It Doesn't Matter
Clint Anderson
Systems Engineer
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 11:06 AM, Francis Xavier <prophet@nac.net> wrote:
quoted 87 lines The only reason anyone would get annoyed at the term IDM is because it
> The only reason anyone would get annoyed at the term IDM is because it
> includes the term "Intelligent". That annoys people who have to compete
> with everything on every level and hurts their superiority complex. It's
> just a name, and should be gotten over.
>
> As Kawa said:
> "and Warp only named their compilation "artificial intelligence", as in
> the scientific concept, they never claimed the music was more intelligent
> than other music. in fact, Warp called it 'listening music' in the liner
> notes. it was the creators of this list who named it."
>
> This is pretty much the end of the convo to anyone who feels they need to
> pick apart the term "IDM".
>
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> Francis Xavier
>
> "It's like sitting on the bank of the river and watching the river waters
> go by. And when you so watch, there is neither the observer or the
> observed. There is only a movement." - Jiddu Krishnamurti
> [image: Halcyon Chillout] <http://www.halcyonchillout.com>
> http://www.halcyonchillout.com
>
> http://www.francisxavier.org
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Jared Dunne <22tape@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I never understood why so much time is wasted on bitching about a name of
>> a genre of music. Better things.....
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 7:25 AM, Zombiefly <zombiefly@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> i always preferred the label "electronica" for the genre. But at the
>>> time IDM came to be because the UK was dancing in fields to 4-4 beat piano
>>> tracks inter-dispersed with hoover sounds. It was viewed that Autechre etc.
>>> was more "listening music", therefore more intelligent than the generic
>>> fodder blasting into the countryside at 6am.... i guess :)
>>>
>>> On 23 September 2014 13:32, kawayama <kawayama@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> bit too much nit-picking and defensiveness going on here, i think.
>>>> "intelligent dance music" is an okay name for a mailing list, but a
>>>> horrible name for a genre, can we not all agree on that?
>>>>
>>>> and Warp only named their compilation "artificial intelligence", as in
>>>> the scientific concept, they never claimed the music was more intelligent
>>>> than other music. in fact, Warp called it 'listening music' in the liner
>>>> notes. it was the creators of this list who named it.
>>>>
>>>> k
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> constant shallowness leads to evil.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> _____________________________________________
>>> Sent from my Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K
>>> _____________________________________________
>>> noise I make:
>>> http://www.soundcloud.com/pushkin
>>> http://www.last.fm/music/Pushkin
>>>
>>> noise I like:
>>> http://www.last.fm/user/zombiefly
>>>
>>> sites I run:
>>> http://www.ctran.co.uk
>>> http://o-fu-online.net
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>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> 22tape/jared dunne
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