From Rjyan Kidwell Sent Mon, Oct 9th 2017, 16:20
while idm "austerity" (i think "disassociation" might be a better descriptor?) certainly does have an extra-musical appeal, it seems like a broader range of listener feelings can be projected on that landscape of restraint than you can fit over the hyper-specific ambitious-online-Self-builder thing that Arca is currently doing. to be real general, i think Strong Feelings of ALienation are a big impetus for both Arca and Ae, but there's a self-obsessed quest-for-validation in the former and a craft-obsessed quest-for-transcendence in the latter. makes sense that they wouldnt necessarily appeal to all the same folks... On 10/9/17, Chris Taylor <xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote: > as if the austerity of most idm and techno doesn't have it's > own extra-musical appeal > > On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 11:32 AM, Clint Anderson <xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> wrote: > >> i mean, i DID listen to his first album several times and i just felt >> like, he had the general concept of the kind of music he was doing but it >> seemed more forced and process oriented than how do i say, natural and >> soulful like the halcyon veil stuff in general >> >> >> Clint Anderson >> Systems Engineer >> "Freedom -- paint me a picture!" -- Burton Cummings >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 10:30 AM, Chris Norton <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx> >> wrote: >> >>> I also feel like his sexuality is extremely overplayed -I remember at >>> Day >>> for Night last year meeting several people who were into Arca >>> more for his image and than his music. They would just talk about how >>> they loved his open sexuality/social media but wouldn't or couldn't >>> discuss >>> the actual art he has produced. >>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >> >