From David Hodgson Sent Fri, Apr 3rd 1998, 01:35
From David Hodgson Sent Fri, Apr 3rd 1998, 01:35
a friend of mine the same - she never *got* electronic music till she listened to some whilst tripping. Now she loves it - or at least some of it but most rock music is made by people under the influence of one kind of mind altering substance or another too. i doubt in any different proportion to those making electronic music > -----Original Message----- > From: spacecake [SMTP:xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx] > Sent: Thursday, April 02, 1998 4:29 PM > To: xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx > Subject: Re: (idm) 76:14 and 'difficult' music > > At 02:10 PM 4/2/98 +0000, you wrote: > > Is electronica made by, and should it be listened to by, > >people using mind altering substances. I know that I listen to a broad > >range of this music under all states of consciousness, but when it >comes > to a night of, shall we say "ritual ingestion", I find that >artists like > ORB are the real deal. > > okay, just this one last post and then i'll shut up: > > my friend always used to slag electronic music and dissmiss it > as shit (i belive he has reffering to bochum welt's module2) > unlistenable, and boring. > once however while we were smoking grass at my place, i managed > to convince him (inspite of his protests) to listen to 'some of this > techno > shit' and played him orb's uforb,orblivion, and autechre's amber... > and guess what? the man has been converted! he has seen the light! > he now OWNS autechre, dj shadow, underworld, and some other > electronic CDs... and has been last seen at various techno parties > dropping > oodles of acid... and being chilled out of his mind. > > i can't help but smile everytime i think of his sudden change > of heart concering electronic music... and it all came about > because he smoked a little herb... > so there's your answer... :-) > > personally, i discovered electronic music before i discovered drugs, > and on my first trip i remeber the feeling that i was hearing > the music for the very first time.. they gave the music that extra > dimension and depth that was not accessible without them- > so there's my experience... > > well that's it. peace. > > :spacecake: > > > > > > > > > > > >