Ya know, I just went through all the effort to register and verify my account (ok, admitedly, not much effort) to point out that you guys have complemented pretty much every single RDJ release in this thread. lol. Rich is brilliant, not always, but a MAJORITY of the time. Even Drukqs when whittled down to the meat of it is some of the best programming ever. More importantly, he's an originator - but an originator that stays within himself. Autechre went all silly with it for a minute. Do I want to listen to the sound of music decaying? Well, no, after listening to Confield, I found that I don't. But everything Rich does still has that "vibe". The Twin "feeling" that so much electronic music lacks - from all eras. When all is said and done, people will look back on Rich's catalogue of work and marvel. To lead for as long as he has is damn near impossible in the music industry. And mark my words, there will be a boatload of Analord imatators over the next couple years (it's already started). Funny thing is, Rich has probably already moved on to something else - it's what he's done consistently his entire career. "Oh, you like this? Then I'm going release this." Let us also not forget Rephlex and the fact that his early sales helped build Warp. The man deserves loads more credit that he gets (and yes, I realize he gets a lot already). Oh, and I like ELM, electronic listening music, if it must be labeled. IDM alwasys seemed silly to me too.
