From Bordeaux Sent Tue, Sep 22nd 1998, 17:39
From Bordeaux Sent Tue, Sep 22nd 1998, 17:39
martin said: > maybe i'm wrong. there may have been a mountain of talk on the list > when it > was released (no reviews tho'), but it certainly gets discussed less > today > now that most people can hear it, than before the release when most > people > hadn't heard it. this seems to point to suspicion i have sometimes > that > rarity can count for more than the music. or maybe its that idm in > particular dates more quickly than other forms of music, being v. much > a > product the latest technology available. sometimes its not clear which > releases that may blow you away today w/ exciting new sounds, actually > have > the substance to keep you wanting to play it again next year. or even > in 5 > yrs time. > martin, you've brought up a point that i often think about re: IDM. which IDM is classic? which will i be listening to in 1 year or 5 years? it's really hard to say what i'll like in the years to come. i think albums that are well thought out and whose concepts are realized are the ones that i'll come back to in the future. most autechre falls into this category, along with 3EF's semtex & BOC (and fair amount of other stuff that i can't really think of right now). i still get excited about a lot of music and buy much more than i really should but only a small percentage really seems to stick. i'd like to think that there's little talk of older music on this list b/c of our collective phychosis & need to know what's new and not because "drill and bass is SOOOO 1997". ;) continuous new technologies might also hurt timeless IDM. a lot of times the music feels more like a reflection of the latest gadget rather than an actual musical idea. i relish new sounds (dying to hear navy warships), but i also want something behind the sounds... a thought i often have - say all of our beloved musicians were born 200 years ago, which ones would be making music? and what kind of music would they write? would aphex twin write operas, go mad trying to get the bouncing balls out of his head, or what? sorry for rambling, ethan