What I haven't really been able to get into is the harder stuff. Kid
606, Venetian Snares... it's all just a bit too aggro for me. Hard
techno's never really been my thing either, though I will admit to
owning a couple of Joel Mull, Heiko Laux and Renato Cohen records. :)
- Give it time .... Vsnares will eventually get ya. I didn't care for it at first. Also, early Kid 606 is very click-dubby... check out GQ on the EQ, P.S. I love you (and the remixes EPs of similiar names) and Soccer Girl ep to get you started.
rock,
xenlab
shawn allen wrote:
quoted 36 lines Sorry I just kinda popped out of lurker mode without any sort of
>Sorry I just kinda popped out of lurker mode without any sort of
>introduction there. My name's Shawn, and I'm a technoholic. I live in
>San Francisco, and I play infrequently to dirty ravers in warehouses and
>half-empty bars.
>
>Like many of you, I was first exposed to IDM in the form of Aphex Twin.
>I was a Nine Inch Nails fanboy in my teens (I know, I'm dating myself
>here), and I stumbled upon an RDJ "remix" on the Further Down the Spiral
>EP in '95. Along with 99% of the people I know, I gradually discovered
>Autechre, BOC, Plaid, Cylob, Two Lone Swordsmen, Squarepusher, LFO, Luke
>Vibert, Photek, et al. After I moved to SF in '99, I kind of tuned out
>IDM and focused on drum and bass, house, and eventually techno (which,
>like "IDM", is a term I don't particularly like using).
>
>Recently, my new-found love of deep, minimal stuff sparked a renewed
>interest IDM. I'm getting back into Monolake and Arovane. I'm loving
>the dubby stuff, like Basic Channel (more specifically, Rhythm & Sound),
>Deadbeat, Thomas Fehlmann, and Michael Mayer's "Immer" mix. I'm a sucker
>for click-house, a la Matthew Herbert, Akufen and Soft Pink Truth. I
>like the new Mouse on Mars as much as the old, and I'm not afraid to
>admit that I really liked the Milosh album on Plug Research (though I do
>wish the songs were all a little more developed). Right now I'm digging
>the "Station" compilation on Ai, and the new albums by Swod and AM/PM.
>
>What I haven't really been able to get into is the harder stuff. Kid
>606, Venetian Snares... it's all just a bit too aggro for me. Hard
>techno's never really been my thing either, though I will admit to
>owning a couple of Joel Mull, Heiko Laux and Renato Cohen records. :)
>
>So yeah, that's me. Let me know if you have any recommendations based on
>what I've listed above, I'm always on the lookout for something new to
>listen to.
>
>Cheers,
>
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