From david turgeon Sent Fri, Apr 9th 1999, 18:20
> I don't think that's really a concern for him (I mean, ltd dubplates and > white labels are the very foodstuff of DJs, c.f. the anonymity of author > in my summary above- you'd be hard pressed to find a more obscure way of > distributing the actual physical "release"). I think the problem (for him) > is that nobody really aspires to anything with more appeal than outside > their circle of friends. but that's more of a by-product of obscurity than its premise. idm's relative obscurity has become wilful partly because it would be masochistic to do it otherwise. i.e. pressings of 500 are usually sufficient because not more than 500 are likely to ever buy it. it's only smart (& healthy) business, especially since the club djs reynolds is so fond of won't play it, so we're left to ourselves having to create our own network to get any attention. perhaps, as many have stated, the views expressed by the pro-idm side of this discussion don't fit in his own scheme of things, but from the many explanations of his own views which i've read today (i don't know the guy's works, so you'll excuse me if i got it wrong), his dream of music & drugs as the catalyst to counterculture doesn't have to extend to every kind of music. some music may be made for mass-consumption, & some music may be made for self-appointed experimentation. neither has to be the "wrong" kind of music--matter of fact, both complete each other quite well already, & most people on this list will gladly recognize & even celebrate the influence of club music on their own. that's something mr. reynolds doesn't seem to acknowledge on his side of the alledged "fence". i'd like to add this concerning the possibility of idm turning into the progressive rock of the 90s (or the 00s, rather): i found that generally, idm, unlike prog rock, isn't a genre proper but rather an amalgama of quite different subgenres which appeal to a loose group of people. i mean, _really_ what do say jake mandell & v/vm have in common, other than a certain group of people listen to both? then again, noodling is always a danger, but we have a new tool: the internet, & with it there is _no_ reason to noodle ("i didn't know somebody else had done it already!!"), & _every_ reason to experiment & find new ways out. someone please tell me to shut up. :) -- david turgeon at http://www.notype.com