I totally agree with the comment on too much IDM leading to a myopic view
of music. I had a conversation with somebody (un-named) on the list who
said that he listened exclusively to IDM. For some reason I was very
surprised; I mean, there's SO MUCH other good stuff out there, I think if
you spend $ just on IDM each week you're cheating yourself. This isn't a
hack on IDM by any means, if you buy too much music of one genre to
really digest or keep quality control over, it becomes disposable. (a
truely unfortunate situation for your mind and wallet)
Personally, although I keep up with labels which release "melodic" IDM,
for the most part I'm becoming more and more interested in minimalist
work.. less song-structured electronic and non-electronic compositions.
And there's a lot out there which fits this description, because it's
relatively easy to create. Ultimately IDM is such a fuzzy genre that it
lends itself well to intermingling with other genres. This isn't a bad
thing.
Also, RE: chiastic slide.. I think Multiple Santa said that he talked to
some of the Schematic folks and the album was delayed *4* years from
creation to release (PREceeding Chiastic Slide!). It does sound a little
dated, but that's its charm. I just like the roughness and lack of
melody, the Devine songs are, well, great. (even if he's become kinda
formulaic recently in live performances, as I hear)
Andrew
-| Andrew Schrock | aschrock@cs.brandeis.edu |-
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