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Greg Baker
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Sat, 28 Feb 2004 15:30:50 -0800
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Re: [idm] Re: genres
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quoted 2 lines there was never a drill'n'bass> >there was never a drill'n'bass > >scene
quoted 2 lines for it to be a true genre or subgenre, IMO you would have to have> for it to be a true genre or subgenre, IMO you would have to have > many releases entirely devoted to music exactly like that.
just to satisfy my own curiosity, all music guide has a blurb on drill 'n' bass. they also consider RDJ album to be drill n bass. interestingly enough, they also chose to put feed me weird things in drill and IDM, but they also consider BoC's music has the right as an important IDM album although i would consider it more to be trip hop. i mean, if roni size, ltj bukem, photek, and goldie are drum n bass, then i can see how RDJ album, lunatic harness and feed me weird things are different, but at that point we all consider those to be idm albums so i guess there's no point in having drill n bass. its just idm jungle or something. i've never heard animals on wheelsl, clifford gilberto, plasmalamp or mung, and if anyone on this list has i would really appreciate some feedback on what kind of music this is. in the opinion of all music guide: Soon after album-based British techno producers like Aphex Twin and Squarepusher got their hands on drum'n'bass during the mid-'90s, they naturally twisted it to their own ends. The result was Drill'n'bass, a spastic form of breakbeat jungle that relied on powerful audio software and patient programming to warp old midtempo beats and breaks into a frenzied, experimental potpourri of low-attention-span electronic music. Beginning in mid-1995, three figures led the charge with pioneering EPs: Aphex Twin (Hangable Auto Bulb), Luke Vibert's Plug project (Plug 1), and Squarepusher (Conumber). The following year, drill'n'bass went overground with full-length releases by each of the above, most notably Plug's Drum'n'bass for Papa and Squarepusher's debut album Feed Me Weird Things. Soon the rush was on, and a group of artists emerged with immediately identifiable ties to drill'n'bass, including Animals on Wheels, Amon Tobin, Mung, and Plasmalamp. Drill'n'bass receded into the deep underground by 1998, an unsurprising event given the style's extreme nature. Related Styles: Jungle/Drum 'N Bass Electronica Experimental Jungle Industrial Drum'n'Bass Some Important Albums Designs & Mistakes, Animals on Wheels [1997] I Was Young and I Needed the Money, Clifford Gilberto [1998] Feed Me Weird Things, Squarepusher [1996] Richard D. James Album, Aphex Twin [1996] Hard Normal Daddy, Squarepusher [1997] Drum 'N' Bass for Papa/Plug EP's 1, 2 & 3; Plug [1997] Big Loada [US], Squarepusher [1998] Go Plastic, Squarepusher [2001] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org