quoted 6 lines I was wondering... Are the sounds (instruments, whatever) used in intelligent>I was wondering... Are the sounds (instruments, whatever) used in intelligent
>dance music the most important point, or is it the song itself (i.e., a
>weird eery lead could be replaced by a new age pad and you'd find it as
>interesting)? Is it sound fetishism, and could we go as far as to say that
>the difference between all the techno genre is not the construction, but
>the sounds? (at least perceived by the majority?)
for me, when creating IDM, it's the sounds. i just started on a new
track last night (finishing up a collaborative single with Freaky
Chakra - plug plug plug!) and we spent the vast majority of the
session just making noises. we programmed some simplistic drum tracks
and tried reassigning the various sounds to different modules, using
different effects, etc, in an effort to find something different.
suddenly we stumbled onto the elusive groove. and now the rest of the
song will basically write itself now that we've got the foundation in
place.
i tend to remember IDM tracks with interesting sounds more than songs
with interesting melodies. that's why i don't like a lot of hard
trance - the sounds are stock and dead boring. that's why i *do* like
future sound of london - the sounds are original and out of this world.
/jon