So how come no-one's been banging on about how cool'n'groovy /
boring-old-farty, enrapturing / snooze-inducing, fresh'n'wild /
same-old-same-old 'Trans Canada Highway' is?
Could this be a sign of an IDM cultural climate change, indicating that
IDM-peeps are no longer hanging on their every note or enigmatic squiggle
to impute strange significances?
I mean... what's the point of subscribing to this list if a guy can't get a
mailbox full of people inchoately slavering over/whining about the latest
emissions of their idols?
Tsk. Call yourself an IDM-list - IDM SchmyDM...
OK, you need someone to start the ball rolling, is that it? Right. 6
tracks: 1 you know, 'Dayvan Cowboy', as per the album (did you check that
video? Yeah, video of guys surfing. Cool. If you like surfing, that is. If
you don't. Not so cool. Last track is a remix by Odd Nosdam of the
aforementioned track - a 9 minute oddyssey (geddit?) that traipses
distractedly between some sort of smack-ambient noodle and hypno-drone-hop
semi-propulsion with gaps in between, like he got bored and went off to
make a cuppa and left the record button on (he did? aah.. *cool*). All very
um... *odd*... In between there are '4 new tracks' none of which sound that
new, but they're all OK. Bit like the album, really. You probably heard
'Skyliner' at bleep.com and it got you mildly aroused if not entirely
creamed.
Will that do to kick us off? OK, I know it's not Lester Bangs or Ian Penman
or Kodwo Eshun, but hey... you got no excuse now. And don't give me that
coy sh|t about release dates. You've got an internet connection haven't
you... don't pretend you haven't already downloaded the whole thing P2P and
proudly burnt it for all your mates. Yes, you there...
alan
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Alan Lockett (Senior Language Co-ordinator - EFL)
Language Centre, University of Bristol,
30-32 Tyndall's Park Road, Bristol, BS8 1PY, UK
tel: +44 (0)117 3310914 e-mail: Alan.R.Lockett@bristol.ac.uk
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