Re: (idm) back in my day...

From Et Pharmacistic Paradoxia
Sent Tue, Jun 30th 1998, 18:33

On Sun, 28 Jun 1998, john r. jacobus wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Jun 1998 01:15:04 +0100 "Giles Ward" <xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xx.xx>
> writes:
> 
> >> Has IDM got guitars in it?  Depends on the track I suppose.  I think 
> >this
> >> brings us back to "what is IDM?"
> 
> Seefeel is the only one I know of. . . 

Some Andrew Weatherall remixes of My Bloody Valentine and other (Creation
label) stuff sometimes would have idm-ish moments.  They are mostly great
grooves with odd percussion, but don't syncopate quite enough to really
get the retroactively labelled "idm".  By the way, for those concerned
about the "intelligent" part of idm, why not call it "sdm", for
"syncopated dance music".  for instance, one track on the new Bola 7" on
SKam is prominently a syncopated breakbeat, or, that is, breaks cut up not
around each of 4 bars. 

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