From Mark Stevens Sent Mon, Nov 2nd 1998, 22:52
From Mark Stevens Sent Mon, Nov 2nd 1998, 22:52
On Mon, 2 Nov 1998 17:57:05 +0200, you wrote: >But then again - this is entirely down to personal taste, for which >there is no accounting. Yes, this is a far departure from Bytes >(which I adore) but then who says that artists should maintain the >same recognisable style? If they DO, we all start grumbling about >how predictable and boring they are... This is the reason why I got into IDM in the first place. Back in the late 80s, I was dithering around with UK and Italian house -- with a bit of Bomb the Bass on the side. Then <womp!> I was hit by 808 State's '90', which blew me away. A friend had a copy of the album in his walkman -- I decided to check it out seeing as I enjoyed 'Pacific'. Needless to say, I had my friend's copy of '90' for about four months. '90' was the turning point for me. After getting my own copy, I ran out and bought 'Quadrastate' and 'Newbuild', and they knocked me for six too. Since then, I haven't looked back -- along came the likes of Orbital, Orb, LFO, Nightmares on Wax... and it all took off from there. What point was I making? Oh yes -- all the artists I started following the late 80s/early 90s were those who attempted to do something *different* with each album. Sometimes the experiment didn't work, but at least you knew the artists were trying, rather than rewriting the same track over and over again. /\/)ark http://www.sonance.demon.co.uk/