I totally agree. There has definitely been a tendency towards sound
design over melodic or compositional production in a lot of IDM. I
don't hear too much of anything 'raw' anymore. Everyone new out there
is very polished and sparkly, while lacking that body and warmth a lot
of my favorite electronic music has at its core. Did anyone care that
there was blatant peaking and production errors in a lot of Aphex Twin's
earlier music? No, the melodies were amazing. There is definitely a
lack of new artists seeking the melodic means to an end, rather than the
textural one.
A good example is Kettel, his musical output is very unpolished from a
mixing/sound design perspective, yet his melodies and structure are not
only warm and engaging, but have a style. You don't hear too many newer
artists with a distinct melodic style in IDM anymore.
-mark
Def Con 1 wrote:
quoted 71 lines I think idm artists should focus more on the music &
>I think idm artists should focus more on the music &
>melody versus glitches, dsp, etc. I really feel that
>most of the idm coming out pretty much all sounds the
>same, so there's no reason for me to go out and buy
>it.
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>I'd be more happy with Radiohead making more
>electronic influenced tunes than 90% of the idm I
>hear.
>
>I think a lot of the idm artists are pretty weak
>musically so they have to rely on tricks to make the
>music less boring.
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>--- Kent Williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>I think that writing a pop song is a different thing
>>than coming up
>>with an electronic music piece -- maybe it's unfair
>>of me to criticize
>>people for worrying about sound design more than
>>songwriting, and I
>>enjoy a nice repetetive track as well as the next
>>guy.
>>
>>My problem is that I hear SO MUCH MUSIC. Really. And
>>while the really
>>exceptional stuff makes its own rules, there's so
>>much out there
>>that's made by people who mistake aping the sound
>>design and
>>sequencing strategies of the really good artists for
>>being original
>>themselves.
>>
>>But I have a very short attention span, and a low
>>tolerance for people
>>who beat the same dead horse. As an example:
>>running a disco sample
>>through a lowpass filter over a house beat was a
>>cool idea -- for one
>>track. They went and made a whole effing GENRE out
>>of it. Another
>>example: As far as I'm concerned, everyone besides
>>Kit Clayton needs
>>to STEP OFF on the Max/MSP wanking, because he's got
>>it completely on
>>lock.
>>
>>I guess I'm just tired of so much mediocre music
>>coming out. And I'm not naming names...
>>
>>
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