quoted 1 line Is our scene "thriving"?> Is our scene "thriving"?
I wouldn't say thriving, but existing.
My opinion is that "IDM" isn't really a scene, and its kind of
a problem to look at things that way. Its a group of internet nerds,
and various individuals who buy CDs in a vaccume in the real world.
At least in my experience. The fact that IDM doesn't really refer to
one kind of thing, and in fact refers to things that may
be somewhat opposite in terms of texture or sensibility, makes
it a hard banner to unite under. That and the fact that it
comes off as very pretentious to alot of the potential audience.
Musically, i think there's more than enough good stuff coming
out to constitute a scene as, or more vital than most other scenes,
theres a decent number of local and regional acts that are worth seeing,
but there's really nothing cohesive that connects them.
Money is a whole different issue that i don't know how to discuss
in relationship to "IDM". I run a distro, but its mostly a few dedicated
individuals that buy from me...most of the time when i talk to people
into even more mailstream forms of electronic music, they have some
interest, but they only spend $'s on something they either know
they'll get booked to dj.
I definitely try to push newer things on people, either by putting on cheap
shows, mixing more experimental and popular styles, giving out free mix cds,
etc but for the most part people are afraid of things that might
be labeled experimental...
- cutups
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