my mother has always said that IDM is just New-Age music for kids. you
know... stuff that people meditate to and wear crystals... find their spirit
animals and all that rot.
:)
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 12:17 PM, <aaronas@yahoo.com> wrote:
quoted 83 lines IDM was a fad that died
>
> IDM was a fad that died
>
>
> --- On Tue, 7/8/08, thorsten@highpointlowlife.com <
> thorsten@highpointlowlife.com> wrote:
> From: thorsten@highpointlowlife.com <thorsten@highpointlowlife.com>
> Subject: [idm] new stuff
> To: idm@hyperreal.org
> Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 11:28 AM
>
> i have to admit, i totally don't understand why people still cling to this
> idea
> of autechre/aphex/squarepusher/BoC era IDM.
>
> Sure, nostalgia is nice, we all have lots of good memories, but it seems
> kinda
> the anithesis of IDM which i was always interested in because it was
> pushing
> the
> boundaries of electronic music, doing something new and different, new
> textures,
> rhythms, structures. Well most of those releases are all like 14 years old
> now,
> and i feel its kinda dadtronica now.
>
> why aren't we talking about all the new exciting electronic music being
> produced
> these days? Theres a lot of different strands, from dubstep to the
> instrumental
> electronic hip hop stuff, 8bit, noise beats, 2step. It may not be IDM, but
> i
> think the idea behind them all is pretty much the same as people doing IDM
> in
> that early ninties era - pushing things out, trying new things.
>
> at a glance through my music library, i would pick out stuff like:
>
> herrmutt lobby
> joker
> martyn
> samiyam
> flying lotus
> rustie
> 2562 / a made up sound
> appleblim
> peverlist
> benga
> kaman leung
> ras g
> disrupt
> ikonika
> cloaks
> moving ninja
> darkstar
> redshape
> efdemin
> murmur
> ramadanman
> scuba (i don't actually much like this album but its quite idm)
> strategy
> T++
> trg
> zomby
>
>
> thoughts?
> (I know i've missed out a bunch of good stuff here, but i'm on my work
> machine
> which has only a subset of my music collection.)
>
> *ducks head for incoming flames*
> thor
>
>
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