Boards of Canada for electronic prog

  Sorry, while I probably agree with you (it's been a while since I listened to them), it's never going to happen. The surviving members of the prog electronic team are adamantly opposed to any IDM in the archives because it's too "commercial". This has come up before, as well as with Aphex Twin and Venetian Snares. Personally, I don't understand how the subgenre of prog electronic on PA makes any sense, but that's a discussion for another time.  

Edited by Henry Plainview - January 13 2011 at 18:14

Henry Plainview wrote: Personally, I don't understand how the subgenre of prog electronic on PA makes any sense, but that's a discussion for another time.

Nope it's a discussion for right now (again).

Prog electronic, when called that and purported to be progressive as far as electronic goes, has not made any sense since it was instituted on this site.

The genre should be broken up into:

1. Berlin school
2. All others moves to Krautrock (the likes of Kraftwerk)

Brian Eno should be removed and all reviews of his albums deleted (mine included). His only possibly contribution to "Prog Electronic" is in ambient and tape music, and the exclusion of post-70s ambient and tape music artists makes his inclusion nonsensical.

This site should claim no expertise at all on electronic music when it so retardedly ignores innovation in the genre.

(I actually think All prog electronic artists should not be here, and the entire Krautrock genre as well should be removed--the definition of prog music is too wide as it is and it allows for issues like this to arise).

Thanks for explaining that to me. I haven't really listened to much of Venetian Snares but I think BOC is less IDM than Aphex Twin. In fact I can't really think of a single BOC track that sounds "commercial" or "danceable." They're really an ambient band. But they're also experimental. In fact, their last release featured guitars and sounded pretty close to post-rock to me. I understand the need for them to filter bands from the list but I think this one really deserves a place.

stonebeard wrote: Henry Plainview wrote: Personally, I don't understand how the subgenre of prog electronic on PA makes any sense, but that's a discussion for another time.   Nope it's a discussion for right now (again). Prog electronic, when called that and purported to be progressive as far as electronic goes, has not made any sense since it was instituted on this site. The genre should be broken up into: 1. Berlin school 2. All others moves to Krautrock (the likes of Kraftwerk) Brian Eno should be removed and all reviews of his albums deleted (mine included). His only possibly contribution to "Prog Electronic" is in ambient and tape music, and the exclusion of post-70s ambient and tape music artists makes his inclusion nonsensical. This site should claim no expertise at all on electronic music when it so retardedly ignores innovation in the genre. (I actually think All prog electronic artists should not be here, and the entire Krautrock genre as well should be removed--the definition of prog music is too wide as it is and it allows for issues like this to arise).

Henry Plainview wrote: Rivertree wrote: Henry Plainview wrote: Sorry, while I probably agree with you, it's never going to happen. The surviving members of the prog electronic team are adamantly opposed to any IDM in the archives because it's too "commercial". This has come up before, as well as with Aphex Twin. Personally, I don't understand how the subgenre of prog electronic on PA makes any sense, but that's a discussion for another time. nice project indeed .. ahhh, but I don't get what you are speculating  about .... Basically, I agree with what stonie said. Although I wouldn't be willing to axe all of Kraut, it seems to me that artists like Amon Duul II fit under prog. The motorik music of Can/Faust/Neu! etc. drives me crazy so I can't legitimately comment on it.

Faust isn't "motorik" at all, it's closer to the RIO sound than Krautrock

lol