Some recent newsmagazineshow (forget which) offered the opinion that
consumers have had their "fill" of new technologies (yes, they used a dinner
metaphor). Maybe the same dissemination of DSP-technology is affecting with
what we listen and respond to...
I think that after all the hype around new production software that is
powerful/scalable (MAX, Reaktor, etc.), these tools end up with a specific,
identifiable sound because they do a certain, limited number of things
quickly and easily. And that's what the majority of producers use them for.
Kind of like when hardware samplers first became afforable... in theory they
are chamelons but in retrospect, early sampler-based work used a ton of
pitch-shifting, reversing, looping, whatever because it was new and easy. In
the end, you could easily pick out that a track that used a sampler.
Could simply be your tired of hearing the quick and easy application of
technology. If so, is cool... me too. :)
Maybe all likeminded individuals should start an IDM-recovery list.
erik
statemusic
(a lurker by nature)
quoted 40 lines From: Michael Upton <jetjag@paradise.net.nz>
>From: Michael Upton <jetjag@paradise.net.nz>
>To: idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: [idm] Anyone else on here not like "IDM"?
>Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 11:53:25 +1200
>
>No, I'm not being facetious. I'm just getting increasingly curious as to
>whether there's anyone else out there who no longer listens to eg.
>Autechre, Aphex Twin, thinks labels like MAS and Skam are boring, doesn't
>like all these post-Aphex distorted drum machine sounds, disjointed
>rhythms, etc. etc...
>
>I stay on the list because there is enough discussion of acts I do like
>which I would never find elsewhere. I guess these are some of the things I
>enjoy reading about: Chain Reaction style minimal stuff (eg. Vlad. Delay,
>old Porter Ricks, the new Andreas Tilliander LP), "neu-Kraut" and the
>A-Musik related stuff (eg. To Rococo Rot, Tarwater, MoM, Vert, C-Schulz &
>Hajsh), some Detroit sounds (eg. Shake, Carl Craig) and yes this weirdo
>house business (eg. Herbert, recent Matmos, some Force Tracks 12s) ... I
>guess I find some good hip-hop tips on here as well.
>
>So, yeah, I'm just wondering whether anyone else is in a similar boat? No
>need to reply to the whole list, certainly no need to make a "these are all
>IDM"/"there aren't IDM at all, what are you doing here??" thread. :-)
>
>Mind you, with all this said, when I received my copies of that Surgery
>Records comp 'Initial Release' I found I really enjoyed the vast majority
>of tracks. They're pretty damn downbeat though... I guess I'm a sucker for
>the far softer end of the spectrum... or if I want rowdy I listen to rock.
>
>Thinking out loud...
>
>Michael
>
>np. mp3.com/loscil
>
>
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