At 08:45 PM 9/25/00 -0400, component wrote:
quoted 11 lines "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
> > 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 ?
i wonder if this has to do with the accessibility of the names. obviously
something easy to say yet odd like Aphex Twin is catchier than a mish mash
of new words. essentially anything that is problematic to pronounce will
be excluded from the mainstream media, with the exception of autechre (who
also usually avoids mainstream media).
maybe they like the kid thing. kid rock, kid 606, both agressive.. hmm...
quoted 16 lines For the record. I'm starting to to warm up to some of the kid 606 stuff.>For the record. I'm starting to to warm up to some of the kid 606 stuff.
>
> > 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,
> > especially thanks to that whole kid 606/lexaunculpt string that pretty
>much
> > 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!
most non-critical reviews of music are pretty worthless, imo. they start
to border on who looks best at the mtv awards at that point (figuratively).
cheers,
/derek
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