From Jeffery Cohen Sent Tue, Dec 22nd 1998, 18:41
From Jeffery Cohen Sent Tue, Dec 22nd 1998, 18:41
>
> Not to criticize non-Detroit influenced IDM at all.. I'm just making the
> point that techno (intelligently produced, of course) all-of-a-sudden
> sounds very fresh, like something I haven't heard in a while,
i have to agree one hundred percent here. how much of the
pure idm stuff can you listen to without getting completely
sickened by it? i think this a great point that people new to the
list should keep in mind: mix it up, and it all stays interesting.
when alot of the recent idm seems kind of murky and foggy
in what it's trying to say/convey, you have to just cut through
all that. what really made this so clear to me was the latest
stuff from Kit Clayton/Cytrax, Delay 01, The Mimic and the Model,
and stuff along these lines. it just cuts through all the bullshit
and is much more direct, but still contains alot of subtleties to
keep it interesting. .
i guess i'm just shouting out for people to take a chance
with non-idm stuff and not be so obsessed with the new Bola, or
East Flatbush remixes or whatever. go buy the Pole, the Plastikman,
the Brinkmann, the Mos Def, the i-F, and *then* go back and
listen to your idm collection, and i think you'll really come
back to it all with a refreshed attitude.
peace.
./ chris.
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