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quoted 19 lines Opinion poll: Is Leftfield IDM? I think they're actually the closest

> > Opinion poll: Is Leftfield IDM? I think they're actually the closest >thing > > to Intelligent *Dance* Music - they aim squarely at the dancefloor with > > crunch-techno tracks like Phat Planet and Double Flash, but they manage >to > > infuse new sounds and structures into their music, meaning that you can > > listen to it equally well. Agree/disagree? > > (That's not to say that I rank them anywhere near equal with, say, Ae or > > AFX - it's a totally different style, and are those two really >danceable? I > > tried dancing to Acroyear2 and sprained my ankle - but they are damn > > good at what they do.) > >idm was originally meant to describe the early meshing of dance music & >some ah-hum-whatever 'intelligent' factor. listen to early autechre & >aphex twin ('incunabula' & polygon window 'surfing on sine waves' should >make the original definition clear to anyone.) since then it has >changed so much that trying to make techno-pop bands such as 'leftfield' >fit the idm bill is regressive & a tad tasteless.

--let's hold off on the IDM snobbery please...i don't think that leftfield is that bad...some might not fit into IDM...but it does in the free-est sense of the word... --remember, IDM stands for "intelligent dance music" not "let's worship Aphex and Autechre as gods and think they are the standard against which everything else is compared" --cmon now...it's about open-mindedness...not categorization and such...unless of course you're a parasitic journalist... Dino ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 43 lines From: Shirei3000@aol.com

>From: Shirei3000@aol.com >To: dinobose@hotmail.com >Subject: Re: (idm) Leftfield >> IDM in general >Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 15:11:15 EST > > >In a message dated 12/28/99 7:43:59 PM, dinobose@hotmail.com writes: > ><< --let's hold off on the IDM snobbery please...i don't think that >leftfield >is that bad...some might not fit into IDM...but it does in the free-est >sense of the word... >--remember, IDM stands for "intelligent dance music" not "let's worship >Aphex and Autechre as gods and think they are the standard against which >everything else is compared" >> > >The thing I think about when it comes to this IDM list is from what emails >I >have read, I'd say 90% of the list members are snobs! For the other 10% of >you people seem to be total cool with helping people find lp's, etc. That >is >the part I like most about the list. I often wonder why do people buy this >stuff, from what I gather alot of people might purchase something maybe >because they like it half way, but for the most part as a "collectible". >Excuse me for those "collectors" out there, but isn't music suppose to be >about the music and not the worth? I'm tired of seeing postings for skam, >afx, > etc. on ebay. PEOPLE, WE KNOW ABOUT EBAY, AND IF WERE THAT DESPERATE TO >GO >THERE, YOU WOULD THINK WE WOULD KNOW WHERE TO SEARCH FOR IT ON EBAY. I >don't >know maybe I'm the only person out here that does actually play the records >I >do buy... > On another area of the IDM and the internet. With people uploading mp3's >and other various audio. Where do you draw the line and say ok, I think >I'll >purchase this persons lp because I want to see them continue making music? > My last words are these, I really don't care to see anything about how >Britney Spears does DNB on her tour. Really where does this fit in at all >with IDM? >M.A.S. >"a juicy red apple is nice, but not all apples are red"

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