Hip-hop is SO influential to "IDM"... its not even funny. If im not mistaken , the hip-hop movement was the first genre to completely go electronic, i think it dfefintiely paved the way. As for ae/funkstorung, jesus christ of course they have hiphop influence.. its one of the reasons sean and rob became friends; dont forget funkst.'s wutang remix :)''
peace
ian
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From: Josh Davison <yoshi@enteract.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 14:21:28 -0500 (CDT)
quoted 68 lines well my partner and i share a studio with a hip hop crew, we use the exact
>
>well my partner and i share a studio with a hip hop crew, we use the exact
>same tools and very similar methods for creating the music, it's just a
>question of the aesthetics of the resulting tracks i think. there's not
>really a division between the music we make and the hip hop stuff, more of
>a wide range ... some of our stuff could be classified as hip hop
>depending on how loose your definition is.
>
>i probably attend more hip hop shows than i do "idm" shows and i really
>wish "idm" acts would try more to capture the energy of much of the hip
>hop i've seen. unfortunately the lack of vocals and vocalists leads to
>the widest rift between the two classifications. much of the time, as
>soon as you put rhymes or vocals on top of beats, it's immediately
>transformed into "trip hop" or straight up hip hop. which is not a bad
>thing, i suppose
>
>josh
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>On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Scott Pactor wrote:
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>> Um... I don't know if this disc is old hat on this
>> listserv(in which case I apologize for even bringing
>> it up), but it is most certainly worth checking out,
>> particularly if, like me, you see alot of IDM as
>> lacking a bit in the humor department. I'm wary of
>> describing the content of the Attitude CD, since it
>> violates about eight million separate intellectual
>> property laws. It is a compilation, and the first
>> track appeared on another Tigerbeat comp (Kid 606 and
>> Friends, I think). The theme of the disc is, "IDM v.
>> NWA and derivative acts".
>> On a personal note, I came to this listserv through
>> a process that began with the Funkstorung "Reunited"
>> 12" remix. I find the hip-hop influence in Autechre,
>> Funkstorung and Kid 606 to be just overwhelming, and
>> I'm just generally interested in what the level of
>> IDM-ish/hip-hop interaction is among the readers of
>> this list...
>> Also, Kid 606 and friends appear in the SF Guardian
>> this week. At least Amanda Norwinski didn't do the
>> interview.
>> Scott
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