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Happy-Idm: Is there such a thing? Why am asking? Because few days ago some guy posted a message about a track simply saying that 'It makes him happy'. I'm curious about the effect the music has on you guys. Does it make you go deep in thought or just brain texture mapping? Or does it make you jump around the room? or both? Repeat: or RepeatS ? thanks for the recommendation. I bought it yesterday and didn't manage to listen to it properly but from what I did manage to catch I liked it. But not as much as spanners though it may grow. onnow: Goran Bregovic 'Underground' soundtrack. Does anyone know if anyone made IDM or Techno with european folk music elements ? and no, I don't mean Enigma. snowjob@actcom.co.il The Morpheus Equation: Start + Middle + End = Sand

On Mon, 29 Jan 1996, Eylon Israeli asked a rather silly question:

quoted 1 line Happy-Idm: Is there such a thing?

> Happy-Idm: Is there such a thing?

Why, of course there is! Fluke The Grid OM 808 State Chemical Bros. The Orb Finitribe Mu-Ziq Some Other People Howdoodleydoo, neighbor. I love to laugh. Ha ha ha. Mistress ov a Grinnin

uh...I would like to add Sandoz to that fun IDM list...

On Tue, 30 Jan 1996, Nathanel Karl Harrison wrote:

quoted 2 lines uh...I would like to add Sandoz to that fun IDM list...

> uh...I would like to add Sandoz to that fun IDM list... >

Sounds like fun to me! Hoo Hoo

On Mon, 29 Jan 1996, Eylon Israeli wrote:

quoted 1 line Happy-Idm: Is there such a thing?

> Happy-Idm: Is there such a thing?

While old and not as syncopated as much of what is cutting-edge IDM now, couldn't some of Ultramarine ("Every Man and Woman is a Star"-era) qualify as "happy" IDM? I'd say that some of B-12 (telefone xxx) is happy also. To me, a lot of IDM is ultimately happy because it has a futuristic feel that is generally positive and suggesting construction (instead of decay) though is a realistic (vs fantastic) way be the use of non-fanciful chords and key changes (not a lot of C-F-G maj stuff like fluff pop) IDM is very gradual, imho, and evokes slight moods, but specifically promotes complex thinking and observations... David Chandler - chandler@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us (503)301-3011 grep -i casio goodwillbins >> mystudio ; grep -i atari goodwillbins >> mystudio ;

At 6:48 pm 29/1/96, Eylon Israeli wrote:

quoted 4 lines Does anyone know if anyone made

>Does anyone know if anyone made >IDM or Techno with european >folk music elements ? and no, I don't >mean Enigma.

One answer. Banco de Gaia. Me no likey. U may. CYA! Paul. _____.____. ._ .__ ___. ..__ _ _.. . . . /____.____/ \ /___/___/ \ /____ /____ ///______/ /..__ _ _.. . . . \____\\____\/ \\_______\/ ..__ _ _.. . . .

When I think of "European Folk", I think of Ireland, Scotland, England, Hungary, Germany, Russia, France, Spain, Portugal, Finland, Norway, Sweeden, The Netherlands, Italy and a few other countries that I've obviously missed. But somehow, I don't think of Banco De Gaia in the same sentence. It's a shame that Paul doesn't like Banco De Gaia, because I think the music is great. But then I wasn't going to suggest that Banco De Gaia uses "European" folk music elements either. Instead, Toby Marks (Banco De Gaia) uses samples from Middle Eastern, Asian, and African musical influences (IMO). Eylon: "Last Train To Lhasa" by Banco De Gaia is well worth a listen. Regards, Renee PS: Lhasa is in Tibet... _______________________________________________________________________________ Subject: Re: (idm) 2 or 3 things From: paul@school-of-computing.plymouth.ac.uk at Internet Date: 29-01-1996 09:48 At 6:48 pm 29/1/96, Eylon Israeli wrote:

quoted 4 lines Does anyone know if anyone made

>Does anyone know if anyone made >IDM or Techno with european >folk music elements ? and no, I don't >mean Enigma.

One answer. Banco de Gaia. Me no likey. U may. CYA! Paul. _____.____. ._ .__ ___. ..__ _ _.. . . . /____.____/ \ /___/___/ \ /____ /____ ///______/ /..__ _ _.. . . . \____\\____\/ \\_______\/ ..__ _ _.. . . .

quoted 1 line Happy-Idm: Is there such a thing?

>Happy-Idm: Is there such a thing?

