First off, I just wanted to thank all the people who replied to my question
about finding IDM CDs. I got something like eight response in email and
they were all really helpful. Thanks.
Now.. about the way some people are dissing Orbital because they have a
video and whatnot.. That just doesn't make any sense to me. I see the exact
same thing happening in other genres too. Punk is a good example. Most of
my friends, unfortunately, are into that. There's a band called Shelter
that just about everyone loved a couple years ago. Then this year they went
on tour with No Doubt and the very same people who were raving about how
great they were a year ago are talking about how they're sellouts and their
music sucks, etc etc. They're playing the exact same music they were
playing back before they got big (if you consider opening for No Doubt to be
"big"). I don't get it. It's as if because they became popular, even their
prior work is somehow tainted. Some people seem to be having the same
reaction to Orbital's increasing mainstream appeal. Not to the extent of
what I described above.. but pretty similar.
So, In Sides got a pretty strong marketing push.. so what? It's an amazing
CD. It's something that a lot of people SHOULD hear. As for it being
designed for MTV; I also disagree with that. It's not even Orbital's most
accessible album, in my opinion. The Brown album is far easier to get into
on a first listen. I just can't see someone at a frat party deciding to pop
in In Sides and play "The Girl With The Sun In Her Head" or "Out There
Somewhere?" on the stereo.
This might be better for the ambient list, but I'll give it a shot here. I
was listening to the "a huge ever growing pulsating brain.." remix on Live
93 today. Right around 12:34-12:47 I'd swear I can hear a Fripp/Eno sample
(or recreation) from one of the first few songs on The Essential Fripp&Eno.
Someone has my copy of that so I can't check. Oh well.
xdx