what's wrong with the term 'electronica'? it's a simpler, more ambiguous
title that doesn't come with any of the pretension that 'IDM' does...
quoted 43 lines From: "Albers, Brian" <BAlbers@premiereradio.com>
>From: "Albers, Brian" <BAlbers@premiereradio.com>
>To: "'idm@hyperreal.org'" <idm@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: RE: [idm] idm = braindance
>Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 08:04:47 -0800
>
>
>Dude, what is this- 2003 or 1993? I've been hearing this argument for 10
>years now and no matter how much any of us hate, despise, or are revolted
>by
>the term "intelligent dance music," it really seems like it's here to stay.
>Get over it.
>
>idm content-
>
>The 3" cd by Quinoline Yellow is worth tracking down. On SMAK Records and
>in
>some slick packaging, it's got 5 songs of some high quality punchy bass idm
>with slight hip hop influences.
>
>And finally someone who's figured out how to use the 3" cd format
>effectively- not 1 song at 20 minutes, not 15 songs at :60 secods each.
>It's
>just a 12" on cd.
>
> >this arrived from rephlex:
> >
> >a new year resolution:
> >
> >rephlex sent "i-D" magazine an A.R.T. records CD entitled " The
> >Philosophy of Sound & Machine"
> >"i-D" ran a full page pic of a rephlex 303 t-shirt and started
> >talking about "intelligent dance music", after warp's "artificial
> >intelligence" album an'that
> >ever since the raincoats have harped on about "intelligent dance music"
> >rephlex maintains that music concerns the heart and body at least as
> >much as the mind - so to counter this pidgeonhole, they harnessed
> >the natural energy of "braindance"!!!!
> >
> >all the time, people are complaining about the term "I.D.M"
> >- the people who invented it don't even listen to it
> >
> >please, let's call it braindance and get this party started for 2003
> >
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