RE: (idm) Classics and "Must-Haves"

From Kelley Hackett
Sent Thu, Oct 14th 1999, 13:27

Isnt the fact that IDM wasnt even heard of in the eighties proof enough that
he should be commended for his intelligent contribution(s) to the new "IDM".

If not, who the hell inspired it?  If U say Kraftwerk, which I would agree,
then 
you would have to say May also.

Izamo!

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> In a message dated 99-10-13 05:09:08 EDT, you write:
> 
> << 
>  Derrick May = IDM?  Such bullshit.
>  
>  When May started doing his thing in the late eighties there was no such 
>  thing as fucking IDM.  It was techno, and people jacked hard to it at 
>  parties, and still do.  It is still techno, which is attitude just as
> much a 
>  musical genre.  Just because it is superb music and not hardcore gabba
> does 
>  not now make it "intelligent".
>  
>  You are taking the music out of context and placing it in a late nineties
> 
>  setting ... invalid parameter.
>  
>  Someone please back me up on this!! >>
> 
> Read what I said.
> I said it was intelligent dance music. Literal definition of words. 
> I went out of my way to say it was not related to current stuff.
> 
> B.