yeah.....stuff like this used to happen to me back in the day when i was in
college radio (specifically 94/95)......a friend of mine got turned on to
idm, and i learned about hip hop.....
*this* is what it's all about people.....
aaron...........
At 6:21 AM -0800 11/3/97, brachielles@juno.com wrote:
quoted 40 lines after all this idm negativity, here's my heartwarming idm story for the
>after all this idm negativity, here's my heartwarming idm story for the
>week:
>
>This afternoon I was at KCSB (the radio station I work at) listening to
>the new Suction and M.A.S. 12"s I had just recieved in the mail when a
>couple hip hop dj friends of mine came into the studio I was using and
>asked how I was doing. Having just finished listening to and putting my
>records away, I offered to let them use the studio I was in. I packed up
>my stuff and began to leave, but as I was walking out the door, one of
>the guys yelled "hey brian, you ever heard of a hip hop label called
>schematic?" I quickly turned around. He continued saying "yeah, i just
>picked up this Push Button Object 12" while I was in San Francisco this
>last weekend. this shit is the future of hip hop!" He threw his new
>find on the turntable and we sat there and had our collective asses
>kicked by the music. After we were done listening to some selections, i
>told him, yeah I'd heard of schematic, but that it's an idm label, not a
>hip hop label. They disagreed saying, "yeah, they've been putting out
>this dope electro-hip hop shit for a while now". Again, I countered,
>saying "no, they've been putting out dope idm shit for a while". In
>order to prove my point, I threw down the decidedly idm releases from MAS
>that I had received earlier. They balked at the similarities (and then
>asked for a dub). I left mumbling something about it being the future of
>electronic music, while from the left of me came some mumbling about the
>future of hip hop music. Folks, i have crossed bridges today, let's
>all...share...(sniff) the idm message...(sniff) with someone...else.
>
>It's always cool turn someone on to the wonders of idm, especially when
>we've been living so close to hip hop people for so long musically, but
>we are blind to them and they are blind to us. One big happy family,
>that's what I'm talking about.
>
>BTW, can anyone give me some recommendations for Push Button Object? How
>many releases are there?
>
>
>--brian "looking for a little unity" rachielles
>brachielles@juno.com
>
>idm review archive, audio on kcsb, zaph records:
>www.geocities.com/sunsetstrip/club/4980