From Paul McFadyen Sent Tue, Nov 25th 1997, 17:11
From Paul McFadyen Sent Tue, Nov 25th 1997, 17:11
>Is Plastikman IDM? Sure. Lots of people have said so. Plastikman while >minimalist maintains an enormous amount of subtlety and undeniable >intelligence. >What about Hardfloor? Before you spring to your toes and try to lynch me, >consider their careful buildups, their exquisite use of the 303, their >crashing climaxes, the twists and turns they take, and tell me that isn't >subtle. Tell me that isn't intelligent. Right firstly you say that IDM isn't dance music, then you say that Plastikman and Hardfloor are IDM. Have you ever seen the effect that a Hardfloor track has on a dancefloor? I would say that a high percentage of IDM doesn't exactly set a dancefloor alight, but certain artists can be intelligent with their music without losing the dance edge (Hardfloor for one) I totally agree with you about the Prodigy though. I'll get a thousand abusive e-mails for this, but I would describe the Prodigy as IDM. Given that a lot of their stuff is crap, but listen to "Narayan" and take away the vocals and you're left with a very intelligent atmospheric piece of music - listen to Claustrophobic Sting. It's a shame that the MTV generation have picked up on Liam's work, but at least he still keeps the edge despite commercial pressures. See Ya Paul