From Graham the Happy Scum Sent Mon, Jun 29th 1998, 04:08
From Graham the Happy Scum Sent Mon, Jun 29th 1998, 04:08
> Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 20:07:05 -0400 (EDT) [the artist formerly known as salvador dali <xxxxxx.xxxxx@xxxx.xxx>] ;..] > > those labels. Check out a-musik, suction and rastermusic for example. > > i would, but i'd say i suffer from the same problem that most people do: > the lack of exposure i have to this stuff means that it's tough for me to > throw down 16 bucks on a record i haven't heard. the net has changed some > of this, though...i got the boards of canada disc becuase of the samples > on warpnet and a healthy dose of good recommendations by people on the > net. > > > of beat can't be good. If I would have stayed in my little crafted IDM > > world I would never have found download, shinjuku thief, UI, surgeon and > > i wonder if anyone really stays in the idm world... it doesnt' occur to me > as one you could get to without taking a winding road through other music. > i'm sure this is an old thread, but i wonder what else this list listens > to? in my collection, miles davis has an equal place with autechre who > have an equal spot with portishead who have an equal place with public > enemy and so on and on. > > oh, and i think you could get to UI through Uilab through stereolab, which > is either a direct ally with IDM or through one more jump via tortoise. > or something like that. I'm surprised no-ones mentioned Sonic Youth, actually. But yeah. > > "there is no such thing as bad music. Point blank. There is no record the > > whole world would agree this is shit" > > i think there's bad music. but i'd always preface taht with "i think," > because good and bad are always just that, opinions. and no one's opinion > is law. it's the interaction of these opnions, the reasons why people > find things good and bad, which make music and this list interesting. Actually, at one stage I was starting to lambast any music I didn't like as being "derivative", but I released this was turning me into a fascist, so I stopped. -- Graham the Happy Scum I Want Your Baygle, http://www.mpx.com.au/~gths (or Graham H Freeman) I Will Eat Your Baygle. mailto:xxxx@xxxx-xxxxx.xxx Yet another inappropriate quote fragment follows ... ... cuddle it, kill it, eat it.