quoted 2 lines My question is, is the above at all an accurate notion, or another mainstream
> > My question is, is the above at all an accurate notion, or another mainstream
> > magazine trying to simplify a complex musical genre?
I laughed when I was at my local bookstore and looked at this little
chart. The one with Trip-Hop being the final iteration.
First of all Trip-Hop is one of the most overloaded buzzwords
around. Chem Bros. claim they are Trip-Hop. It's been used to
describe Portishead and Tricky. Ninja Tune is used as an example. My
feelings on Trip-Hop is that is a DJ's art. It's the Hip-Hop beats
spun into a drippy little mess. I think the Blechsdottir comp hits
on this in some parts.
But what really made me chuckle was that they declared "Trip Hop" as
the ultimate end with the "intelligent techno" genre leading up to
it. Maybe I interpretted this wrong, but to say that music like
"Orbital" and "Warp Label" as precursor to the "Chemical Brothers"
and "Tricky" is just plain wrong. Chem Bros and Tricky and
interesting to listen too, but don't stack up vs. the Vibert's and
James'es of the world.
quoted 7 lines Personally, my route of discovery of IDM went a little something like
> Personally, my route of discovery of IDM went a little something like
> this:
>
> Motley Crue and "breakdance music" -> Judas Priest (cool guitar synths!)
> -> LL Cool J -> INXS -> Depeche Mode & OMD -> NIN/Front 242-> The KLF ->
> The Stone Roses -> 808 State -> reading a review of Artificail
> Intelligence II in the university paper -> purchase of AI II.
I went from Metal->Hip Hop->Alternative->Electronica route myself.
quoted 5 lines Instant amazement! Throw in my first internet experience and a heavy
> Instant amazement! Throw in my first internet experience and a heavy
> dose of hyperreal web surfing = IDM nut!
>
> Dave.
>
(*) Fresh and Full of Life Brian Tang
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