From Brian Gause Sent Wed, Oct 13th 1999, 00:17
From Brian Gause Sent Wed, Oct 13th 1999, 00:17
Sam, I'm finally reading old mail, so I don't know what sort of responses you've gotten on this already...but I think it's probably most accurate to say that IDM doesn't have a center, per se. I live here in SF and I still feel like IDM is something elsewhere, outside. I think the beauty of what IDM has done for music is this idea of the bedroom revolution. This music doesn't have one, singular center because it's centered wherever there are people making it...and that's usually in un-air-conditioned, second-floor bedrooms, with a PC and some gear sitting on a desk near the wall by the window (forgive the generalization; I always think of one particular friend when I think of people making music at home). There are few real IDM tours and little dancing/party/rave-type vibes associated with this stuff the way that Progressive House or Goa Trance is located in particular places where gatherings of people occur. So I think it's a fallacy to even try to talk of a 'center' in relation to IDM. That said, the local record shop had about 25 copies of the BoC rerelease and I'm never searching too long for new IDM stuffs in this city. It's definitely more prevalent here than, say, Kansas City, and when a tour happens, it DOES stop here. Maybe San Francisco is a hub, then. Maybe it's all a bit more like the way the FAA deals with airlines than how the music scene has traditionally dealt with 'scenes'. ---brian Sam Stein wrote: > would i be correct if i said that san fran seems to be > the center of the IDM "scene" in america? i have seen > that alot of idm artists perform there and a lot of > people selling idm records and such... > > sam > > ===== > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com -- Save the whales. Collect the whole set. Trade them with your friends. Brian Gause Technical Writer Applications Division Oracle Corporation (650) 506-1311 xxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xxx The statements and opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily represent those of Oracle Corporation.