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Im surprised by how few IDM artists their truely are. It's weird that we had to scrounge to use Aphex Twin like a million times.
-- David Allen (Davidalle...), December 3rd, 2003 10:05 PM.
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ILM in not being in the know about obscure electronic music shocker.
-- Nihilist Pop Star (current31...), December 3rd, 2003 11:33 PM.
There are new acts but, without wanting to sound like an old man here, they seem to be more interested in sticking with a trademark sound than truly exploring their creative potential.
Aphex was all about "wow, what's he going to pull out his sleeve next?" but even he put an end to that with the long-awaited and mildly disappointing "Druqks" album, a general retreading of previous styles.
These days the IDM scene is very small, simply because the current generation of artists are obsessed with making glitchcore, drill'n'bass and microhouse tunes. maybe these terms became popular because people don't enjoy using the term "Intelligent Dance Music" to describe the genre. and sadly, this has led to a million socially retarded german teens into all trying to sound like one particular aphex tune and making a career out of it.
Am I making sense here? I am a little drunk.
― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 4 December 2003 03:03 (twenty years ago) link
sorry, am bit pressed for time george. can't spend more than abt 5 mins on the interweb at the mo'. maybe in a couple of weeks i'll let you have a proper answer (which will cover inter alia villalobos, pan sonic, electroclash...)
― zebedee (zebedee), Thursday, 4 December 2003 12:53 (twenty years ago) link
hardly anthing off morr, hefty (although i am glad telefon made it), reflex, kareoke kalk,~scape,orthong musork, mille plateau,The stuff on ~scape or Mille Plateaux is hardly "dance music", no? I think "electronic listening music" predates IDM and will probably outlive it as well.
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 4 December 2003 13:53 (twenty years ago) link
thirteen years pass...