Minimal
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Submitted by dr™ on July 15, 2009 - 9:11pm.Minimal Is Not Ubercoolische
Submitted by dr™ on January 29, 2006 - 2:30am.
Magda might make the tea, and everyone might be into it at the moment, but Minimal is certainly not Ubercoolische. It is SOOOO BORING. What started in the mid-90's with labels like Basic Channel, its successors Chain Reaction and Burial Mix, and currently championed by labels-du-jour Trapez, Shitkatapult and Kompakt, and such "artists" as Ricardo Villalobos and Canadian ex-pat-turned-Berliner-with-a-bad-haircut Richie Hawtin, Minimal has now become ubiquitous. You might say it is the current "It Girl" of electronic music, akin to IDM in the late 90's and Electroclash a few years ago. Problem is, Minimal is nowhere near as interesting as either of those genres.
