i can see a clear difference between "Ni Ten Ich Riu" by Photek and some
of our ugliest cologne postmodern metro-stations. first has taste,
second hasn't.. for me postmodernism sounds as an insult in most of the
cases... good electronic music and / or architecture has this rare
"timeless" feel to it and defies too much categorisation. but then i
would never call that postmodern.. just "modern" would suit it.. for
example all this neo-rock popbands (for example white stripes) that are
having a tremendous success with some slightly minimalised 70ies
sound-esthetics are very postmodern in their habit and ZERO modern in
terms of avantgarde. they sound a bit old and farty but the kids love
it. "postmodern" works nicely as an insult.
maybe the word postmodern is changing and so is the word IDM. a lot of
people are saying things like "IDM is dead" lately. it is very
unfortunate that we tend to think in categories anyway. some ppl start
to call every new breaky track "dubstep"..
robert
quoted 54 lines On 25/07/06, Zephyr <bholme1@columbus.rr.com> wrote:
>
>
> On 25/07/06, Zephyr <bholme1@columbus.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> IDM and Postmodernism are basically the same thing, if you think
>> about it.
>>
>> (Postmodernism like art and books)
>>
>> They're the two "out" categories. The uncategorical. They're the bins
>> that
>> basically are for whatever doesn't fit anywhere else. By definition
>> they
>> lack concrete definition. So where does that put us, the loyal
>> 'fanbase'?
>> By definition, the undefinable. But in the end, it's just another
>> definition. The state of undefinability is really a definition within
>> itself, the definition of which being "not capable of being precisely or
>> readily described; not easily put into words" (Dictionary.com).
>>
>> I don't really mind if by definition I'm being defined though. Being a
>> WMAC
>> (White male assumed christian) in the corridors of suburbia of America,
>> more
>> importantly Ohio for that matter- gives me a short of exotic edge to my
>> musical selection- while everyone else is content with their 50 Cent I
>> have
>> BoC, Venetian Snares or Mr. James to laugh along with. What I should
>> start
>> doing- is finding ways to play it over the speakers of the school to
>> annoy
>> the fuck out of people. And alienate myself more.
>>
>> Oh, and please do flame me. I've read enough Palahinuk to like being
>> punched, enough Vonnegut to satirically accept things, and enough of
>> Fight
>> Club to know that I'm not my music- and that my oppinion doesn't
>> matter in
>> the very end of it all.
>>
>> (Please do, I dropped like 3 names like some smug bastard.)
>> --
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