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         |  Toejam
             from Perth (Australia) on 2003-01-01 20:19 [#00497910] Points: 3077 Status: Regular
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 | If you were to choose one IDM/electronica artist that you think is the most talented, who would it be?
 
 My vote goes to FSOL, because their music (especially the
 new album) is all REAL with REAL talent, more so than RDJ,
 who just does hs stuff all on computers. He can't pick up an
 electric guitar and start playing it, you know what I mean?
 Anyway, that's just my humble opinion.
 
 What do you guys think?
 
 
 
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         |  tolstoyed
             from the ocean on 2003-01-01 20:21 [#00497911] Points: 50073 Status: Moderator
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 | i'd pick SUSUMU YOKOTA-this guy is genius rdj is pretty close to that
 
 
 
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         |  optimus prime
             on 2003-01-01 20:21 [#00497912] Points: 6447 Status: Lurker | Followup to Toejam: #00497910
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 | i'm kicking your ass. 
 
 
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         |  optimus prime
             on 2003-01-01 20:21 [#00497913] Points: 6447 Status: Lurker
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 | anyways ignoring a possible argument about 'real talent' i'd say venetian snares.
 
 
 
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         |  Dolleater
             from Afrika Bambaataa on 2003-01-01 20:22 [#00497914] Points: 4819 Status: Addict
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 | I think you dont know that for sure. He can play piano. 
 
 
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         |  Toejam
             from Perth (Australia) on 2003-01-01 20:22 [#00497915] Points: 3077 Status: Regular
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 | wtf 
 
 
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         |  Toejam
             from Perth (Australia) on 2003-01-01 20:23 [#00497918] Points: 3077 Status: Regular
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 | yeah...like a 3 year old! 
 Anyway, those are just rehashed songs from the 1920's
 methinks.
 
 
 
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         |  Spookyluke
             from United States on 2003-01-01 20:23 [#00497919] Points: 1955 Status: Lurker
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 | Definitely Aphex.  Aphex, my man, aphex! :D 
 
 
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         |  optimus prime
             on 2003-01-01 20:24 [#00497921] Points: 6447 Status: Lurker | Followup to Toejam: #00497915
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 | wtf indeed. 
 
 
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         |  qrter
             from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2003-01-01 20:24 [#00497923] Points: 47414 Status: Moderator
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 | I see a computer as an instrument. 
 
 
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         |  tolstoyed
             from the ocean on 2003-01-01 20:25 [#00497926] Points: 50073 Status: Moderator
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 | the idea is what counts at least for me
 
 
 
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         |  optimus prime
             on 2003-01-01 20:25 [#00497927] Points: 6447 Status: Lurker | Followup to qrter: #00497923
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 | exactly. 
 
 
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         |  Toejam
             from Perth (Australia) on 2003-01-01 20:26 [#00497928] Points: 3077 Status: Regular
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 | NO REAL TALENT!! 
 He can't play violin or drums like me. He just plays the
 computer.
 
 
 
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         |  Spookyluke
             from United States on 2003-01-01 20:27 [#00497930] Points: 1955 Status: Lurker
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 | Talent for instruments? or talent for composing?
 the former takes physical sleight while the latter requires
 one to have a creative tendency! :D
 
 
 
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         |  tolstoyed
             from the ocean on 2003-01-01 20:27 [#00497932] Points: 50073 Status: Moderator
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 | you should've ask who's most talented in playing instruments then :)
 
 
 
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         |  teapot
             from Paddington (Australia) on 2003-01-01 20:28 [#00497934] Points: 5739 Status: Regular
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 | id say autechre or brothomstates... 
 my gf has studied music for a long time, and she thinks
 autechre are basic and have very little clue about music
 theory... after listening to my cd's she thinks Squarepusher
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         |  Monoid
             from one source all things depend on 2003-01-01 20:31 [#00497937] Points: 11012 Status: Lurker
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 | Me 
 
 
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         |  tolstoyed
             from the ocean on 2003-01-01 20:32 [#00497938] Points: 50073 Status: Moderator | Followup to Monoid: #00497937
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 | there's no end to your talents is there? 
 
 
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         |  Refund
             from Melbourne (Australia) on 2003-01-01 20:33 [#00497940] Points: 7824 Status: Lurker
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 | autechre, aphex and squarepusher. 
 
