From Joel Ongthorne Sent Wed, May 5th 1999, 22:09
From Joel Ongthorne Sent Wed, May 5th 1999, 22:09
Written by Ben Coffer <xxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xx.xx> Subject: Re: (idm) dj teep live set on line >For f***s sake, why is england so shit? If anyone tried to mix multiple >styles over here they'd get glassed probably. Unless <snip> wild generalizations apart dont get where you are coming from or even looking for, check These records, rough trade etc...for the scoop on crazy shit happening *all thetime* in london, (i.e. free jazz nutters in brixton pubs, sound installations only accessable via clapped out bus, illegal parties) , may not be "IDM", but "IDM" has become such a banalized and frankly meaningless term that anyhting that is even semi-interesting can almost certainly not be classed thus, the "fetish" of classification goes against the whole original ethos of what i perceive as "IDM", now it's a restrictive referance that no longer has any connection to what it claims to represent, which i think is a more a sort of "feeling" than a "sound", that was the whole point of that Warp / Rephlex shit inthe firstplace,ok..enough of the hippy bullshit...the time has come to cut loose and >drift< is all i am saying >Yeah I know....it just seems at times that there's *so* many more IDM- >type events going on over your way, people are more accepting of this >music. Particularly SoCal :) "so many more events" mmm...perspective: "it seems" is correct, half the population of SoCal posts on a regular basis to this list joël --------___----__----^^^-----__^^^^--- no ART here!!! just us A-POP nyet headz!!! http://website.lineone.net/~diskono