From Bennett Gross Sent Sun, Jul 18th 1999, 00:31
From Bennett Gross Sent Sun, Jul 18th 1999, 00:31
> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 22:55:25 -0400 > From: Alex Reynolds <xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxxxx.xxx> > Subject: (idm) hm.. > > Serious question: Is this just lame flame-bait from a random AOL account? > > Do you honestly believe that more than a handful of people outside of the > list know who Autechre are or what IDM stands for? > > If we don't represent ourselves, who will? > > Kind regards, > Alex > > >Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 14:37:49 EDT > >From: xxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx > >Subject: (idm) um.. ask yourself this > > > >Does the majority of the IDM list actually think that it's members make up > >the bulk of people who buy the music of artists like Autechre? Does it (IDM) > >actually think the opinions expressed here are a factor record labels should > >take into consideration when releasing new material? Does IDM believe the > >opinions expressed by it's revered listmembers are being attentively watched > >and used as guidance by anyone but lower and more insecure list members? No > >of course not, it's only about facts.. nothing else goes on around here... > >really! sheeaah Though this thread is getting old i have to add my own opinion. I'm only 16 years old, and I've been listening to IDM music for more or less 2 years, though i wasn't even aware of the term IDM up until maybe 8 months ago. I think there are a lot of people that listen to autechre, µ-ziq, and some of the more "mainstream" artists if you can call it that, that have no knowledge of idm. My knowledge of electro artists was incredibly stumped before i became aware of idm and its mailings lists. This is obviously,thanks to my computer, and hotline for downloading mp3s from servers. Even now, i still don't know who most of the artists are that are spoken of here, though i still enjoy reading the threads. But my point is, yes there are i'm sure a lot of people that listen to some of the stuff idm'ers listen to, though their library will definitely include things not associated with idm at all. for example 1 year ago, this is what i was usually listening to, which has changed very much over the last few months: Autechre Mouse on Mars Juno Reactor Underworld µ-Ziq Carl Craig System 7 Scala Massive Attack Stereolab Laika Kraftwerk MBM Komputer (I'm sure there's more, but this was a long time ago)... I'm not really sure how many of these artists anyone recognizes, but i'm sure you get the point. And that's my two cents. Btw: how old are most typical idm'ers on this list anyhow? I know i'm pretty young, being 16. - Sendirian Bennett Gross