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From:
Derek Crofut
To:
Jeremy Bible
Cc:
idm
Date:
Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:15:25 -0400
Subject:
Re: [idm] what's everyone listening to? and how?
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Mostly iPod, i have CDs that i listen to: AGF - Head Slash Bauch (this record on repeat) The Knife - Silent Shout St. Vincent - Actor Fever Ray Vinyl: Meredith Monk - Tablet/Songs From The Hill Terry Riley - Shri Camel and the iPod most played: The Lappetites - Before The Libretto Opto Björk Laub AGF (Live Shows) On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Jeremy Bible <experimedia@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 118 lines In an average month I will purchase music in various formats....> In an average month I will purchase music in various formats.... > digital, cd, and vinyl. > > some recents: > > Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto With Ensemble Modern - UTP_ (raster-noton) > [cd/dvd] > Ekkehard Ehlers + Paul Wirkus - Ballads (smtg limited) [vinyl] > Anduin + Jasper TX - The Bending Of Light (smtg limited) [vinyl & cd - > cd slipped into the vinyl sleeve] > Stephan Mathieu + Taylor Deupree - Transcriptions (spekk) [cd] > Sublamp - Breathletters (dragons eye) [cd] > Nadja - Numbness (happy prince) [cd] > Clark - Totems Flare (warp) [digital] > Grischa Lichtenberger - ~Treibgut (raster-noton) [vinyl] > > Been listening to various albums by Celer allot lately too. > > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 2:17 PM, chthonic > streams<chthonic@chthonicstreams.com> wrote: > > as we know, "IDM" was never truly a genre but came to be associated with > a > > certain "style" of electronic music. > > in electronic music as in everything else, styles come and go and > sometimes > > come back again. > > > > even formats change - when IDM was first coming out the CD was > > dominant/ascendant, but vinyl was holding on in electronica and other > > underground genres. > > since then vinyl has reasserted itself while the CD has declined, and > mp3s > > and other digital formats have been growing exponentially. > > > > so what electronic music gets frequent play in your music player of > choice > > these days? and what is that player/media? > > > > > > me: > > > > i mostly stick to CDs because IMHO they offer the best compromise between > > sound quality (superior to the average mp3 rip) and artwork (smaller than > > vinyl sleeves), while setting each artist and "work" apart by locking it > to > > a physical object and contained in a finite piece of media. > > again - just my opinion. not trying to start a format argument thread. > > > > however i recognize the flexibility of digital-only tracks and most of my > > mp3's are of electronic music due to its usual de-emphasis on identity > and > > image, as well as being primarily a "singles-based" music. > > > > > > recent most-played electronic CDs > > (in no particular order): > > > > ellen allien/apparat - orchestra of bubbles > > ellen allien - thrills > > burial - (both albums) > > modeselektor - happy birthday, bogeybytes mix > > t. raumschmiere - the great rock'n'roll swindle > > thom yorke - eraser RMXS > > vex'd - degenerate > > venetian snares - detrimentalist, doll doll doll, find candace > > areal records 2rabimmel CD compilation > > autechre - amber > > aphex twin - i care because you do, classics > > basic channel - BCD2 > > clark - turning dragon > > kid606 - die soundboy die, kill sound before sound kills you > > enduser - form without function > > front 242 - tyranny for you > > front line assembly - implode > > tresor 100, tresor never sleeps compilations > > joey beltram - the rising sun > > > > > > my itunes "electronic" playlist is 5.5 hours of mostly techno, with some > > dubstep and a bit of breakbeat. > > the artist with the most tracks there is starkey. > > i got most of it from beatport. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > > > > > > > -- > -- > Jeremy Bible > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Experimedia - record label + mailorder shop + a/v arts (est.2000) > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > experimedia.net > jeremybible.com > jbjh.experimedia.net > myspace.com/experimedia > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >
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