This sort of thing

sufi

lala
futuristic, but nothing like this future which turned out to be the opposite of clean sounds and snappy beats
 

Simon silverdollarcircle

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I think this kind of thing is making a comeback. Lotta 90s idm and www geek techno being reissued.

When I wrote for the Wire in the glory years I predicted that in time 90s IDM would be as revered as 80s post-hardcore and for the same reasons. Theres something monastic about it. Lads cut off from the party, from romance, from bantz, and trudging to the extremes. It's Beyond Fun.

I don't know if that argument holds up tbh but I always want it to be true.
 

linebaugh

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this sounds like muzak. Certain bands sound lless like real bands and more like bands who would have been created for a mediocre film and this sounds like the techno version of that.
 

linebaugh

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I think this kind of thing is making a comeback. Lotta 90s idm and www geek techno being reissued.

When I wrote for the Wire in the glory years I predicted that in time 90s IDM would be as revered as 80s post-hardcore and for the same reasons. Theres something monastic about it. Lads cut off from the party, from romance, from bantz, and trudging to the extremes. It's Beyond Fun.

I don't know if that argument holds up tbh but I always want it to be true.
I dont think its happened yet but there a cracks. Vegyn is by no means huge but he has worked his way into the the hipper sphere of the hip hop scene making something approaching IDM
 

luka

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this sounds like muzak. Certain bands sound lless like real bands and more like bands who would have been created for a mediocre film and this sounds like the techno version of that.

Good comment I knew I was right to have faith in you Limburger
 

Simon silverdollarcircle

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I also think that often with this kind of thing, of finding a charm in something that was previously hateful, it's because there's little at stake anymore. The war is over. Whereas at the time, if you're listening to say underground resistance or jungle or whatever and this kind of shit comes out you have to resist it. You have to engage with it as a counter revolutionary force that must be nullified. But now the war is over, and jungle won, we can magnanimously acknowledge that yeah this sort of thing had its charm

I had a similar thing with the more po faced meditate on bass weight 2005-2006 dubstep stuff. Which I disliked on principle at the time cos it wasn't grime. But now in hindsight I can see its appeal I guess

Which is all a long winded way of saying I'll be on dissensus in 15 years reappraising mark fell and generously singing his praises as a true auteur
 
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