From kurt Sent Tue, Sep 21st 1999, 17:09
From kurt Sent Tue, Sep 21st 1999, 17:09
>just a quick note: >claiming that house music is "body" music and IDM (whatever the hell that >is) is "brain" music is rather specious. true, yet I feel like something's missing in this dialogue... a defining= characteristic of good "idm" is that it rewards a concentrated home listen.= certain kinds of house music records defy home listening, because one= simply can't hear them (at home) the way they are intended to be heard.= that is to say, they're made like rolls of patterned fabric that DJ's can= creatively use as building materials to create sets and montages in a club.= to really sit and concentrate on them in isolation can be kinda boring. it= don't have to do with body vs mind or its relative intelligence, it's just= a function of the intended use of the recording. kurt