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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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Aaaahhh... but we IDMers love to be pretentious and "separate" from the rest of the music world. Didn't you know? -matT nashville.tn 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 4 lines what's wrong with the term 'electronica'? it's a simpler, more

>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... >

Except that the construction of electronica turns a genderless classification into a feminized role, sparring directly with "Techno" (and its masculine overtones). The last thing I want to deal with when I talk about music is genderization issues :) That, and there already is an electronica genre. It's usually the place where groups like Air and other pop-based electronic music are grouped -- you know, the ones that aren't as edgy as "techno" yet aren't as repetitive as house nor trance. You can also place "fatboy slim" and "chemical brothers" in the electronica genre, if you look at it more broadly. Regardless, it's rather moot -- the people who know what you're talking about will largely not care about the terms you use, and the people who don't won't have any idea anyway ;) If you're picky about it, why add that "a" at the end? "Electronic" Nice and broad and about as useless as most other genre names. derek -- eggytoast.com -------------- commerce soon: eggtastic.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org