Why not?
Live IDM will continue to grow a little as an
established indie scene, but still be held back a
little by its inherent introverted, bedroom nature.
The most successful acts will be those that talk to
the audience, perhaps pausing between tracks instead
of treating the event like a DJ session. Audiences
will enjoy feeling acknowledged for a change, and the
whole world will adopt experimental electronic music
as the next big thing.
There will be even more crossover between indie rawk
and idm, perhaps to idm's detriment, but to indie's
benefit. There will also be more crossover between
hip-hop and idm. None of this will be noticed by
anyone. However, the electro thing will pick up some
steam and even the big labels will "catch on" ...
Adult and Solvent on Astralwerks? Hah! The Cure,
noticing Cylob's immense success will release a short
EP of vocoded sailor jigs.
Industrial/Death-IDM will continue to be ignored.
Boards of Canada's new album will come out and shock
everyone by containing warm analog synths, numerous
head-nodding beats, and a plethora of semi-creepy
samples of children and children's television. This
will make everyone feel nostalgic for months on end -
an emotion never before experienced by anyone.
Aphex and Squarepusher will collaborate on an
extremely limited, completely rare 1-track record, on
their own label because they hate Warp, 10000 copies
of which will be for sale at WarpMart. This rare
single will be sold over and over on eBay, and make
everyone feel nostalgic for months on end - for the
old days of Aphex and Squarepusher.
Vladislav Delay will renounce electronic music and
begin a career as a poet.
Skam will release a blizzard of amazing new releases,
including new material by Gescom, Bola, Freeform, and
Lego Feet, as well as 5 or 6 new unknown artists,
shocking everyone by being good again for a change.
Bogdan Raczynski will move to Wisconsin and join a
Rennaissance Fair as a juggler.
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.Adam
http://www.damek.org/
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