From Chris Fahey Sent Wed, Nov 19th 1997, 21:50
From Chris Fahey Sent Wed, Nov 19th 1997, 21:50
Greg Earle is : "really bothered by this trend of IDM/Techno bands touring normal venues with regular bands" How about when the regular bands try to ape IDM/Techno bands? 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.