quoted 2 lines On a related note I'm wondering if anyone can truly say that Ralf>On a related note I'm wondering if anyone can truly say that Ralf
>& Florian's album from '73 got them into IDM?
While the significance of Kraftwerk perhaps wasnt fully realized by me until
later on in my life, hearing the 7" edit of "Autobahn" on the radio when it
was a top 40 hit in the USA in the early seventies was a truly sublime
experience for my pre-teen mind. I was yet to discover "prog rock", so my
experiences with synthesizer music were limited to a few classics that
featured the moogs in an out-front capacity: The Commodores "Machine Gun",
Billy Prestons "Outta Space", The Edgar Winter Groups "Frankenstein"...
these were the records that led me into my local record store at age 12, and
upon spotting a record that said "Moog Synthesizer and Ring Modulator" on
the front, went home with a copy of a Karlheinz Stockhausen record (whose
title I have forgotten). It was beatless tonal experimentation that my young
mind could not yet grasp... I do remember calling my local FM station late
at night and requesting the full album version of "Autobahn", and having it
blow my mind completely!
As far as IDM is concerned, the next link in the chain for me was New
Order, who took the moody english boyrock thing to the dancefloor, albeit in
a disco revisited way. Detroit was listening for sure, and Arthur Baker was
listening back. Cabaret Voltaire dropped some 12" monsters around that same
time period, one of my favorites being "Crackdown"... massive track!!! Also
the first 12" from Test Dept, "Compulsion". It may be metal on metal klang,
but it has a electronic pulse streaming through it that got copied by many.
Look for it!
There were many others, but I am just hitting a few highlights for me.
This could be an interesting thread (for a change: low flame potential).
There are so many types of music that inform IDM, I would have to include
everyone from Schooly D. to the Master Musicians of JouJouka (now there is a
TRANCE band!).
Hey, Gonzi, what was YOUR first IDM-qualified record purchase? A white label
Morton Subotnik 12" remixed by an infant RDJ? Just curious...
Dave Egan
sumac@tiac.net
"echo's alot of fun if you know how to use it use it..." -Yom Tucker
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