fucking pathetic. (yes, a beautiful way to start a message...)
it's like the land of the hypocrites babbling on about how much
"better," or more "intelligent" IDM is, while making a shitload of
unintelligent and unwarranted statements. supposedly, a large number of
people define IDM as music that you can dance to, but also "lounge" to
because of its brilliant, wonderful, not-of-this earth, intense, and
texture-filled programming/sound. so i suppose any musical score which
is considered a waltz, must also be IDM since you can dance to it, but
also "relax" to it. (given the "programming" is the score arrangement,
the talent of the band/orchestra members, and perhaps the conductor..)
there's also the appearence factor, which in some sense is supposed to
be related to "selling out." what's the difference between wearing make
up (hell, david bowie wore make up way before the term "selling out" was
being tossed around like a cheap hooker...), and the way one is
photographed on an album cover, or the packaging of a record or CD, or
Richard James wearing AFX shirts, and Mikey P wearing u-Ziq shirts for
that matter? and for some groups, it's simply part of an identity.
skinny puppy without ogre covered in mud/fake blood, saran wrap, and/ or
whatever else he could get his hands on, just wouldn't be skinny puppy.
(yes, i know they're not considered IDM, but they played a huge part in
the innovation and creativity of electronic music..) of course he
didn't go wearing this shit when eating breakfast, or doing day to day
activites, and the same probably goes for the prodigy, manson, or any
other band. and this constant placing of blame on MTV is total
bullshit. if someone hears the prodigy on the radio, at a club, from
someone's dorm, or on MTV, they're most likely gonna decide on their own
if they like the music or not. MTV isn't going to make that decision
for them. if someone listens to what the recent "trend" is, they
probably don't consider music an important or relevant part of their
lives. (yes, there are a large number of people who don't own hundrds of
records, tapes, or CDs... it might sound bizarre, but it's true..) and
what is the big concern about what other people are listening to, and
their "reasoning" behind it?? i like IDM for one basic reason. i enjoy
the way it sounds. it's appealing to me. (okay, 1 1/2 reasons...) i'm
wondering how many people on this list actually listen to the music they
buy, compared to how much time they spend trying to define it, or bitch
about other types of music. i love the "i just bought 25 records (which
the person lists..) but haven't listened to them yet. any opinion on
these..." well, the first opinion should be, "why the fuck don't you
listen to the 25 records you bought," and than ask something half
intelligent like "does anyone know if so and so released more material,"
or "does anyone know of any groups that have a similar style?" as for
why the word techno is so taboo is ridiculous. do you actually think an
artist/group tells their label/distributor what category to place their
work under? i don't think they're gonna lose any sleep if they find
their record or CD filed under "techno" at some local music store.
everything's broken up into so many goddamn categories, it would just be
easier to alphabetize everything. you want aphex, look under "a."
drexciya, look under "d." pretty simple don't you think? (god forbid
you might have to actually walk from the "b" section to the "w" section
to find something...) so what's IDM? it's a label. it's a nice,
convenient way to categorize music in stores, and on the WEB. so that
people can look at you browsing through the IDM/ Electronica section and
think "man, that person must be really, really smart, and so much
fucking better than i am." this is probably one of the few places on
the WEB, or possibly in society, where calling someone a stupid, mother
fucking dickhead, is considered less of an insult than calling one a
"technohead." and accusing one of liking MTV, is the equivalent of
witnessing a rape, and not reporting it. yes, "we" are all so
intelligent..
much love,
chrisTiaN
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