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From:
Mathias Verraes
To:
IDM
Date:
Fri, 14 Mar 1997 19:12:34 +0100
Subject:
Re: (idm) Classes in IDM???
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Some things you can only do with acoustic instruments, and some only with synths. We shouldn't we unite them, if we can make better music that way ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ M a t h i a s V e r r a e s ET.Phone.Home@ThePentagon.com 'Le corbeau, honteux et confus, jura, mais un peu tard, qu'on ne l'y prendrait plus.' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Aaron Michelson <aaron@defiant.on-it.net> wrote:
quoted 4 lines One of the aspects of electronic music that intrigues me so much, is> One of the aspects of electronic music that intrigues me so much, is > artists like Autechre who approach their music with the intent to create > electronic sounds, not music that could be reproduced by accoustic > instruments. Certainly artists like Kraftwerk have been trying for
decades
quoted 2 lines to make machine music more acceptable in traditional spheres. But it> to make machine music more acceptable in traditional spheres. But it > bothers me that some people still think in terms of accoustic as real,
and
quoted 2 lines digital as something synthetic.... making it less than real. It's like> digital as something synthetic.... making it less than real. It's like > blowing through a pipe is less real than turning a knob.