From Tom Young Sent Thu, Feb 11th 1999, 07:36
From Tom Young Sent Thu, Feb 11th 1999, 07:36
Michael Upton wrote: > I'm also proud to think of it as more pop than > classical, because on classical's own terms it > falls down, as someone pointed out WRT holding > Autechre up next to some of those pioneers of > IRCAM, etc. > > On pop's terms, IDM is just great - it being > exciting, moving, and (occassionally more than) a > little lawless. > > I guess it shows I think a lot more about context > and creation, when it comes down to these > divisions... whatever. :-) > The Dance in IntelDanceMusik pretty much sums up the connection between IDM and pop, and I could see how you would make the connection, and in some respects, it's viable. My reasoning on the subject is this, however: Pop gains much of its emotional impact from its lyrics. Not to say that the music doesn't come into play, but when you take the lyrics away, you start to venture into the realm of elevator music sometimes. People listen and ask me, as I have begun to ask myself, What is it that I like about this music? So called 'higher music' such as Jazz and Classical, share this same defining charictaristic. There's no song to hum, no angsty lyrics, yet a good track can literally bring tears to my eyes. (?) IMO, it's all about texture and composition. Lyrical content, to me, is the big delineator. Humans tend to get distracted by words. They get confused when some try to communicate with tones, bleeps, and strings. _10m