I'm not a fan of this thread, but I'm deciding to comment against better
judgement...
Here in the states I'm happy to say I don't have to hear Prodigy all over the
place (thank god).
IDM or not, I think that U2's next album will be big in terms of breaking the
sound to the masses (and I'm speaking about the US here) courtesy of Mr.
howie b's production. oh well....
By the way, has anyone heard of a 12" white label floating around called
Avantgardism? (or something like it)
The tracks are provided courtesy of squarepusher, wagon christ, witchman and
t-power..
In a message dated 96-12-02 18:55:15 EST, you write:
<< > OK, who wants to make a bet that Orbital will be asked to play "live" on
> next year's MTV Music Video Awards? AMP will have been on 5 times a week
> for almost exactly a year, the techno mainstream revolution will be in
> full swing in America, and 13 year old kids in baggy pants will be rockin'
> to Halcyon on every street corner. They'll put The Box up for "best
> techno video" and the rest will follow.
>
> Any takers?
>
> Cid.
>
It scares me to think that you might be right..However, I think that
Prodigy is going to be the first group to open up techno to the
mainstream and MTV. Hell, they're already doing it...they've become a
more "alternative dance act" and have gotten away from techno a bit. The
"hip" teenagers are going to eat up The Prodigy's "shocking, in yer face"
image soon and you'll stoon start hearing Liam's choons on mainstream
radio and MTV. From there you'll start seeing people getting more
interested in techno and eventually techno will become part of pop music
(to one extent or another).
That's my theory...Any takers?
Bill C.
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