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From:
Rjyan Kidwell
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Diamondstein
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Date:
Fri, 4 Jun 2021 18:49:06 -0400
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Re: Archetypical IDM
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Then you must be new. Welcome to earth my friend On Fri, Jun 4, 2021, 6:38 PM Diamondstein <ben@diamondste.in> wrote:
quoted 159 lines Is Autechre really IDM though? I always though of them as techno or edm.> Is Autechre really IDM though? I always though of them as techno or edm. > > On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 2:45 PM Rjyan Kidwell <cexwell@gmail.com> wrote: > >> WAIT wait I mean: >> Cex "Am I Soundboy" https://youtu.be/QVXf6_plGy8 >> >> Cex "Sean Wilkes Booth" https://youtu.be/7AT3nlpYqUI >> >> Cex "Vapor Ops" https://youtu.be/obPnUSjJLsw >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 4, 2021, 5:32 PM Alex Kolesnichenko <support@bytegems.com> >> wrote: >> >>> FWIW, Ae of Incunabula to LP5 period is rather “archetypical” IDM. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* c. jones <coda27@hotmail.com> >>> *Sent:* Friday, June 4, 2021 1:36 PM >>> *Cc:* IDM List <idm@hyperreal.org> >>> *Subject:* Re: Archetypical IDM >>> >>> >>> >>> I'm a gatekeeper, so I just tell them Autechre or Merzbow to scare them >>> off from all the "glitchy left-field abstract electronic noise & bleeps" I >>> like so much. If I really liked them, maybe I'd recommend Girl/Boy song by >>> Aphex Twin (that entire album is THE most archetypical work of mainstream >>> IDM as far as I'm concerned, there were prominent online artists the >>> following years that reinforced the sound more for me though...anyone >>> remember MP3.com?) or really anything from Boards of Canada; Aphex & BOC >>> seem to be the stepping stone for a normie's foray into IDM. I'm pretty >>> sure whenever I tell people I like IDM, they're mishearing me and think I >>> mean EDM anyway, so Skrillex. I recommend Skrillex. Any Skrillex song. >>> Listen to Skrillex or die. Throw away all your tapes & CDs and replace them >>> with Skrillex albums. Have you downloaded your Skrillex yet? Don't worry: >>> I'm sending you all Skrillex files anyway. >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> *From:* Memjutsu <mehmet.ismail85@gmail.com> >>> *Sent:* Friday, June 4, 2021 13:43 >>> *To:* Hugh Davison <hugh@hughdavison.com> >>> *Cc:* John D <john.m.dalton.iii@gmail.com>; IDM List <idm@hyperreal.org> >>> *Subject:* Re: Archetypical IDM >>> >>> >>> >>> Autechre - lera >>> >>> James Holden - Gone Feral >>> >>> Curve - Falling Free (Aphex Twin Mix) >>> >>> >>> >>> And another vote for Red Hot Car, has to be included! >>> >>> >>> >>> On 4 Jun 2021, at 18:08, Hugh Davison <hugh@hughdavison.com> wrote: >>> >>>  >>> >>> Loving these lists guys - if any of you felt like including links I >>> wouldn't complain >>> >>> >>> >>> 😂 >>> >>> >>> >>> Being the lazy bastard I am >>> >>> >>> >>> Here are three of my current favs: >>> >>> >>> >>> Gas - Zauberberg <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKsLvEkefTc> >>> >>> Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani - Closed Circuit >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGxoQTPFtyw> >>> >>> Abul Mogard - Half Light of Dawn >>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uf8hFbm0Ls> >>> >>> >>> >>> I may be swinging a little off centre here, so forgive me... >>> >>> >>> >>> but worth a listen nonetheless... >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 6:12 PM John D <john.m.dalton.iii@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Spooky - Fingerbobs >>> >>> Squarepusher - Fat Controller >>> >>> BOC - Happy Cycling >>> >>> Hello list, >>> >>> given the following conversation that at least some of you should be >>> familiar with: >>> >>> They: "What kind of music do you like?" >>> You: "Electronic music." >>> They: "Oh, techno? I love that, too." >>> You: "Well, not really techno... let me show you." >>> >>> Assuming you'd think .oO(IDM), pick *three tracks* from the top of your >>> head and/or the bottom of your heart to help them understand. They don't >>> need to be the "best" tracks (whatever that means) or the most popular (who >>> cares), but what you think is somewhat suitable for a nonverbal/acoustic >>> definition of your perspective of what's going in this part of the >>> universe. (I know it's difficult. Maybe it should be albums instead of >>> tracks or five or fifty instead of three, but for the sake of >>> simplicity...) I start, in no particular order: >>> >>> Autechre - Gantz Graf >>> Aphex Twin - Ziggomatic 17 >>> Boards of Canada - Turquoise Hexagon Sun >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Hugh Davison >>> >>> Cell: 072 658 2597 >>> >>> Website: http://hughdavison.com/ >>> >>> > > -- > /// > NTS <https://www.nts.live/shows/diamondstein> > Bandcamp <https://diamondstein.bandcamp.com/> > diamondste.in >