In a message dated 8/10/01 3:38:19 PM, andylists@hotmail.com writes:
<< >trent was cool while he lasted. theres a lot lot lot more talented artists
quoted 4 lines out there and gridlock comes to mind immediately if your on an industrial>out there and gridlock comes to mind immediately if your on an industrial
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the important thing to keep in mind with this statement is that Trent loves
pop music, and is pushing the realms of POP music further. and by pop, i
mean something that has somewhat standard verse/chorus arrangement, hooks,
etc. he exposes (through his reputation, and distribution), people to new
forms of music, by throwing them into his "pop" songs. "the perfect drug"
for instance... super poppy chorus, but then he throws in an extended
distorted drum n' bass breakdown in... forcing the public to listen to it,
which in turn exposed many people to music that you wouldn't normally hear on
the radio. he knows how to write a song too.. his lyrics are debatable,
love them or hate them, take them seriously, or see them for what they are...
but the songs are definitely there.. just take a listen to any of the
instrumentals on "the fragile". genius. and his production is top notch,
and he experiments with many different types of things, all the while
incorporating them into a POP song. that's where his genius lies.
gridlock, on the other hand... it's like comparing apples and oranges. trent
writes pop songs, and gridlock doesn't. one is free to experiment without
confines of any sort of tradition and "pop" format. if trent wanted to
produce something similar to gridlock, i'm sure he could.
don't get me wrong. gridlock is one of my favorite artists right now, and i
think they are definitely pushing boundaries of their own... but it's
impossible to really compare pop music to experimental, and to hold them to
the same standards.
i know that if i had never heard NIN, i probably wouldn't be on this IDM list
right now.
-j
ps happy with the new gridlock, even if its a step away from "industrial"
(whatever the hell that is)
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