o.k., here is my list: just my opinion.
eno, aphex and autechre are obvious. those 3 right there have influenced a
generation of musicians and fans alike.
here are my adds: detroit. juan atkins, kevin saunderson, ur, etc. you
cannot deny the music and culture that has come from detroit in the last 20
years. w/out techno, where would the aphex twin be today?
808state-these guys got the late 80's early 90's dance music shit correct.
hip-hop influences, dance influences all mashed together that created
something new and exciting (@ the time.). before bjork went solo, she sang
w/ 808.
f.s.o.l./the orb- ambience.
bring on the shitstorm!
quoted 109 lines From: Zach Hoon <sorted@saturn5.com>
>From: Zach Hoon <sorted@saturn5.com>
>To: Sean Horton <sean_horton@hotmail.com>
>CC: guile133@hotmail.com, <idm@hyperreal.org>
>Subject: Re: [idm] 5 most important electronic artists of the 90's
>Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 10:53:56 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
> > ...You can argue that she is just selecting producers that have
> > been musically innovative (Mark Bell, Matmos, Thomas Knak, Plaid,
>Herbert)
> > but I have to say that the music that was created out of these
> > collaborations sounds nothing like the music the artists/producers have
> > created on their own.
>
>i'll argue that she's just selecting producers...i was pretty disappointed
>when i heard 'heirloom' off of bjork's 'vespertine'. it's a beautiful
>song, but it's just console's 'crabcraft' from 'rocket in the pocket' with
>her singing over it. and i thought plaid left their mark all over 'post',
>and the tracks matt herbert worked on on 'vespertine' have a definite
>herbert-y sound to them, at least to these ears.
>
> > I would place her above NIN for that reason.
>
>I would place NIN above her for the reason that in countless conversations
>i've had, or interveiws read, with djs or producers, NIN, skinny puppy,
>other industrial acts are cited as influences much more often. also
>because of 'fixed' and 'broken'. the things he did on those records may
>have been pioneered by other folks, but he was one of the people that got
>those production sounds and ideas out to the masses, including me out in
>farmland, wisconsin, yeehaw. track 1 on 'fixed', 'gave up', with those cut
>up vocals, damn.
>
>still, i wouldn't put either in my top 5. top 5 artists for the 90s for
>me, in no particular order:
>
>Aphex Twin:
>Constantly and tirelessly experimented and fooled around with everything
>from production techniques and sounds in his music, to music video and
>live performance, as well as public persona. (remember, drukqs came out in
>the 00s. heh.)
>
>Autechre:
>Similar to Aphex, always pushing the envelope, tho sticking more with
>music, not so much videos or performance, etc. Where they're trying to
>push that envelope i'm sometimes not so sure, but A for effort anyways.
>
>Squarepusher:
>This guy has a sense of humor. Or you could pretend that he's really angry
>all the time if you want. i consider him responsible for bringing
>'drill'n'bass' to the masses (along with a few other usual suspects, of
>course) and his experimentation with/satire of certain electronic
>subgenres is top-notch (ie speed garage on a lot of the tracks on 'go
>plastic').
>
>Boards of Canada:
>Sure they had somewhat limited output compared to other artists on this
>list, but 'music has the right to children' was the first all-electronic
>album to make the music feel consistently warm. They managed to use their
>music to take you 'elsewhere', without really telling you where that was,
>exactly. it's really a shame they like to touch little children tho.
>
>FSOL / The Orb / Orbital / KLF (4way tie):
>All 4 of these groups are trailblazers in some respect, and have
>influenced countless others in electronic music. FSOL's 'papua new
>guinea', the orb's 'little fluffy clouds' (also some of their many
>remixes), orbital's 'chime', klf's '3am eternal' (most of 'the white
>room', all of 'chill out')...though some of these sound dated today, all
>are still considered classic, classic tracks.
>
>
>ok.
>
>-z
>
> > >From: "alan flood" <guile133@hotmail.com>
> > >To: idm@hyperreal.org
> > >Subject: [idm] 5 most important electronic artists of the 90's
> > >Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 08:03:49 -0400
> > >
> > >
> > >So who would you guys say?
> > >
> > >here's mine in no particual order:
> > >
> > >lfo - influenced everyone........ first a.i. style techno?
> > >
> > >oval- for the introduction of the error or glitch
> > >
> > >aphex twin- for obvious reasons
> > >
> > >autechre- also for ovious reasons
> > >
> > >nine inch nails- for the texture, production, and bringing expermental
> > >electronic music to a mass audience through pop song structures, and
>most
> > >importantly to piss off every indie elitest fuck-head on the list (get
>it
> > >right ......majority of the synth patches were a prophet VS)
> > >
> > >thoughts? i can't sleep....
> > >
> > >
> > >alan flood
>
>
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