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adam.florin
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Sat, 25 Dec 1999 00:08:30 -0800
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Re: (idm) weird dj'ing
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in reply to rowland davis....
quoted 5 lines i kept the audience on their toes. they didnt know what was going to> i kept the audience on their toes. they didnt know what was going to >come next. of course it wasnt really a dance situation, it was more of a >listening situation. but it didnt matter. i think michael fakesch called >me the weirdest dj that he had ever heard. >i use a combination of beat matching and sound collaging.
ja... with all this talk of beat-matching, this how-can-i-fit-a-whole-evening- into-a-rigid-rhythmic-grid business... this isn't dnb. make collages. leave gaps of silence. "let sounds be themselves..." cage had the idea. music needn't be presented as a constant onslaught. let it swell and flow and die.
quoted 4 lines we need to start getting IDM and other obscure and progressive musics>we need to start getting IDM and other obscure and progressive musics >played in cafes and clubs and whatever. start up your own nite >somewhere, ask a club owner to dj, dj for free, dj on college radio >stations, you will be surprised with what will happen.
yes, esp. in cafes and social settings, because the music is best suited to that ; whether danceable or not, idm is strongest as listening or ambient music, and therefore would hold a more functional position in a cafe than, say, dance music, which is not for sitting, or, say, pop music, which is really not for anything. sigh.... the clock strikes twelve. merry christmas.... why am i on the computer. .af. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org