On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Warren Lapham wrote:
quoted 7 lines of why they are interested in the music. But to dis a genre of music> of why they are interested in the music. But to dis a genre of music
> (remember, in the title of the piece, Reynolds gives the object of his
> scorn as 'Geektronica,' not the scene(s) surrounding it) based on what he
> doesn't like about the people who like it and the ways in which they do so
> reveals what I find to be a distasteful blindness to the apparently
> not-so-obvious notion that group settings aren't the only way that people
> should enjoy music.
True 'nuf, but bear in mind that IDM is primarily derived from the music
part of the *tronica culture, the culture that is (theoretically)
inseparable from the music and vice versa. The abhorence is a reaction to
enlisting a style of music in a cause _diametrically_ opposed to its
original context.
Similar reactions might occur in fans of the Stooges "back in the day",
upon hearing "Search and Destroy" used to sell Nike sneakers, or jazz fans
on hearing Kenny G's music or "Satisfaction" being used in a TV commercial
(don't think this has happened yet).
-rob