Re: (idm) Usa=guitar-based, Uk=electronic?

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Sent Tue, Jun 30th 1998, 08:44

> Garbage 2.0 (rock-techno/w 303s), and Crystal Method. The "trip like I
> do" song is huge here - That is, the Filter version - WITH WORDS..
> Everybody wants to either "trip like I do" or "smack" their "bitch up"
> cuz those are the worded mantras that people can vocalize, and the
> electronic components are just there to spice up the rock guitars.  keep
> in mind this is less true in Detroit, NewYork or LA, 

not to sound snobby, but I think we're a minority here in LA. Most 
techno you hear in clubs or a majority of raves even is quite 
commercial sounding. That gaddang trance shit seems like it will never 
go away. Ocassionally we have some killer shit thrown by the local 
IDM-heads. Recently a thing called Signal to Noise. Gonzi has put 
together a few things in the past, and KUCI does some ocassional stuff 
too, but in general the masses here in the LA fit the guitar based 
description IMO

g