i think we can all agree that that's just the natural flow of music. when a
new "genre" is established, all of it is groundbreaking and mindblowing
because its never been done before. eventually the limits of what it can
offer are going to be reached until the technology available for use evolves
in some way. i think, really, that idm is far from dead, but is just settled
and mature, sitting on the porch in a rocking chair with a shotgun across
its knees thinking about how great Music Has The Right To Children was.
the real question, i think, isn't whether or not the genre is dead, but if
there is still stuff coming out that those of us that like IDM enjoy... for
me, the answer is, "yes, all of the time," so for my purposes the genre is
alive, maybe not thriving, but alive, and i'm sure any day now there will be
a resurgence of creativity and originality and with it a renewed interest in
the genre, this is a cycle that all of the electronic music styles seem to
go through, at least as far as i've been able to tell over the years.
idm is a dumb name, but it's what we've got... i mean, if we're going to
talk about this, maybe we should have a round-email discussion about what we
would rather call the music :)... in which case we will have to rename this
list.
i dunno, who can know? isn't it enough for us to just love the music and
take the good with the bad and not worry about the fecundity of the current
output (which, like i said, isn't necessarily groundbreaking, but still
quality.)? like what you like and weed out the chaff...
joshua.
On Nov 26, 2007 4:45 AM, n3wjack <n3wjack@n3wjack.net> wrote:
quoted 28 lines 2007/11/27, Shannon Oram <shannonoram@gmail.com>:
> 2007/11/27, Shannon Oram <shannonoram@gmail.com>:
> >
> >
> > I've only just recently joined the IDM mailing list, but I've seen the
> > "IDM is dead" topic come up a number of times. Is it really such a big
> > deal that "IDM" music is no longer breaking new ground? I assume all
> > genres of music go though phases of innovation and
> > stagnation/consolidation. People still create music which can be called
> > "IDM". People still listen to music which can be called "IDM".
>
>
> It happens to all genres in the end I guess, when too many artists are
> writing music according to the predefined format which is established as
> the
> genre ages.
> It's the same thing with drum'n'bass. That has been dead for quite a while
> as well, with tons of releases every week.
> Only a few of those are actually still interesting and slightly innovative
> compared to the early years.
>
>
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