IDM = Intelligent Discussion of Music?
hrm...could be catchy...kinda like our own little club, albeit a superior
little club.
---brian
btw, I've got this Swayzak disk and, whatever it is, I like it. And
actually, I DO like the kirsty hawkshaw track...nice to hear her voice
again.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Pactor [mailto:scottpactor@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 11:11 AM
To: idm@hyperreal.org
Subject: [idm] Swayzak and the Enigmatic Nature of "Tech House"
Well, Swayzak has been popping up here and there so I
thought I would ask the following set of questions to
the collective:
1. When people say "tech-house" to describe an artist
(as I have seen for Swayzak) does it mean "house
taking advantage of production techniques used in
techno"? Or what... I know everybody on this list
gets all uptight about the labeling so don't nobody
flip out on this one.
2. Are there notable tech-house "club nights" in the
Uk or US?
3. Is there a label which has "pioneered the tech
house" sound?
4. And the super bonus nerdy IDMer question: What is
the origin of the term "tech-house" in conjunction
with dance music?
I, for one, would like to state my support for the
sort of classificatory games that some describe as
"sphincter clenching" activity. First, Labels hasve
as much meaning as you allow them to have. Second,
dance music is (obviously) prone to rapidly emerging
genres and sub-genres and some folks mis-use dance
music terminology in ways that actually effect people
(example: Promoters who describe the type of music at
their partic. night as being one sound when it's
something else). Third, these kinds of discussion
help to develop a much needed vocabulary for the kinds
of music discussed on this list.
In conclusion, I would like to put forward the idea
that this list should not be limited to the discussion
of "IDM"(whatver that is) but extend to a sort-of
"reasoned discussion of dance music". (or in a
catchier to but more annoying phrase "intelligent
discussion of dance music".) I haven't seen this kind
of use of the list so I'm somewhat hesitant to advance
the idea, but everyone seems to agree that the
definiton of IDM is "music discussed on the iDM list
serv"...
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