From Tom Millar Sent Wed, Jun 16th 1999, 17:18
From Tom Millar Sent Wed, Jun 16th 1999, 17:18
> It is quite clear now why they pulled out. If the cost of their > participation in this list was to corrupt the impact of their music > on us, then it was better that they stay out of the fray and to just > transmit, and to let us receive. Better to avoid the demystification of > their unique form of expression. Better to not grow fat and entertain > delusions of grandeur. Such are the hazards of audient/artiste > interaction. > > We should be eternally grateful to them that they pissed off out of > here, so we can listen to their music without prejudice. > > -- Graham H Freeman Yeah, every time I listen to Kid606 I think "Man this wanker's only like 19 years old and never sez anything on the IDM list except stuff about Cristina Ricci who I think has eyes that are too far apart, this music sucks" And when I listen to the one Blitter vs. Hrvatski track I have, I think "Man this dude went to Berklee and shit but all he can talk about is the Amen, plus all his record reviews are pretentious and end with a phrase or adjective that I guess he thinks is going to pull the whole mess together but completely fails, this bassline is wack" And when I listen to my own tracks I think "Man this fucker thinks he's some kind of Devil's Advocate with his anti-sampler stance and his cack reviews of dumbass domestic albums, he doesn't even own a turntable or a synth that has knobs on it, this shit sounds like Surgeon minus about ten billion quality points" Whatever. Becoming a public figure (if you want to call joining IDMl becoming a public figure I'll go along, but just this once) doesn't hurt your music unless you as a human being are a genuine shithead. I thoroughly love the fact that I can get on here and rant and rave with some of the best in the genre. I can go and read Våt's spanky FE reviews or dig on Kid's BOOSHBOOSHFBOOSHDOOSH beats and revel in the general humanness of the artist at the same time I revel in their art. We're real people, not paragons of electronic beat virtue or some shit. You can demystify the artist without demystifying the art, and you can certainly grow fat and wallow in delusions of grandeur just sitting by yourself and never talking to anyone. Anyway, I think they missed out on a great opportunity. I'm sure if they had worked out a good explanation they probably could've gotten me to go out and buy that fourth album of theirs (maybe even the peel sessions!) Tom