andreas Tilliander wrote:
> >
> >> to me it sometimes seems that the minimal side is the future of idm.
> >because
>
>www.xs4all.nl/~eatthis
>
>out already: ragina-kudo parto du: various artist rmx a song
>
>spring release (out already) : endorphins: dedication ep
>
>post-summer release: (3th week of sept.): kaihoisa 10": d' enborage &
>tronikgatan - double A-side 10".
>___________________________________________________________________________
>
>end of message - but keep enjoying your childhood
>_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at
http://www.hotmail.com.
Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at
http://profiles.msn.com.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org
For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org