"Shimone Samuel" <shimone@staticbeats.com> wrote:
"Well I just got finished listening to the Hrvatski Oiseaux 96-98 cd
and
overall I have to say that it's some fine and blippy IDM. The last
track
on the disc (Cirrus Minor) is horrible though. Im sitting here at work
with my headphones on and im listening to 12 minutes of the most
terrible noises. Is this music? I've noticed this style of IDM is on at
least one track from many recent albums I've purchased. I really don't
go for it. It isn't music, it isn't musical and it isn't very pleasant
to listen to. What's the purpose? Or is this just going back to the
discussion about artists more concerned with the technical triumph of
the sound rather than the feeling?"
Some people define "music" and "musical" in many ways. But to
[mis]quote someone (I always thought it was Steve Stapleton who said
this, but maybe not?):
"You don't have to call it music if the term offends you."
For me, there is A LOT of feeling in some of the more "non-musical"
sounds.. sometimes it is a feeling of isolation and coldness (minimal
music *tends* to pull me this way) -- though sometimes the noises give
me a sense of warmth and security (much like a stuffed penguin). I find
A LOT of the overtly melodic IDM stuff to be far too obvious to make me
feel much of anything more than: how cute.
noise/static/blip/bleep is nice to some. and i somehow doubt it has to
do with "technical triumph" -- or at least not for me...
Chris.
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