IDM Mailing Archive

On Sun, 4 Feb 1997 Nathanel Karl Harrison wrote:

quoted 4 lines The song is just catchy enough that those unfamiliar with IDM, Drum n'bass

>The song is just catchy enough that those unfamiliar with IDM, Drum n'bass >etc will snatch it up as the 'new sound', propelling our music further >into the limelight when you and I both know it's the same schlock that TR >put out years ago...

Yea, I know what you mean. I overheard a few of my friends talking about perfect drug and how the sound was so new and interesting. What scares me is that these people are creative, interesting people who just don't happen to be into idm/ambient/techno/ect music yet. I thought I would brood about how everything was going to be screwed up. But then I realized...I have to hook these people up! No sense waiting for the media to exploit the "safest", most poppish of the IDM artists...hell, from now on I am going to make sure to reccomend to every person I see getting into IDM the artists who pushed and are pushing the limits. People are really going to like this electronic music. I remember when I first got into it, even the worst crap would blow my mind. Sometimes I still have a hard time separating the good from the bad. How can someone who has never heard breakbeat or d&b tell if a songwriter is drawing from cliches? Help the newcomers! -Reagan

On Tue, 4 Feb 1997, Eric Appelt wrote:

quoted 1 line On Sun, 4 Feb 1997 Nathanel Karl Harrison wrote:

> On Sun, 4 Feb 1997 Nathanel Karl Harrison wrote:

quoted 2 lines have a hard time separating the good from the bad. How can someone who has

> have a hard time separating the good from the bad. How can someone who has > never heard breakbeat or d&b tell if a songwriter is drawing from cliches?

Well, it doesn't matter if something is a cliche to some bunch of oldtimers, it is still new to them. They are lucky in that regard, but unlucky that they are develop their interest after so much has already passed into obscurity and may be hard to find later. Yet it's strange to see releases that were in multiple copies in a store only 3 years ago going for so much in that auction we just saw, while other genres don't seem to appreciate in value that quickly (noise, experimental, jazz) solenoid@europa.com <------+