In my opinion, Orbital set the stage for intelligent house/dance music...
original melodies mixed with insight and emotion... and genuine fun. Good
to see that others feel similar.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nub" <knowles@Colorado.EDU>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 9:27 PM
Subject: [idm] youngsters on idm-l or whatever thread this came from...
quoted 28 lines someone said:
> someone said:
>
> << I hope that in the future
> more kids my age will accept idm and maybe genius' like richard james,
> orbital, and photek will be classified as something else besides noise,
> clicks and beeps. >>
> > I like your point, but I think Orbital is probably classified under
> > something besides clicks noise and beeps. But rdj and photek, I see
> > your point there.
>
> i take mild offense to this, though maybe i'm reading the intent wrong.
> even though their sound is closer to mainstream than some, imho orbital
> has made some of the most "intelligent" electronic music out there,
> compositionally-speaking. god forbid somebody actually incorporate
> melodies and traditional song structures into their music. uhhh... yeah.
> so to rephrase what djslacker said, most people (like e.g. my dad) still
> think orbital sounds like clicks, noise and beeps. hell, my dad probably
> thinks britney spears sounds like noise, clicks and beeps. he's old.
>
> nub, orbital-defender
>
> np. some idm shit or somethin' - probably hrvatski
>
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