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Styrolene vaT
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Date:
Fri, 21 Mar 1997 02:50:28 -0800
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Re: (idm) my own definition of a boombastic idm style
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charles uzzell-edwards wrote:
quoted 14 lines I think the standard four on the floor type of dance music really bites, a> > I think the standard four on the floor type of dance music really bites, a > lot of the time I have gone to regular clubs and just felt undernourished > by the composition and also by the lyrical content a la "ooh baby feel the > love , put your hands in the air, feel the house vibe" its pretty insulting > that people feel they can use that kind of filler to make a standard beat > last for 5 minutes and then keep it going for another hour with other > tracks pretty much the same. > > I think idm is just music made by people who have made this realisation and > decided dance music doesn't really have to be dumb anymore... it can be > complex or it can be simple but it can be interesting and still be dance > music ... this is my own personal imo view of idm and does not necessarily > have to be anyone elses...
Yeah you can say all this, but have you ever heard 'The Dance' by Derrick May (rhythim is rhythim) out in a club? If you analysed it it would seem it has a 'pretty standard beat' (albeit ten years old) but this track utilises *two* notes and it stirs up more emotion inside my body than all yer wack Autechre, FSOL,Orbital and Ninja LPs rolled together. kF