quoted 24 lines Moreover, a fews post back, I read someones post on how albums like>Moreover, a fews post back, I read someones post on how albums like
>Kid A, Vespertine; helped fans of Radiohead and Bjork, delve into
>unfimiliar terroritory.
>I was one of them, I didn't really immerse myself with Experimental
>Electronic Music until I picked up Kid A. There was gamut of reviews
>(weeks before the albums release) making the indication that it was
>obviously influenced by Aphex, Autechre, BoC and a fraction of the
>Warp Catalogue to name a few. I of course decided to go to the
>source, and lucky for me I recently started to work a music store
>where I met my best friend, who had years of listening to this music
>(since 1995). He was even peeved at the idea that Radiohead were
>getting praise and accolades for what they did with Kid A, asserting
>to me that there had been others who have been making that sound for
>years, 'idioteque' sounding a lot like this Autechre track on Amber
>*cant recall the extact name* but I had known that they 'borrowed'
>from Paul Stanley as mentioned in the album notes. Any who, long
>story short, I'm glad RH did what they did, likewise for Bjork who
>has people from the IDM spectrum since Pre-Post, if it wasn't for
>them (RH) it would have taken me a lot longer to actually delve into
>Experimental Electronic Music or Experimental Music as a whole, I've
>been using the same method even with IDM artists' (in interviews)
>mentioning their influences and what they're listening to, directing
>me to the source. I just thought I'd share that with you all, my
>little 'IDM Story.' Word.
great story, i'm glad my comment brought that out.
i also think the opposite is true - people who are normally into
electronic or experimental artists would never have given radiohead
a second thought before 'kid a'. but then the album caused such
intense discussion, with unschooled rock critics calling it crap or
dubbing it "the art move". that's something people tend to forget
now, with the mountains of praise radiohead receives - when 'kid a'
came out it was probably more violently hated than loved for being so
allegedly avant-garde.
this probably perked up a few ears of people who are used to being
told the music they listen to is pretentious junk or soulless
electronic wankery. 'kid a' clearly had the influences of the
artists electro/experimental people may have already liked, yet
coming from the perspective of a rock band it gives things a new
twist. i'm sure there are people who thought pre-'kid a' radiohead
was too old-school rock but got into the later sounds just because it
was more up their alley.
ok, enough of this...i don't mean to turn this into a radiohead list
(and no, i don't belong to one).
anyone hear the latest kid606, "who still kill sound?" comments,
comparisons to past work?
d.
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