From mono Sent Fri, Apr 3rd 1998, 00:52
i was having a conversation w/ a deadhead at an ambient party in baltimore in '94...... we decided that all good music sounds the same anyway..... oh yeah....we were tripping X) On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, David Hodgson wrote: > a friend of mine the same - she never *got* electronic music till she > listened to some whilst tripping. Now she loves it - or at least some of it > > but most rock music is made by people under the influence of one kind of > mind altering substance or another too. i doubt in any different proportion > to those making electronic music > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: spacecake [SMTP:xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx] > > Sent: Thursday, April 02, 1998 4:29 PM > > To: xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx > > Subject: Re: (idm) 76:14 and 'difficult' music > > > > At 02:10 PM 4/2/98 +0000, you wrote: > > > Is electronica made by, and should it be listened to by, > > >people using mind altering substances. I know that I listen to a broad > > >range of this music under all states of consciousness, but when it >comes > > to a night of, shall we say "ritual ingestion", I find that >artists like > > ORB are the real deal. > > > > okay, just this one last post and then i'll shut up: > > > > my friend always used to slag electronic music and dissmiss it > > as shit (i belive he has reffering to bochum welt's module2) > > unlistenable, and boring. > > once however while we were smoking grass at my place, i managed > > to convince him (inspite of his protests) to listen to 'some of this > > techno > > shit' and played him orb's uforb,orblivion, and autechre's amber... > > and guess what? the man has been converted! he has seen the light! > > he now OWNS autechre, dj shadow, underworld, and some other > > electronic CDs... and has been last seen at various techno parties > > dropping > > oodles of acid... and being chilled out of his mind. > > > > i can't help but smile everytime i think of his sudden change > > of heart concering electronic music... and it all came about > > because he smoked a little herb... > > so there's your answer... :-) > > > > personally, i discovered electronic music before i discovered drugs, > > and on my first trip i remeber the feeling that i was hearing > > the music for the very first time.. they gave the music that extra > > dimension and depth that was not accessible without them- > > so there's my experience... > > > > well that's it. peace. > > > > :spacecake: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------- ---------- xxxx@xxxxxx.xxx -------------------------- ---------------------- ----------- ----------- onourwayhomeonourwayhomeonourwayhomeonourwayhomeonourwayhomeonourwayhome...... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------