I just got DJ Food, _Refried Food_, and am wondering what the reaction
out there is. Though my initial yeah-yeah-yeah excitement wears off by the
end of the disc, there's some brilliant stuff on there. DJ Food's spinning
in Maryland on March 31st, and I'm wondering what exactly he'll be doing.
Will this _Refried_ stuff make any sonic appearances? Will DJ Food ever
tour with DJ Shadow? And, if I remember right, how did someone compare DJ
Spooky to DJ Food? While all food can sometimes be spooky, not all that's
spooky constitutes food... Thoughts?
Also: as someone paranoid of growing-up to be 45 years old & 800 miles
from a sampler or a turntable, is anyone out there aware of any acoustic
artists (guitar, handdrums, free jazz, etc.) who do shit similar to
Squarepusher or Autechre? Crazy architectural rhythm-variations, but not
dependent on a federal electricity supply? 'Cuz what happens when you got
all these wild rhythms in your head but the lights go out?... What then?
Who makes jungle/hip-hop brilliance, but electricity-free?
Thirdly, and this'll be quick: the issue isn't what is "intelligent" about
IDM, or what is "music", but, I think, what is "dance"? Is "dance" the
kaleidoscopic whirligig of thoughts & daydreams I get while headphoning my
way through Bela Bartok, or does "dance" always involve this thing we call
the "body"? So is Igor Stravinksy "intelligent dance music"? Listen to the
opening of his _Petrushka_; that's the fuckin' Autechre-ization of
classical music right there; some unbelievable shit preceded the era of
electricity & turntables; how do we find it, use it, and take it way, way,
way further? Or who already has?
Last: any reaction to Oval's disc, _systemisch_? Not quite IDM-worthy, but
intelligent, musical, and even (bizarrely) danceable stuff...
Anyway... Have a good today, and enjoy it thoroughly. We won't last; not
even continents do...
- DJ Bug