_> do with it. So if it takes someone like the Chemical Brothers
_> or Josh Wink to lead someone to the music, great - because
_> hopefully they'll realize that there is more to this music,
_> there's people like Derrick May, Oliver Leib, Jeff Mills, LTJ
_> Bukem, Pete Namlook, Stefan Robbers, Dan Curtin, Ken Ishii, and
_> this list can go on and on. If it takes them to be a catalyst,
_> it's great for all of us who like more underground sounds and
_> are trying to educate people.
Hmm, this reminds me of the things I heard about Nirvana about 4-5
years ago. I remember seeing Nirvana support Sonic Youth at this
really small gig in Cork ( Sir Henrys ), and people going oh wow,
these guys are great. Then suddenly when they hit the big time the
alternative music scene was split into 'Nirvana are great and deserve
the attention'/'Nirvana are crap and are just a well marketed
formula'. Either which way they did popularise that form of music,
and IMHO lower it to the standard of what music has to be to be
acceptable to the general public. Well, I'll rephrase that. Nirvana
presented the music industry with a formula which was then used,
abused and basically stuffed down our faces.
Now, this is what worries me about the Chemical Brothers popularity,
and Orbitals popularity. I like the CBs, I love Orbital. But now
that they are starting to make a name for themselves we are going to
see ( and this is a prediction of mine ) lotsnlots of clones of these
formulae appearing all over the place.
_> And one more thing, you all probably weren't saying shit like
_> this two years ago when "Chemical Beats" dropped.
Exactly. Anyone into Guitar music loved 'Smells like teen..' until it
became too popular.
Sorry for boring you with conversation on non idm, but I think it is
relevant here.
Hary J Walsh hwalsh@drlove.ilo.dec.com
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