At 10:35 AM 5/14/2001 +0100, Ben Kirkley wrote:
quoted 19 lines Where did all the good stuff go? All the artists who got me into the whole>Where did all the good stuff go? All the artists who got me into the whole
>thing have dried up and lost "it".
>
>Aphex Twin (stuck up his own ass)
>Autechre (newer stuff sucks)
>Squarepusher (new single very commercial)
>U-ziq (he was good once)
>Photek (Solaris...negative)
>Jega (temporarily shines on Geometry)
>...I think you catch my drift
>
>Since when did static noise become music, huh Autechre? Okay, okay..so
>you're all gonna flame me now for not "understanding" and it's all
>"obscure". But that's just bollocks. The reservoir of IDM talent is drying
>up fast (at least the stuff in the lime-light is anyway). Was there a
>meeting that I missed? Did everyone sit down one day and decide to stop
>being brilliant? Or are they just running out of new directions to turn?
>Somebody please prove me wrong. Show me how the music of this decade is
>better than the music that came out of the last one.
The deal is that "idm" isn't as artist-centered as some other "underground"
genres, like industrial. This isn't really a genre that allows someone to
just pick an artist and spend 10 years of their life trying to track down a
bajillion side projects that all sound just a teeny bit different. It's
more about finding new stuff and seeing what sounds you like, rather than
what artists. There's a reason they're mostly anonymous.
cheers,
/derek
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