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Some of you all weren't around for the IDM list in the 90s but Andrew Weatherall was right up there as an artist frequently name-checked. What this list talks about has evolved away from music like his, but he was seminal in the scene that the IDM list was started to discuss. Because in the beginning, IDM was about the dance music that wasn't one-dimensional floor fillers. Weatherall made floor fillers with substance. He died today suddenly. It's a huge loss. He was a popular DJ who also managed to be a DJ's DJ. When some people die, people talk of their body of work, but Andrew Weatherall had a continent of work, an ocean of work. Always inventive, always exploring, but never putting intellectual exercise over making compelling dance music. So if you haven't heard him, or heard of him, it's time to check Sabres of Paradise, Two Lone Swordsmen, and Andrew Weatherall's music under his own name.

fuuuuuck. i hadn't seen the news. I love all his early Primal Scream remixes, and his St Etienne remix - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGSS_-ggRls On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 8:48 AM kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> wrote:

quoted 17 lines Some of you all weren't around for the IDM list in the 90s but Andrew

> Some of you all weren't around for the IDM list in the 90s but Andrew > Weatherall was right up there as an artist frequently name-checked. What > this list talks about has evolved away from music like his, but he was > seminal in the scene that the IDM list was started to discuss. Because in > the beginning, IDM was about the dance music that wasn't one-dimensional > floor fillers. Weatherall made floor fillers with substance. > > He died today suddenly. It's a huge loss. He was a popular DJ who also > managed to be a DJ's DJ. When some people die, people talk of their body > of work, but Andrew Weatherall had a continent of work, an ocean of work. > Always inventive, always exploring, but never putting intellectual exercise > over making compelling dance music. > > So if you haven't heard him, or heard of him, it's time to check Sabres of > Paradise, Two Lone Swordsmen, and Andrew Weatherall's music under his own > name. >

Damn, well RIP Andrew, you will be missed! On Mon, Feb 17, 2020, 10:31 Thorsten Sideboard <thorsten.sideb0ard@gmail.com> wrote:

quoted 25 lines fuuuuuck. i hadn't seen the news. I love all his early Primal Scream

> fuuuuuck. i hadn't seen the news. I love all his early Primal Scream > remixes, and his St Etienne remix - > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGSS_-ggRls > > On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 8:48 AM kent williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Some of you all weren't around for the IDM list in the 90s but Andrew >> Weatherall was right up there as an artist frequently name-checked. What >> this list talks about has evolved away from music like his, but he was >> seminal in the scene that the IDM list was started to discuss. Because in >> the beginning, IDM was about the dance music that wasn't one-dimensional >> floor fillers. Weatherall made floor fillers with substance. >> >> He died today suddenly. It's a huge loss. He was a popular DJ who also >> managed to be a DJ's DJ. When some people die, people talk of their body >> of work, but Andrew Weatherall had a continent of work, an ocean of work. >> Always inventive, always exploring, but never putting intellectual exercise >> over making compelling dance music. >> >> So if you haven't heard him, or heard of him, it's time to check Sabres >> of Paradise, Two Lone Swordsmen, and Andrew Weatherall's music under his >> own name. >> >