From brachielles Sent Tue, Nov 4th 1997, 01:43
From brachielles Sent Tue, Nov 4th 1997, 01:43
after all this idm negativity, here's my heartwarming idm story for the week: This afternoon I was at KCSB (the radio station I work at) listening to the new Suction and M.A.S. 12"s I had just recieved in the mail when a couple hip hop dj friends of mine came into the studio I was using and asked how I was doing. Having just finished listening to and putting my records away, I offered to let them use the studio I was in. I packed up my stuff and began to leave, but as I was walking out the door, one of the guys yelled "hey brian, you ever heard of a hip hop label called schematic?" I quickly turned around. He continued saying "yeah, i just picked up this Push Button Object 12" while I was in San Francisco this last weekend. this shit is the future of hip hop!" He threw his new find on the turntable and we sat there and had our collective asses kicked by the music. After we were done listening to some selections, i told him, yeah I'd heard of schematic, but that it's an idm label, not a hip hop label. They disagreed saying, "yeah, they've been putting out this dope electro-hip hop shit for a while now". Again, I countered, saying "no, they've been putting out dope idm shit for a while". In order to prove my point, I threw down the decidedly idm releases from MAS that I had received earlier. They balked at the similarities (and then asked for a dub). I left mumbling something about it being the future of electronic music, while from the left of me came some mumbling about the future of hip hop music. Folks, i have crossed bridges today, let's all...share...(sniff) the idm message...(sniff) with someone...else. It's always cool turn someone on to the wonders of idm, especially when we've been living so close to hip hop people for so long musically, but we are blind to them and they are blind to us. One big happy family, that's what I'm talking about. BTW, can anyone give me some recommendations for Push Button Object? How many releases are there? --brian "looking for a little unity" rachielles xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx idm review archive, audio on kcsb, zaph records: www.geocities.com/sunsetstrip/club/4980