On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Guillaume Grenier wrote:
quoted 13 lines The vast majority of IDM currently released seems to be very static> The vast majority of IDM currently released seems to be very static
> harmonically, exploits often a single idea for a whole track and is
> extremely dependent on unchanging loops. While that can sometimes give nice
> results, I'd be very interested in hearing suggestions of music that's
> exactly the opposite.
>
> I'm looking for IDM-ish (or somewhat related) music that does NOT match
> these criteria: music that is harmonically very rich and dynamic, that
> develops itself extensively, that does not revolve abusively (or even at
> all!) around loops.
>
> Does it exist?
>
Yes...when I first got the Applesap CD (on Merck) I though it was lovely,
but when I listened to it while bombing around LA in my brother's Audi,
it struck me that the tracks are continuously varied, and never resolve
into vamping a loop. It is a real feat, that -- each track has a really
unified consistent feel, without repeating itself.
Don't knock repetition though; repetition has it's own charms. But it's not
so charming when a producer is just being lazy.
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