 
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         |  wayout
             from the street of crocodiles on 2003-01-01 20:44 [#00497951] Points: 2849 Status: Lurker
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 | i'd have to agree with teapot's girlfriend.. 
 im apalled squarepusher has recieved so little mention in
 this thread
 
 
 
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         |  Dolleater
             from Afrika Bambaataa on 2003-01-01 20:56 [#00497959] Points: 4819 Status: Addict | Followup to Toejam: #00497928
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 | No in fact its one of his favorite past times. When was the last time you were at his home and listened in on a session?
 
 
 
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         |  b0nk
             from 1969 in the sunshine (United States) on 2003-01-01 21:05 [#00497974] Points: 1121 Status: Regular | Followup to Dolleater: #00497914
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 | def, tracks like avril 14th are kick ass 
 whether or not afx is the most 'genious' of them all or even
 most talented who knows, hes def top 5?
 
 theres something about boc that really does it for me, not
 since afx have i fealt that way so i think they can be
 counted too..  it may not be talent in the sense of being
 able to play an instrument to a certan skill level, but in
 the final piece of music produced.
 
 
 
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         |  Toejam
             from Perth (Australia) on 2003-01-01 21:09 [#00497982] Points: 3077 Status: Regular
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 | Heh whoa didn't mean to start no argument here, guys :D 
 
 
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         |  Zeus
             from San Francisco (United States) on 2003-01-01 21:38 [#00498018] Points: 14042 Status: Lurker
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 | I cant decide... 
 and I dont think it would be fair If I did...
 
 I love so many different artists, but in different ways.
 
 I think its foolish to say someone is the best.
 
 I mean, music isnt about being popular... its about
 expressing emotion...
 
 I have different artists for different moods... and for me
 to pick one artist as the best... well, that would really
 shortchange and undermind all the other music I love.
 
 
 
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         |  Spookyluke
             from United States on 2003-01-01 21:39 [#00498021] Points: 1955 Status: Lurker
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 | Most-talented candy company: Hershey's. Hands down!
 
 
 
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         |  Dolleater
             from Afrika Bambaataa on 2003-01-01 21:44 [#00498024] Points: 4819 Status: Addict | Followup to Spookyluke: #00498021
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 | Is Reese's a subsidiary of of Hershey's. If not, Resse's is the most talented.
 
 
 
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         |  Spookyluke
             from United States on 2003-01-01 21:46 [#00498025] Points: 1955 Status: Lurker
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 | I think Hershey's owns everything.  Ever have a Snickers? It's a Hershey's.  And M&Ms and Skittles, and things.
 Unless it says, "Nestle" or "Wonka," I think it's Hershey's!
 
 
 
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         |  skodt
             from Toronto (Canada) on 2003-01-01 22:23 [#00498052] Points: 672 Status: Regular
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 | me afx
 squarepusher
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         |  Dolleater
             from Afrika Bambaataa on 2003-01-01 22:25 [#00498056] Points: 4819 Status: Addict | Followup to Spookyluke: #00498025
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 | or a Mars. 
 
 
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         |  aperson
             from Brentwood, TN (United States) on 2003-01-01 22:51 [#00498089] Points: 1134 Status: Lurker
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 | Phonem or Autechre. 
 
 
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         |  Delphium
             from Rauma (Finland) on 2003-01-02 00:05 [#00498166] Points: 262 Status: Lurker
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 | Mr Twin, Mr Aphex Twin. 
 
 
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         |  Toejam
             from Perth (Australia) on 2003-01-02 00:07 [#00498170] Points: 3077 Status: Regular
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 | WOOZIE!! WOOZLE!! WEEE! 
 w00t!
 
 
 
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         |  Morton
             from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-01-02 02:00 [#00498247] Points: 10000 Status: Addict | Followup to Toejam: #00497928
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 | think you can't play the computer like him :D think that's what counts in IDM
 otherwise you should become a pop star or something IMO
 
 i say Aphex as well
 listen to the melodies on Girl/Boy song and Alberto Balsalm
 for instance..
 
