Written by Ben Coffer <ben@hybridgame.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: (idm) dj teep live set on line
quoted 2 lines For f***s sake, why is england so shit? If anyone tried to mix multiple
>For f***s sake, why is england so shit? If anyone tried to mix multiple
>styles over here they'd get glassed probably. Unless <snip>
wild generalizations apart dont get where you are coming from
or even looking for, check These records, rough trade etc...for the scoop on
crazy shit happening *all thetime* in london, (i.e. free jazz nutters in
brixton pubs, sound installations
only accessable via clapped out bus, illegal parties) , may not be "IDM",
but "IDM" has become such a banalized and
frankly meaningless term that anyhting that is even semi-interesting can
almost
certainly not be classed thus, the "fetish" of classification
goes against the whole original ethos of what i perceive as "IDM", now it's
a restrictive referance that no longer
has any connection to what it claims to represent, which i think is a
more a sort of "feeling" than a "sound", that was the whole
point of that Warp / Rephlex shit inthe firstplace,ok..enough of the hippy
bullshit...the time has come to cut loose and >drift< is all i am saying
quoted 3 lines Yeah I know....it just seems at times that there's *so* many more IDM-
>Yeah I know....it just seems at times that there's *so* many more IDM-
>type events going on over your way, people are more accepting of this
>music. Particularly SoCal :)
"so many more events" mmm...perspective: "it seems" is correct, half the
population of SoCal posts on a regular basis to this list
joël
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