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Things have gone quiet on IDM, down to where the most active members are people promoting their radio shows. If you're not participating here, where are you participating?

Francois K world of echoes group on Facebook On Fri, 28 Jan 2022, 18:28 kent williams, <chaircrusher@gmail.com> wrote:

quoted 5 lines Things have gone quiet on IDM, down to where the most active members are

> Things have gone quiet on IDM, down to where the most active members are > people promoting their radio shows. > > If you're not participating here, where are you participating? >

Ha. Loooong time no post, probably 2004 ;) Discussing music on Mastodon, myself posting under #extramusic and #othermusic. _Very_ rewarding. Best, jrp On 01/28/22 20:12, idm-digest-help@hyperreal.org wrote:

quoted 8 lines idm Digest 28 Jan 2022 19:12:23 -0000 Issue 5367

> > idm Digest 28 Jan 2022 19:12:23 -0000 Issue 5367 > > Topics (messages 103508 through 103510) > > If you're not posting here, where are you doing your music chatter? > 103508 by: kent williams > 103509 by: Carlos Boix

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  Unfortunately not really chattering anywhere... Honestly the closest thing i've got to the IDM list is WATMM, which i wish had a larger user base because outside of when Autechre or AFX release something it's quite slow going over there...   -kiya "iamacopier" babzani www.selfedge.com (http://www.selfedge.com)     -----Original Message----- From: kent williams Sent: Jan 28, 2022 8:28 PM To: do id Subject: If you're not posting here, where are you doing your music chatter?   Things have gone quiet on IDM, down to where the most active members are people promoting their radio shows.  If you're not participating here, where are you participating?  

Most of my chatter happens on farcebork. There’s a fair amount of folks active in some of the IDM/Braindance groups. I also joined Reddit recently and found a few groups on there. Would love recommendations for any active IDM/braindance/experimental/ambient groups on there. On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 12:44 PM Kiya Babzani <denial@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

quoted 32 lines Unfortunately not really chattering anywhere... Honestly the closest thing

> > > Unfortunately not really chattering anywhere... Honestly the closest thing > i've got to the IDM list is WATMM, which i wish had a larger user base > because outside of when Autechre or AFX release something it's quite slow > going over there... > > > > -kiya "iamacopier" babzani > > www.selfedge.com > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> > Sent: Jan 28, 2022 8:28 PM > To: do id <idm@hyperreal.org> > Subject: If you're not posting here, where are you doing your music > chatter? > > > Things have gone quiet on IDM, down to where the most active members are > people promoting their radio shows. > > If you're not participating here, where are you participating? > > >

I was gonna say - I was looking for chatter on Chris Douglas (OST, Dalglish, etc) and found a fairly healthy thread on WATMM. When I was on facebook there's definitely lots of youtube link posting - nothing wrong with that but not exactly chatter/conversation. More "sick tune!" and "+++" lol. I also think that the average fan of music like this at this point is also a practitioner of some sort - producing, djing, radio showing - so a fan will engage in this stuff by participating in music making/curating rather than shooting off emails/posting. Plus if you're participating as a *creator* (shudders) there's less of an impulse to take a critical approach, which seems central to a good chat. Also this music is pretty familiar at this point - - I can't think of many super unique IDM releases that have been impactful enough for there to be strong or divisive opinions formed. Plus the economy of streaming means ppl are releasing more and more so a single release (a focal point of conversation at one point) are less of an event. I dunno - just some stray thoughts. On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 1:12 PM Seth Branum <djmanos@gmail.com> wrote:

quoted 44 lines Most of my chatter happens on farcebork. There’s a fair amount of folks

> Most of my chatter happens on farcebork. There’s a fair amount of folks > active in some of the IDM/Braindance groups. > > I also joined Reddit recently and found a few groups on there. Would love > recommendations for any active IDM/braindance/experimental/ambient groups > on there. > > > On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 12:44 PM Kiya Babzani <denial@ix.netcom.com> > wrote: > >> >> >> Unfortunately not really chattering anywhere... Honestly the closest >> thing i've got to the IDM list is WATMM, which i wish had a larger user >> base because outside of when Autechre or AFX release something it's quite >> slow going over there... >> >> >> >> -kiya "iamacopier" babzani >> >> www.selfedge.com >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> >> Sent: Jan 28, 2022 8:28 PM >> To: do id <idm@hyperreal.org> >> Subject: If you're not posting here, where are you doing your music >> chatter? >> >> >> Things have gone quiet on IDM, down to where the most active members are >> people promoting their radio shows. >> >> If you're not participating here, where are you participating? >> >> >> >

There's a good crew of idm & adjacent folks on the CPU Records discord - https://discord.com/invite/hd5GMpH <https://discord.com/invite/hd5GMpH> --eric

quoted 20 lines On Jan 28, 2022, at 12:44 PM, Kiya Babzani <denial@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> On Jan 28, 2022, at 12:44 PM, Kiya Babzani <denial@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > > Unfortunately not really chattering anywhere... Honestly the closest thing i've got to the IDM list is WATMM, which i wish had a larger user base because outside of when Autechre or AFX release something it's quite slow going over there... > > -kiya "iamacopier" babzani > www.selfedge.com <http://www.selfedge.com/> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> > Sent: Jan 28, 2022 8:28 PM > To: do id <idm@hyperreal.org> > Subject: If you're not posting here, where are you doing your music chatter? > > > Things have gone quiet on IDM, down to where the most active members are people promoting their radio shows. > > If you're not participating here, where are you participating? >