 
 
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         |  splodgechops
             from London (United Kingdom) on 2003-01-02 02:08 [#00498256] Points: 102 Status: Lurker
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 | Avril 14th is the most throwaway of the drukqs piano tracks. Stuff like father and one of the ones on disc2 with slight
 detuned intervals over deep bass notes (before meltphace6 i
 think) are much more thoroughly composed and emotional. To
 adults I mean. Avril 14th is pleasantly naive.
 
 
 
 
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         |  Anus_Presley
             on 2003-01-02 04:42 [#00498346] Points: 23472 Status: Lurker
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 | most would arrgue that theirr fav arrtist is the most talanted.
 
 
 
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         |  Anus_Presley
             on 2003-01-02 04:44 [#00498347] Points: 23472 Status: Lurker
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 | i am going to say SP even thou he ain't my fav, coz i think he is.
 
 
 
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         |  Bob Mcbob
             on 2003-01-02 04:50 [#00498353] Points: 9939 Status: Regular
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 | its very close but id have to say µziq, although afx is indeed a top 5 candidate.....
 
 "most would arrgue that theirr fav arrtist is the most
 talanted. " not nessaccerally
 
 
 
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         |  Morton
             from out (Netherlands, The) on 2003-01-02 04:53 [#00498356] Points: 10000 Status: Addict
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 | will i get killed if i think Jamie Lidell is a candidate..? 
 
 
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         |  Anus_Presley
             on 2003-01-02 04:54 [#00498358] Points: 23472 Status: Lurker | Followup to Bob Mcbob: #00498353
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 | "most" - not all, i think alot will 
 
 
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         |  Anus_Presley
             on 2003-01-02 04:57 [#00498360] Points: 23472 Status: Lurker
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 | i will tell you who i think it totally amazing Transistor Six.
 
 
 
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         |  Spikee Dragon
             from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2003-01-02 05:03 [#00498366] Points: 4179 Status: Regular
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 | Each artist has their own skills in each area. I just would go for Aphex because he is very creative with his skills
 hence his large back catalogue (what we get to see of it)
 varying quite a lot. The 'Thinking of you' album by Bogdan
 Raczynski also has some good arrangements in.
 
 
 
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         |  Glitch
             from New Zealand on 2003-01-02 05:06 [#00498369] Points: 519 Status: Regular
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 | fucking hell.. . some people should listen to Flanger once in a while. ..
 
 
 
 
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         |  Bob Mcbob
             on 2003-01-02 05:06 [#00498370] Points: 9939 Status: Regular
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 | jamie lidell is great but hes done some crap song too, i suggested µziq because even tho i dont like all his work, i
 can still tell it must have taken talent to make it....
 
 
 
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         |  Anus_Presley
             on 2003-01-02 05:09 [#00498377] Points: 23472 Status: Lurker | Followup to Toejam: #00497928
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 | but could you make yourr own devises to crreate new sounds to expand on yourr ideas like rdj ?
 
 
 
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         |  Pigfarmer
             from Ipswich (United Kingdom) on 2003-01-02 06:44 [#00498488] Points: 589 Status: Lurker
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 | My vote goes to squarepusher. Cause hes creating totally unique music and he plays it all himself. On Music is rotted
 one note he played it all, drums bass Synthies.
 I think on Album like Hard Normal Daddy, Budakhan Mindphone
 & especially MIRON he reaches a depth like no other atrist.
 
 
 
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         |  flea
             from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2003-01-02 07:33 [#00498598] Points: 9083 Status: Regular
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 | Cristian Vogel has a degree in 20th-century music at the University of Sussex in Brighton.
 
 
 
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         |  Binaural Tea
             from Christmas City (Christmas Island) on 2003-01-02 07:54 [#00498616] Points: 1912 Status: Lurker
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 | i enjoy my own music most. 
 
 
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         |  Steamtank
             from Melancholia Isle (Poland) on 2003-01-02 08:21 [#00498655] Points: 1271 Status: Regular
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 | i would say tom jenkinson or autechre duo... but i wont. i dont know who is the most talented one- God knows...
 
 
 
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         |  DJ Xammax
             from not America on 2003-01-02 08:39 [#00498668] Points: 11512 Status: Lurker
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 | Aphex Twin by a long, long way. 
 
 
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         |  Anus_Presley
             on 2003-01-02 08:44 [#00498671] Points: 23472 Status: Lurker | Followup to DJ Xammax: #00498668
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 | so we all agrree it SP rright? 
 
 
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