Zenon "Firestarter" Feszczak <feszczak@sas.upenn.edu> wrote:
quoted 3 lines Here are some obnoxiously biased opinions, fools to the fire:> Here are some obnoxiously biased opinions, fools to the fire:
> 1. My impression of the term "intelligent dance music" is that the
> music should appeal to one's mind in addition to one's senses.
Not as obnoxious as the Prodigy video, but close! Just kidding Zenon!
Zenon does not appreciate the Prodigy, nor Mr. Prodigy's new hairdo.
He claims that there is a lawsuit filed by A Flock of Seagulls and I
would not be too surprised you know. Oh yeah... IDM...
Submitted for your approval...
This list was originally started to cover Aphex Twin, no? (I don't know
I'm asking) -
The discussions grew to include other electronic musics/musicians that
shared various degrees of Aphexosity (it's in the dictionary, that
one). Warp Records comes to mind as qualifying. Warp has a seres of
compilations called "Artificial Intelligence" (really?). AI is a term
that refers to the "intelligence" of a computer (memory, calculations,
etc...). Another qualification for AI is that the computer/system must
be able to generate new output on it's own (sounds like the ever
changing and *evolving* progressions that create new
harmonic/melodic/noisy permutations when layered and looped - Autechre,
anyone?) Electronic music is very often generated with the aid of a
computer. There is a nifty part in the liner notes in Artificial
Intelligence II on Warp about this very thing (but reads more
intelligently - smile).
Music cannot be intelligent (intellectually speaking). IDM should
really be called ILoDM (Intelligent Listeners of Dance Music) if it is
referring to whom it appeals to. Actually, let's *not* call it that.
Einstein ate ice cream but did not listen to IDM. Hmmmm...
I bet he thought Pierre Schaefer (sp) was pretty darned neat, though!
My lunch hour is done and so am I.
(collective sighs all around the virtual table)
Anyone buy this? The whole "define" IDM thing is really (unexplainably)
a pet peeve of mine! Not ranting, just... O.K. I am ranting - but
quietly and nicely.
My $.02 yet again,
-t