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2001-07-16 17:44EggyToastAt 10:08 AM 7/16/2001 -0700, you wrote: >> > Yeah i find that really strange. >> > Some pe

From:: EggyToast <youn0394@umn.edu>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 12:44:33 -0500
Subject:: Re: [idm] Laptop Punks and Powerbook Pop

At 10:08 AM 7/16/2001 -0700, you wrote: >> > Yeah i find that really strange. >> > Some people seem to be using "laptop" >> > as if its a style of music. Is it really so strange? I haven't come across anybody who "seems" to be using the presence of laptops as anything but a quality of the performance (similar to describing a stage setup or something), but using laptops as a dividing line for a type of electronic music would be at least as accurate as the term "IDM" is. If you go to http://www.brainwashed.com/brain/brainv04i26.html and do a Find for the word "laptop" it will pop up 5 times in 4 reviews. once in the thomas jirku review as a "strong laptop glitchery foundation" twice in the fennesz review, once as "Laptop wiz-boy" and as "laptop contemporaries" once in the hrvatski review as a "split between minimal glitch/laptop, "IDM", and loud, distorted drum & bass stylings" and once in the twilight circus review as "This is the real shit, not dub-style glitchy laptop stuff, but a real person playing the drums, bass, guitar and organ." So apparently, the reviewers are considering "laptop music" as minimal glitchy stuff. Those reviews were what prompted me to write in my response to the original poster, saying that "laptop" is apparently a music style now. cheers, /derek ------- eggytoast.com ------- now on the interweb --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

2001-07-16 20:52eric@synthesizer.org>and do a Find for the word "laptop" it will pop up 5 times in 4 reviews. >once in the tho

From:: <eric@synthesizer.org>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 13:52:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:: Re: [idm] Laptop Punks and Powerbook Pop
Reply to:: Re: [idm] Laptop Punks and Powerbook Pop

quoted 12 lines and do a Find for the word "laptop" it will pop up 5 times in 4 reviews.

>and do a Find for the word "laptop" it will pop up 5 times in 4 reviews. >once in the thomas jirku review as a "strong laptop glitchery foundation" >twice in the fennesz review, once as "Laptop wiz-boy" and as "laptop >contemporaries" >once in the hrvatski review as a "split between minimal glitch/laptop, >"IDM", and loud, distorted drum & bass stylings" >and once in the twilight circus review as "This is the real shit, not >dub-style glitchy laptop stuff, but a real person playing the drums, bass, >guitar and organ." > >So apparently, the reviewers are considering "laptop music" as minimal >glitchy stuff.

Eh, the Hrvatski one is the only one that really seems to apply "laptop" to the music, the others are fairly interchangeable with any instrument name. "Dub-style glitchy laptop" is pretty similar to descriptions like "Classically-influenced speed guitar" from late 80's Shrapnel records ads. Sure, they could be cultivating a scene's affectation since that minimal glitchy stuff certainly tends to be made on laptops. -eric --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

2001-07-16 22:27iI had assumed that Laptops became the genre because much of the "sound" of the genre was p

From:: i <interdit@yahoo.com>
To:: EggyToast <youn0394@umn.edu>, <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 15:27:34 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:: Re: [idm] Laptop Punks and Powerbook Pop / Craptronica
Reply to:: Re: [idm] Laptop Punks and Powerbook Pop

I had assumed that Laptops became the genre because much of the "sound" of the genre was produced using software that ran on laptops, powerbooks in particular - -e.g. Max/Msp, Reaktor, and with powerful new laptops like the G3 & G4 all the DSP processing could now be done in realtime i.e. live, without the need for any outboard hardware. Oh and also that the audio output was of decent enough quality that it sounded okay through a PA system. on a side note - Sting does some an Ad for some Laptop maker... scary thoughts -i PS on a side note, many of my mates call it Craptronica, from Laptronica - they like to take the piss... A lot --- EggyToast <youn0394@umn.edu> wrote:

quoted 32 lines At 10:08 AM 7/16/2001 -0700, you wrote:

> At 10:08 AM 7/16/2001 -0700, you wrote: > >> > Yeah i find that really strange. > >> > Some people seem to be using "laptop" > >> > as if its a style of music. > > Is it really so strange? I haven't come across anybody who "seems" to be > using the presence of laptops as anything but a quality of the performance > (similar to describing a stage setup or something), but using laptops as a > dividing line for a type of electronic music would be at least as accurate > as the term "IDM" is. > > > If you go to http://www.brainwashed.com/brain/brainv04i26.html > > and do a Find for the word "laptop" it will pop up 5 times in 4 reviews. > once in the thomas jirku review as a "strong laptop glitchery foundation" > twice in the fennesz review, once as "Laptop wiz-boy" and as "laptop > contemporaries" > once in the hrvatski review as a "split between minimal glitch/laptop, > "IDM", and loud, distorted drum & bass stylings" > and once in the twilight circus review as "This is the real shit, not > dub-style glitchy laptop stuff, but a real person playing the drums, bass, > guitar and organ." > > So apparently, the reviewers are considering "laptop music" as minimal > glitchy stuff. > > Those reviews were what prompted me to write in my response to the original > poster, saying that "laptop" is apparently a music style now. > > cheers, > /derek

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