From Steve Sent Thu, Nov 20th 1997, 00:30
From Steve Sent Thu, Nov 20th 1997, 00:30
> > For example, yesterday at NYC's Abstrakt (an experimental/hard > d&b club > > I guess) I was handed a flyer for the band Spiritualized. The > flyer's > > graphic design and language (and of course the venue where I got the > > > flyer) suggest that the band might be kinda IDM or something. In > fact, > > much of Spiritualized's marketing campaign of late has suggested > such... I > > recently heard their album "Ladies and Gentlemen we are Floating in > Space" > > (which by the way has dope package design) and boy was I duped. This > stuff > > is straight up Oasis wannabe crapola (IMHO, of course) and has > little to > > no IDM appeal. Just a warning: Beware Britpop in IDM clothing. > > > > Oh, I don't know about this. Spiritualized has never been Britpop. > In fact, > they've been doing experimental stuff for years (way back when they > were still > Spaceman3). They're not IDM, but they've never professed to be. > They're > definitely experimental, though, and very ambient (especially > live)...it's > still guitars, but that's what they do. > > I disagree that it has little to no IDM appeal, too. Most of us here > listen > to stuff outside the genre (if it is, indeed, only one genre) and many > of us > like to listen to people who are doing interesting things, whether > that be > with guitars, sitars or juice-harps. They're a band that, in the past > (as I > must admit, I haven't listened to the latest album) have qualified in > this > respect. yes its guitars, no its not Britpop, i know im british.....erm.... There are PLENTY of uk idm artists who were influenced by spacemen 3 and my bloody valentine and the cocteau twins and all the other good UK guitar drone merchants... me for one. These guys were floating in space years b4 the orb came along and monopolised spacey noises and things. Steve