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What should be a brilliant thread is in fact a testament to the underlying conservatism of most SY fans. 'IDM', 'real' instruments. It's enough to make me reach for my Roland.
I'm the first to say that I like traditional 'Rock' music, played on electric guitars, with electric bass and a live acoustic drumkit. But none of these things are any more 'real' than a laptop, a drum machine, a keyboard, etc.
I'm going to go so far as to say that the problem seems to be largely cultural. Being European it seems that we have (for whatever reason) far less of a problem dealing with synthesised music than do our American friends (based on most of the posts here). As i mentioned in the Acid House thread, a massive number of the American pioneers of House Music now live in Europe, where they themselves have expressed ability to able to work far more easily, and without prejudice, than they say they would be able to do in the US - where dance music still seems to have associations with gay culture.
The late 80s and early 90s were an incredibly exciting time for dance music in Europe, with the early Acid House and Balearic scene spawning a myriad of offshoots - from Rave, to Jungle, to Hardcore, etc. Meanwhile America embraced Grunge, and its slightly insipid off-spring - The Lemonheads, Buffalo Tom, etc. A few of you have mentioned that 'disco' was something your parents listened to, but feel no problem with endorsing another type of music that, to my ears at least, was even more clearly defined by music from that era - albeit played, on a stage, and using 'real' instruments.
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