Re: (idm) The 'I' in 'IDM'

From artist
Sent Mon, Jun 22nd 1998, 21:15

On Mon, 22 Jun 1998 19:57:52 +0200, you wrote:

>'I' in IDM....let me see.... first of all I'm really sorry that Franz =
left
>this list, hope he is OK...=20

i think possibly he will be back after a while

>then I really miss [sm] , Steve /k/./F/ and
>Grant Horne posts...Lance didn't post for 3 days...Teep, are you =
whatching
>us ? .... where is James BUTCHEr or Siliconvortex ?

well, i'm around if no-one else is.  it's the weather, and a lack of
big releases to blame for the low traffic.  warp should put out an
aphex album to give us something to chat about

well, what have i heard recently?  mask 4...  pretty much drivel
except for one great, great track which is probably gescom..  worth
the price for that alone, one of the best tracks i've heard this year.

wap 100...  what a terrible disappointment.  this seriously sounds
like a collection of half-done demo tracks, the stuff they've picked
up from the cutting room floor.  faring relatively well are BOC and
autechre, though their contributions are still below standard.  the
sqr/afx track is dreadfully boring.  nightmares on wax return with a
damp poorly produced squib of a track, plaid contribute the worst
track i've ever heard them do, mark bell is stuck in the year 1994,
and the rest all go through the motions.  i can scarcely summon the
energy to type anything about the two lone swordsmen's track.  this is
manufactured blandness that will undoubtedly get great reviews in the
broadsheets.  Warp, where is the PASSION?

seems opinion is divided on the new autechre album..  it gets the
thumbs up from me, i think it's their best yet.  though the complex
charms of the opening track wear away after time, there is still
plenty of depth in there.  standouts are fold4wrap5, under BOAC, arch
carrier and drane2

>shouldn't define what IDM is....like JAZZ... it's IDM and nothing more, =
the
>stuff we all here listen and love...and that is really what's all =
about....

but i still don't like the 'intelligent' tag.  a better 'IDM' would be
ill-ectronic dance music, or I Drink Meths

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