On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, Kevin King wrote:
quoted 8 lines I was listening to Love Line one night when Destiny's child was
> I was listening to Love Line one night when Destiny's child was
> the guest. They received many calls from fans who really enjoyed their
> music because they, "Have such interesting beats". People said they
> have, "never heard someone use all those sounds and beats in such
> interesting ways to make music". After hearing these fans I decided to
> wait to hear the song played. The song starts off like a normal R&B
> song, then during its "Chorus" the music goes loopy and you can hear
> many sounds and beat combinations that I correlate with IDM.
I assume the track was "Say My Name"? Yeah, I was flipping around the tube
a couple of weeks ago and caught the video for that and was amazed. Some
of the most interesting d'n'b/IDM influenced production I've ever heard in
a meanstream song.
On the other hand - a lot of people on the list have commented on the
IDMish qualities of "Genie in a Bottle" by Christina Agulera (or however
the hell you spell it), but I gotta say that I just don't hear it. It's a
good pop song, but that's about it.
quoted 2 lines So list members, what do you all think? Am I insane, or is IDM
> So list members, what do you all think? Am I insane, or is IDM
> creeping into the mainstream?
Personally, I'm hearing more jungle/d'n'b influence creeping into the
mainstream (which I attribute to the fact that jungle could be considered
a distant cousin of hip-hop). It's become so common that I consider "car
commericial jungle" to be a genre unto itself. :) But I guess there's a
touch of IDM/electronica/etc. in there as well.
Greg
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