From Will Samuels Sent Sat, Oct 3rd 1998, 00:56
From Will Samuels Sent Sat, Oct 3rd 1998, 00:56
Regarding (2/5 of Can)
> how did they participate (the audiences)? you sound like you were
there...
I saw the IDM audience quickly leaving after a few songs. We lasted
about 3 songs before we left. I would say there were a decent amount
of people there that liked it. Probably the same people that buy
artists like Rainbow and the Dead.
> Obviously it was a mistake having idm content on the > Damo
Suzuki/Michael Karoli tour (Mark Spybey was > included because he has
the same management).
I wouldn't exactly say that. If they were going to do straight up 70s
rock than I would say yes. If they were going to do experimental stuff
I would say no. If someone booked Holger Czukay, it might work.
> An audience of nerds with Richie Hawtin hair cuts and
> Sesame Street-entrained attention spans is not going > to inspire
these guys.
I didn't see any candy ravers or people with pacifers
there. There wasn't anyone that looked slightly like a raver there.
> mark spybey has no idm connection.
I disagree. True he has a background (Zoviet France) in experimental
noise. But he has collaborated with artists like Not Breathing, who
has gotten mentioned on IDM quite a bit. Mark Spybey did some stuff
that was way closer to IDM than true industrial. Part of his show
reminded me of Steve Roach in concert. Experimenting with sounds and
collages of noise (not necessarily abrasive noise), and beats. There
was one track that had beats close to drum n bass sounding.
> he comes from a straight experimental/industrial > background.
and i guarantee that no one with a short > attention span owns a dead
voices on air disc. and > the only people i see with richie hawtin
haircuts are > richie hawtin, moby, the occasional raver kid, army >
recruits, black basketball players, and old guys.
I wonder if you saw all of us on IDM, whether you would be able to
properly stereotype what we like. I doubt it.
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