Trance Induction would fit that description, although I prefer to call it happy acid myself :) Trance Induction released rekkids on Djax in the Early days. He now records for Prime. He is featured on TEEX 1 Allert Aalders - Big Time Concepts - allert@knoware.nl - allert@riv.nl KoX

At 05:50 PM 1/29/96 +0100, Paul Maguire wrote:

quoted 13 lines At 6:48 pm 29/1/96, Eylon Israeli wrote:

>At 6:48 pm 29/1/96, Eylon Israeli wrote: >>Does anyone know if anyone made >>IDM or Techno with european >>folk music elements ? and no, I don't >>mean Enigma. > >One answer. Banco de Gaia. > >Me no likey. U may. > >CYA! Paul. > >

from what I remember of one of his older albums it was more african in influence. didn't it? oh, And remember that I DON'T like enigma / vangelis / deep forest etc... still think I might like it? snowjob@actcom.co.il The Morpheus Equation: Start + Middle + End = Sand

At 07:59 PM 1/29/96 -0600, Kathleen Vrshek wrote:

quoted 22 lines On Mon, 29 Jan 1996, Eylon Israeli asked a rather silly question:

>On Mon, 29 Jan 1996, Eylon Israeli asked a rather silly question: > >> Happy-Idm: Is there such a thing? > >Why, of course there is! > >Fluke >The Grid >OM >808 State >Chemical Bros. >The Orb >Finitribe >Mu-Ziq >Some Other People > >Howdoodleydoo, neighbor. > >I love to laugh. Ha ha ha. > >Mistress ov a Grinnin >

I must agree. When I posted the question the songs I had in mind as happiest were: u-ziq - Roy Castle the orb - pepetual dawn and ofcource almost everything by Jimi Tenor (still looking for the 1st lp... someone HELP!!! ) snowjob@actcom.co.il The Morpheus Equation: Start + Middle + End = Sand

On Tue, 30 Jan 1996, Eylon Israeli wrote:

quoted 2 lines I must agree. When I posted the question the songs I had in mind as

> I must agree. When I posted the question the songs I had in mind as > happiest were:

Too bad there isn't more of it, no? Shame. I LOVE bouncy, trancy techno. The kind which makes you feel just like smiling, or like you're riding on a train. It's hard to do. Oh well, I'm just happy with what I've got. Yippee!

quoted 1 line the orb - pepetual dawn

> the orb - pepetual dawn

Solar Flare Extended Mix, don't you know.

quoted 2 lines and ofcource almost everything by Jimi Tenor (still looking for the 1st

> and ofcource almost everything by Jimi Tenor (still looking for the 1st > lp... someone > HELP!!! )

Not sure who he is, but as long as he makes you happy...

quoted 8 lines On Tue, 30 Jan 1996, Eylon Israeli wrote:

>On Tue, 30 Jan 1996, Eylon Israeli wrote: > >> I must agree. When I posted the question the songs I had in mind as >> happiest were: > >Too bad there isn't more of it, no? Shame. I LOVE bouncy, trancy >techno. The kind which makes you feel just like smiling, or like you're >riding on a train. It's hard to do.

Hey, don't forget Speedy J... and... Ringo's plantation ep is also a pretty happy bouncy acid affair, and really damn good too! <=Susumo Yokota, the Frankfurt Tokyo Connection guy, on Sublime rec.) Music is prophecy: its styles and economic organisation are ahead of the rest of society because it explores, much faster than material reality can, the entire range of possibilities in a given code. It makes audible the new world that will gradually become visible. --Jacques Atalli: Noise (1977)

quoted 2 lines IDM is very gradual, imho, and evokes slight moods, but specifically

>IDM is very gradual, imho, and evokes slight moods, but specifically >promotes complex thinking and observations...

Funny that you said that about complex thinking because IDM (like Autechre or Aphex Twin's "Ventolin" and "HAB") is absolutely the best music to listen to while doing mathematics or physics. ********************* "I will not say that everything was utterly * Johan Jaatinen * common-place, because I doubt if anything can * aniag@info.liu.se * be that, except to utterly common-place people." ********************* Charles Dickens

quoted 7 lines IDM is very gradual, imho, and evokes slight moods, but specifically

>>IDM is very gradual, imho, and evokes slight moods, but specifically >>promotes complex thinking and observations... > > Funny that you said that about complex thinking because IDM (like Autechre >or Aphex Twin's "Ventolin" and "HAB") is absolutely the best music to >listen to while doing mathematics or physics. >

it seems to me that i CAN'T study if i don't have some good (and esp. idm, though my collection is still limited) music playing in the background. perhaps it's because idm can stimulate the right side of the brain while the left side is busy with math or reading or whatever. so you have both sides going at once, which can't be a bad thing. all without you even knowing it! onnow: "corpse" : passengers ---------------------------- Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. -Basho

At 11:14 PM 1/30/96 -0800, Eric Hill wrote:

quoted 11 lines At 09:16 PM 1/30/96 -0800, you wrote:

>At 09:16 PM 1/30/96 -0800, you wrote: >>On Mon, 29 Jan 1996, Eylon Israeli wrote: >> >>> Happy-Idm: Is there such a thing? > > >Japan seems to have had a thing with working lots of melodicism into their >dance music and the Japanese intechno scene of the past couple of years have >put out what I'd consider happyidm: Frogman label, Sublime (not all!) label, >Susumu Yokota/Frankfurt Tokyo Connection, Meditation Y.S., etc. spewing out >the gloriously sweet textures. Maybe y@k! can clue us in?

Well, there is a lot of happy dance and trance but there is always the question of whether it qualifies as I in IDM... IMHO, the japanese stuff I heard so far (that is Y.S and the tokyo tekno tribe) Don't. snow snowjob@actcom.co.il The Morpheus Equation: Start + Middle + End = Sand