EEAOM is a blog that started in 2010. the idea was that at that point a lot of very interesting artists and sounds were emerging, but because the variety and especially obscurity of these microscenes and sonic individuals, it had become extremely hard to keep track on them and their output, or even to get to know these new sounds. from the beginning, the focus was always not on a specific sound or genre, but something from anything as long as it was good and thrilling... doomcore, acid, techno, funk, electronica, noize, rock, jazz, you name it, and everything in between. EEAOM was especially interested in artists that took things to a new level, creating unheard sounds and genre combinations, and having a true impact in their sounds.
EEAOM is running for over 6 years now, has more than 60.000 views and over 2000 posts.
the idea was always to have a diversity of content, with interviews, charts, features, reviews and essays, but it quickly turned out that the main backbone were the daily updates of new sounds.
EEAOM at one point spawned a digital fanzine called Cyborg Coffee with the focus purely on techno theory and social commentary that was very shortlived.
content from EEAOM eventually resulted in the digital DIY publishing of two books, "PCP - Legends In Their Life" which was itself spread and read by tens of thousands of people, and "The Hardcore Condition" about labels like Fischkopf, which also reached thousands of people.
the ENWAOIM blog was split from the main blog to focus purely on indie, rock, nudisco and pop genres while the focus of the main blog was set to "electronic" genres, but after a while this distinction was removed again, with ENWAOIM becoming defunct.
a noteworthy feature on EEAOM are always the yearly charts which feature sounds of various genres.
there was always the attempt to get more people into the boat for adding content to EEAOM but it was hard to find those that are motivated (or want to get involved in a non-profit blog).
EEAOM is always open for sonic or otherwise input by artists, labels, collectives that do some interesting stuff and stick out from the masses, as well as feedback from everyone.
on to the next 6 years!
http://experimentalelectronicsandothermusic.blogspot.com
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