quoted 4 lines Yorker_ sitting on my coffee table. As pretty and> >Yorker_ sitting on my coffee table. As pretty and
> >impressive as Dougans' and Cockbain's material tends
> >to be, it almost never *engages* me -- I might as
> >well be listening to a 40 minute sample CD.
Fair enough.... You've gotta hear "Cascade", though.
quoted 3 lines my sentiments exactly. amorph androg is a 40 minute long exercise in cool> my sentiments exactly. amorph androg is a 40 minute long exercise in cool
> sounds but not music IMHO. For me, it's just like a glorified "sounds of
> nature" cd.
Now wait a second. Since when are sounds not music? (see Cage, John)
quoted 6 lines given my postings on the aphex twin and amorph androg, many people may be> given my postings on the aphex twin and amorph androg, many people may be
> wondering what i'm even doing on the idm list. well, because i still
> believe that the D in IDM is very important. too much 'idm' is actually
> 'im' now and since my love of techno and electronic music was originally
> born out of a love of dancing, i just can't deal with all that 'im' stuff.
> c'mon everyone, let's put the D back in IDM!
And what are your specific requirements for "D"? IMO, the "I" in IDM
means that the music and listener are not slaved to the beat; it allows
for musical experimentation and requires an open mind for the dancer. I
myself am looking forward to drumless dance tracks, and it looks like
Autocreation (a.k.a. Sine Bubble) is coming pretty darn close to that. I
think there's lots of ambient music that's plenty danceable even if it is
90 bpm (The Orb, Banco de Gaia, heck...Enigma).
I never hear Aphex Twin on the dancefloor, but I danced harder at his
show than I ever have in my life. And it wasn't just because I liked him
to begin with.
And no, I don't dance to Brian Eno. :)
--Seofon