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"...But today, the most durable styles ? house, techno, trance, drum'n'bass, dubstep ? hew to specific tempos and rhythmic signatures, even as they allow seemingly infinite room for variation within those norms. Murkier subgenres like IDM and downtempo feel almost quaint. (Have you checked Hyperreal's IDM list lately? Once an active, vital place, today it feels like the online equivalent of a ghost town waiting for its last few residents to die off.)..." (from <http://www.de-bug.de/texte/5129.html>) alan ---------------------- Alan Lockett (Senior Language Co-ordinator - EFL) Language Centre, University of Bristol, 30-32 Tyndall's Park Road, Bristol, BS8 1PY, UK tel: +44 (0)117 3310914 e-mail: Alan.R.Lockett@bristol.ac.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

Well, Mr. Sherburne didn't see fit to opt for much infinity-in-variation with his own mnml debut, I must say. I'd slot it as sub-par run of the mill, instantly forgettable, wasted vinyl. Maybe a few ghosts could have inspired some life into it - ? jeff Alan Lockett wrote:

quoted 12 lines "...But today, the most durable styles ? house, techno, trance,

> > "...But today, the most durable styles ? house, techno, trance, > drum'n'bass, dubstep ? hew to specific tempos and rhythmic signatures, > even as they allow seemingly infinite room for variation within those > norms. Murkier subgenres like IDM and downtempo feel almost quaint. > (Have you checked Hyperreal's IDM list lately? Once an active, vital > place, today it feels like the online equivalent of a ghost town waiting > for its last few residents to die off.)..." (from > <http://www.de-bug.de/texte/5129.html>) > > alan >

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theREALmxyzptlk wrote:

quoted 2 lines I'd slot it as sub-par run of the

> I'd slot it as sub-par run of the > mill, instantly forgettable, wasted vinyl.

I think you just described 99% of "minimal techno" released after 2005. Didn't know he had released a minimal record, and I haven't heard it, but it's funny how these minimal folks are always telling everyone how dead their scene is when their aesthetic is the most soulless, sterile thing ever. w --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

quoted 11 lines theREALmxyzptlk wrote:

> theREALmxyzptlk wrote: >> I'd slot it as sub-par run of the >> mill, instantly forgettable, wasted vinyl. > > I think you just described 99% of "minimal techno" released after 2005. > Didn't know he had released a minimal record, and I haven't heard it, > but it's funny how these minimal folks are always telling everyone how > dead their scene is when their aesthetic is the most soulless, sterile > thing ever. > > w

sounds like a description of any "scene" once it becomes populated by people adhering to a style rather than doing their own thing or pushing the envelope. for my part, i happen to like senking's 'tap' and plastikman's 'consumed' very much. i have a pixel CD too. for a half second i was on a "collect all the raster-noton post series" kick. that ended quickly as i couldn't get into the clips i heard from the rest of it. d. "this town is coming like a ghost town..." - specials On Oct 30, 2007, at 12:17 AM, Wallace Winfrey wrote: --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

i thought idm/electronica was supposed to be boring, so past it and dead since after AI 1 on Warp. I must have imagined all that output over the last 14ish years. I wonder why people are always saying its dead or dying. Alan Lockett wrote:

quoted 25 lines "...But today, the most durable styles ? house, techno, trance,

> > > "...But today, the most durable styles ? house, techno, trance, > drum'n'bass, dubstep ? hew to specific tempos and rhythmic signatures, > even > as they allow seemingly infinite room for variation within those norms. > Murkier subgenres like IDM and downtempo feel almost quaint. (Have you > checked Hyperreal's IDM list lately? Once an active, vital place, today it > feels like the online equivalent of a ghost town waiting for its last few > residents to die off.)..." (from <http://www.de-bug.de/texte/5129.html>) > > alan > > ---------------------- > Alan Lockett (Senior Language Co-ordinator - EFL) > Language Centre, University of Bristol, > 30-32 Tyndall's Park Road, Bristol, BS8 1PY, UK > tel: +44 (0)117 3310914 e-mail: Alan.R.Lockett@bristol.ac.uk > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > > >

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Alan Lockett wrote:

quoted 2 lines today it feels like the online equivalent of a ghost town waiting

> today it feels like the online equivalent of a ghost town waiting > for its last few residents to die off.)...

maybe clint or someone will ride by and pop a cap in this guy's ass. JD --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org