From the cyberdesk of: Fredrik Idestam-Almquist
quoted 21 lines i am really curious to know how all of you idm'ers arrived at dance music- if>>i am really curious to know how all of you idm'ers arrived at dance music- if
>>we have the same influences and roots...
>
>It started out with some underground electronic stuff. Cosmic Overdose etc
>=>
>Kraftwerk(in my heart 4ever), YMO, Logic System, Telex, Tangerine Dream etc
>=>
>Planet Rock =>electro. Egyptian Lover, Unknown DJ, Cybotron etc. Mantronix.
>=>
>Severed Heads, Twitch-style Ministry etc. A bit of Puppy.
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>Acid house
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>Dance music with bleeps
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>IDM & Techno. Spasm, xon, some AFX & some FSOL, Speedy J, Red Planet, Code 6,
> Source etc
>But there were also other stuff such as the Art of Noise, Cocteau Twins, Devo,
>John Foxx, Twice A Man, Shock, Dead can Dance, Maceo Parker, James Taylor
>Quartet etc
> Fredrik / RND
Unbelievable how similar our growth pattern is/was. Hmmmmm. Maybe I/you
am/are not such a dork after all. Don't forget the splash of NewBeat and
Acid thrown in just for grins. Oh, and Roxy Music, Ultravox (Well, John
Foxx sorta covers it), Visage, Japan, Subway/Antler stuff, The early TDI
TechnoDrome Int'l) series, Talla 2XLC. Did you do a house phase, too? I
lived near Chicago during those years, and so it was fairly influential
in the mix on the way to the re-imported-from-the-UK-version called Acid
House. Jack Master Farley, etc. Who is Jack? and where is this House
everyone is talkin' 'bout?
Oh, and some ArtOfNoise, Blancmange, Depeche Mode, Eurythmics, Chris &
Cosey, Throbbing Gristle, should be tossed in for flavor. Uhh, and Patrick
Cowley and Gorgio Moroder way, way, way back, when you had to fake
rich synthesizer sounds with heavy layering and reverb.
Check out "Foothils of Kilmanjaro" or "Black Devil" to see what I mean.
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