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Mon, 25 Sep 2000 20:45:20 -0400
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[idm] IDM in the press
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quoted 1 line "people on the idm e-mail list ridicule him... deviant listeners like> "people on the idm e-mail list ridicule him... deviant listeners like
those
quoted 2 lines in the bitchy intelligent dance music scene...haters on the idm list whine> in the bitchy intelligent dance music scene...haters on the idm list whine > that he gets too much attention outside their exclusive ranks"
This isn't so much that he gets attention outside the IDM ranks as so much that there is kinda a 606 media saturation going on. The press is looking for a new Aphex Twin. There's alot of other artists out there that are equally worthy of coverage that aren't getting it. Where's the interview in URB with Proem ? or the 3 page feature on L'Lusine ? For the record. I'm starting to to warm up to some of the kid 606 stuff.
quoted 2 lines URB is definitely a pop culture magazine, and I think that it confirms my> URB is definitely a pop culture magazine, and I think that it confirms my > conjecture that the idm list and experimental techno have an elitist
image,
quoted 1 line especially thanks to that whole kid 606/lexaunculpt string that pretty> especially thanks to that whole kid 606/lexaunculpt string that pretty
much
quoted 1 line killed any rep or integrity that the list had at all.> killed any rep or integrity that the list had at all.
I think a comment like that is absolute bullshit. Just because there is a bit of dis-agreement and disention about the popular opinion of an artist does not mean that the reputation of that list is trashed. There are about 1000 people on this list and with that 1000 opinions to go along. Not every review is going to be a glowing one, and thats a good thing! Rob component records www.mindstorm.com/component --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org