quoted 8 lines I was listening to Love Line one night when Destiny's child was the> 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've said it before and I'll say it again. This has all to do with
Timbaland's productions and the slew of copycats that have poped up in the
last couple of years.
quoted 9 lines This is not the only example of this I have heard, but it is the only> This is not the only example of this I have heard, but it is the only
> one that I can remember. There are more signs of IDM's increasing
> popularity popping up all over the place. For example the Volkswagen and
> Pirelli commercials (I think there was another one too). Not to mention,
> if you listen to the music during a film (not the soundtrack, but the
> purely instrumental music that gives a scene it emotion) you will hear a
> lot of seemingly IDM type music.
> So list members, what do you all think? Am I insane, or is IDM creeping
> into the mainstream?
I don't know, I mean we've been hearing dissonant, atonal orchestral
film scores for decades now and I still wouldn't say the Second Viennese
School is part of the mainstream even though practically any person who
watches movies or TV has been exposed to their style of composition and
that's what I think is gonna happen with IDM. And I don't think those
Volkswagen commercials are gonna propel Stereolab into the mainstream,
especially since you wouldn't have any idea who's music that is unless
you're already familiar with it. I mean, even John Zorn has done music
for commercials and he'll definitely never be part of the mainstream. So I
think a lot of obscure artists and genres can flirt with the mainstream,
but will never really be accepted by it. I'd say IDM has become mainstream
when I see Autechre videos on MTV's TRL.
Andrei
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