On 21 Jun 98, Che wrote re: Re: (idm) The 'I' in 'IDM' :
quoted 4 lines Is "Intelligent Dance Music" an apt description? It is> Is "Intelligent Dance Music" an apt description? It is
> intelligent in that it engages the brain (though I think this has
> the unfortunate consequence of de-emphasizing the emotional
> aspects of the music).
Exactly the conversation I was having at a party Saturday night,
with a self-appointed turntable-hanger-arounder who explained in
great detail that he ONLY liked music where he "could hear every
instrument" (read "real" instrument - as opposed to anything
electronic / thus "artificial").
I attempted to convey that it is indeed possible to produce an
_emotional aspect_ in electronic music, which he waved off as cold
and machine-made, thus clinical. This is the prejudiced and
intolerant view of many who have grown up regarding rock and jazz
(for instance) as the only true forms of acceptable music (by
extrapolation because 'real instruments' are being played in real
time by real people).
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