quoted 29 lines From: "Brock @ Motormouthmedia" <bmotor@pacbell.net>
>From: "Brock @ Motormouthmedia" <bmotor@pacbell.net>
>To: Professor Vast <dinobose@hotmail.com>
>CC: idm <idm@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: Re: (idm) beatmatching etc.
>Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 14:40:20 +0800
>
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> >From: Professor Vast <dinobose@hotmail.com>
> >To: bmotor@pacbell.net
> >Subject: Re: (idm) beatmatching etc.
> >Date: Tue, Dec 21, 1999, 6:21 AM
> >
>
>
> > Brock, there's tons of IDM stuff that can be danced to...i've heard a
> > lot...lots CANNOT "get any grooves on", but there are a lot of dancy idm
> > tracks out there...
>
>Dino -
>
>I'm with you all the way on this one, I can dance to Autechre all
>night>long, weird shifting tectonic plates of sound are way more intriguing
>than a>4/4 thump in the long run! But it just seems like 99% of folks
>don't view>this as "danceable" music which makes it hard to get any kind of
>cohesive>crowd response as a DJ, and the 1% that dig idm or the likes are
>not the>types to get all sweaty on the dancefloor. So you end up with an
>arms->crossed, trainspotting bunch that's closer to a rock show audience
>than>anything I'd expect to see at a rave, club, or other dance-oriented
>venue.
--This one's a bit long, but i think you all will get something good out of
it...enjoy...
--well, i used to be one of those "arms-crossed" people as i grew up an
"organic" music purist...i hated electronic music...growing up a guitarist,
it's easy to not like electronic stuff...it grew out of the fact that it
was, in essence, easier to do elec. music...one tap of a button and you get
a perfect note...whereas, with a guitar, it takes a lot more to get just a
good note...so you see where i'm coming from....
--along the way, i got heavily into the Cure...they changed my mind
completely towards accepting electronic music...i'm sure most of you know
how much of an "IDM" and electro-ish, breakbeaty sound they really did have
in that "lovecats/let's go to bed" days...also the Glove album...check out
"perfect murder" from the Glove cd, and you'll know what i'm talking
about...even "Carnage Visors"...Smith did that whole track with an old Boss
dr-110...very electro/breakbeatish...Smith was very much into Bowie stuff
that was done w/Eno and Fripp...so he was quite aware of "ambient" music as
well...and to me Carnage Visors is very much an "ambient" idm kind of
track...and also "all cats are grey" from the Faith cd...very ambient...
--so this boils down to the fact that the cure changed my life very
immensely in terms of my musical viewpoints...
--that track "perfect murder" is very idm with ambient sounds all over...AND
you can bloody well dance to it!!
--let's not forget "mixed up" the cure songs turned into dance tracks by
various UK dj's...
--so after all this long-winded nonsense, what am i saying???
--YOU CAN DANCE TO IDM...NOT ALL, BUT A LOT OF IT...SO STOP GLARING WITH
THOSE SNOBBY IDM LOOKS AND GET DOWN!!!!
quoted 11 lines If I could have two Xmas wishes, I'd wish that - 1) the average punter
>If I could have two Xmas wishes, I'd wish that - 1) the average punter
>was>more open-minded as far as what they'd dance to, and 2) the average idm
>fan>would loosen up a bit and actually dance to the music they love rather
>than>stand back and watch everyone else. I consider it a compliment when
>people>trainspot and ask you what you're playing, but even more fulfilling
>is>simply showing your appreciation by dancing and showing the DJ that
>you're>digging the track. That kind of response is what makes hauling
>speaker>stacks and 40-lb flight cases around worthwhile as a DJ, and one of
>the
>reasons I kind of switched up my style after spinning idm to
>seemingly>disinterested crowds...Brock
--I can't add anything to this as it's right on with what i think...
Glad to know that i'm not the only "non-arm-crossing" idm fan
around...thanks mr. b...
Now go slap on some groovy aphex and enjoy your bloody selves and stop
trying to outdo each other with all the ridiculous trivialities of this
music...don't get me wrong, i'm a studied musician, and i can read/write
music, identify bizarro time signatures and all that...but there came a time
when all of that info is synthesized instantly in thought and all that
matters is the quality of what i'm hearing...regardless of style or
whatever...
Dino/Prof. V
Professor Vast
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