From EvilIzzo Sent Wed, Feb 10th 1999, 03:47
From EvilIzzo Sent Wed, Feb 10th 1999, 03:47
xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx wrote (referring to "classical" music): -----------"It takes time for some music to sink in, at least that's how it was for me with many classical works. I had to listen to them through a few times before I could grasp what was going on" That is how it was for me when I first heard "Amber." I was totally unfamiliar with Autechre at the time, and that disc was so alien to anything I had ever heard before, I dismissed it after one listen, putting it into my CD rack to collect dust for about six months. During that time (about 2 years ago) I joined this list. Two things happened: 1. I bought Carl Craig's "More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art." The owner of my favorite record store at the time (Collin, Strange Records) played it for me and indicated that it had been on "repeat" in his player for several days. He called it one of the best and most important records of the year. He was right. This was IDM at it's finest, and hearing it (and most importantly -- liking it) would change the way I listened to music forever. So...(2. After reading about Ae's enourmous popularity on this list).... I decided to give "Amber" another shot. Needless to say I heard it in a whole new light, and it, along with the Carl Craig cd, is one of my favorite albums now. Sometimes the less approachable, less accessable music can become the most rewarding. In this aspect IDM does share a common ground with a lot of orchestral music. The fact that orchestrated music is such an old genre, and given also that it's not part of a modern "scene" the way IDM is, can make it even less accessable. I'd say that the comparison is a valid one. My two Cents, ------------------Izzo...