Here I go again.
Today, I was merrily going around the town spreading the flyers for our
latest event to shops, and when I browsed through a local record shop's
bins I stumbled upon Brothom States' first EP (on Exogenic Records [.fi],
EX1204 12"). Everyone probably already knows this, but the latest
Lackluster EP on deFocus, ``R U Oho?'', sports a couple of Brothom States
remixes. I think the EP on Exogenic will be in great demand soon: lush
string layers, very danceable, a few electro/kraftwerk-ish influences here
and there. Less abstract, so to speak, than ``Viimo'' on Rikos Records' CD
compilation; scrunchy rhythms and rather nice melodies. Everyone should
have a copy. Though it has been out since February, I haven't been paying
too much attention to have spotted this one. Now I'm glad I did.
Exogenic Records is at
http://www.exogenic.com/ .
Also, check out Brothom States' ``Kobn-Tich-Ey'' MP3 album on
http://www.katastro.fi/brothomstates/kobn-tich-ey/ if you haven't already
done so (too bad ``Bathroom Tests'' is broken - unless it's supposed
to be nearly eleven minutes of digital noise). Be on the lookout for
their new album on Merck, too. Finns are conquering the world!
I also bought Speedy J's ``A Shocking Hobby''. ``Public Energy #1'' was
a fantastic album, and this new one wrestles in the same league.
Superdirty distorted rhythms, beautiful string layers and faint
melodies; I haven't yet listened to the whole album (it was not available
on CD so I had to buy it on vinyl - oh well), but the first side has been
total bliss. Two other records got glued to my hands (and emptied my
wallet): ``Too Many Clowns (Not Enough Jokers)'' on Throw and Steve
Rachmad's ``Tir Na Nog'' on Rotation. A cursory listen proved them worthy
enough to buy, but I haven't yet listened to them properly. The endless
pile of I-really-should-listen-to-these-since-I-bought-them grows.
I think all kinds of (electronic) music can be IDM. IDM's not restricted
to self-serving masturbatory art-noise or humorous experimentalism or
abstract minimalism (without giving concrete examples, of course. It's
quite subjective how you classify the music you listen to. These are my
definitions; I'm trying to be ironic, in case some humorously challenged
person wants to pick nits). There's a broad range of eletronic music out
there, and I for one would support the degenrefication of the list. Why
should people (like me, for example) bugger off to 313 if they want to
discuss something that someone would classify as detroit, techno,
tech-house or something else that goes against the grain of some IDM
purist's views (who hasn't probably been on the list that long
anyway)? Did I perhaps offend someone with my sort-of-review of Oliver
Ho's album though it wasn't released on (insert prominent IDM label here)?
Maybe I'm overgeneralising, and yes, there are some subjects even I
wouldn't want to see on the list (trance of any kind, vocal house,
noisecore etc.). Common sense is a good thing, but nowadays quite
rare. This list used to have high tolerance for all kinds of music, just
take a look at the archives from several years back. There's nothing I
tolerate less than intolerance.
For those lacking the funnybone: I apologise if I offended you.
Flames to /dev/null, NIL: or whatever your bit bucket is called.
Keep this list clean.
Cheers,
--
nuutti-iivari meriläinen gordon at diversion dot org
http colon slash slash www dot diversion dot org slash
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