quoted 10 lines From: "James Roberts" <james@robertsyork.freeserve.co.uk>
>From: "James Roberts" <james@robertsyork.freeserve.co.uk>
>To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: (idm) Leftfield
>Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 18:54:50 -0000
>
>Opinion poll: Is Leftfield IDM? I think they're actually the closest
>thing>to Intelligent *Dance* Music - they aim squarely at the dancefloor
>with>crunch-techno tracks like Phat Planet and Double Flash, but they
>manage to>infuse new sounds and structures into their music, meaning that
>you can>listen to it equally well. Agree/disagree?
--agree...have you heard the afrika shox thing...it's pretty well known in
uk as i'm sure you know...but there's some good stuff there...
--it really is "intelligent dance music"
--incidentally, i saw one of the leftfellows spin here in l.a. back in
october...i gave him a goofy wasted grin and he just stared at me
blank-faced...;=)
quoted 3 lines (That's not to say that I rank them anywhere near equal with, say, Ae
>(That's not to say that I rank them anywhere near equal with, say, Ae
>or>AFX - it's a totally different style, and are those two really
>danceable?
--agreed again...you can't compare them...they ARE coming from different
places...
<I>tried dancing to Acroyear2 and sprained my ankle - but they are damn>good
at what they do.)
--is that Autechre...it is isn't it...if so...i can easily understand the
ankle problems...
--my favorite Ae track will always be "Drane" from the peel sessions...it
took me to another dimension altogether...no shitting...
--since it came up...anyone remember the comic book character Acroyear from
the Micronauts...??? i used to read it a bit many many years ago...and i
found this today...
--
http://www.concentric.net/~elarse1/comics/comics.html
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