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quoted 104 lines Isn't this getting a little old? Let's instead start bashing the term

> Isn't this getting a little old? Let's instead start bashing the term > "serious music"—wtf does that mean anyway? > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Peacejunk <peacejunk1@gmx.net > <mailto:peacejunk1@gmx.net>> wrote: > > as long as i don’t see intelligent dances by intelligent dancers i > can’t think of intelligent dance music. > > so can we simply come down on intelligent music? :p > > but good to see how influential the IDM list was that NO ONE could > oppose it with a different name. > i know, all a question of intelligence… > > > ----- > > CRAZY LANGUAGE > N E T L A B E L > for contemporary > electronic music > > http://www.crazy-language.de <http://www.crazy-language.de/> > http://crazylanguage.bandcamp.com > <http://www.facebook.com/crazy.language.netlabel> > http://www.soundcloud.com/crazy-language > http://www.facebook.com/crazy.language.netlabel > > > > > Am 23.09.2014 um 20:09 schrieb John D. <johndalton@pchome.com.tw > <mailto:johndalton@pchome.com.tw>>: > >> Well, been a pretty long time since we had this conversation for >> the nth time, and it won't last long. The next time will probably >> be longer away and less long, if you get my drift. In fifty years >> there will probably be a single post about it after 20 years or >> something. >>> I never understood why so much time is wasted on bitching about >>> a name of a genre of music. Better things..... >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 7:25 AM, Zombiefly <zombiefly@gmail.com >>> <mailto:zombiefly@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> i always preferred the label "electronica" for the genre. >>> But at the time IDM came to be because the UK was dancing in >>> fields to 4-4 beat piano tracks inter-dispersed with hoover >>> sounds. It was viewed that Autechre etc. was more "listening >>> music", therefore more intelligent than the generic fodder >>> blasting into the countryside at 6am.... i guess :) >>> >>> On 23 September 2014 13:32, kawayama <kawayama@gmail.com >>> <mailto:kawayama@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> bit too much nit-picking and defensiveness going on >>> here, i think. >>> "intelligent dance music" is an okay name for a mailing >>> list, but a horrible name for a genre, can we not all >>> agree on that? >>> >>> and Warp only named their compilation "artificial >>> intelligence", as in the scientific concept, they never >>> claimed the music was more intelligent than other music. >>> in fact, Warp called it 'listening music' in the liner >>> notes. it was the creators of this list who named it. >>> >>> k >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> constant shallowness leads to evil. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> _____________________________________________ >>> Sent from my Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K >>> _____________________________________________ >>> noise I make: >>> http://www.soundcloud.com/pushkin >>> http://www.last.fm/music/Pushkin >>> >>> noise I like: >>> http://www.last.fm/user/zombiefly >>> >>> sites I run: >>> http://www.ctran.co.uk <http://www.ctran.co.uk/> >>> http://o-fu-online.net <http://o-fu-online.net/> >>> ------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 22tape/jared dunne >>> listen <http://22tape.com/> >> > >