To those of you on both the ambient and idm mailing lists, you'll have seen
this already. If not, it's interesting reading. Oh, I'm new. Hello everyone.
At 01:19 PM 2/12/97 -0600, you wrote:
quoted 111 lines hey people..
>hey people..
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>thought you might find this thing kind of humorous, if not infiltrating..
>
>from the new Details magazine, they, and i quote, "uncross the wires"
>claiming that "new music is a tangle of names and petty distinctions".
>
>(someone might want to post this to the IDM list, as well - i can't
>because i'm not on it)
>
>anyway, they set up a chart to "help" us along...as such:
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>divide the whole thing into 2 categories: 1) ambient 2) jungle.
>
>for the AMBIENT category:
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>GENRE: Ambient
>ORIGIN: Brian Eno's _Ambient 1/Music for Airports_
>THE SOUND...: The music of submersion: Moby underwater on the cover of
>_Everything is Wrong_ or the toilet diving scene in Trainspotting. See:
>Tangerine Dream, Future Sound of London, Philip Glass, Yanni. (?????)
>WHAT IS IT REALLY?: At best, it's the sound of brain waves dreaming - or
>just highbrow muzak.
>
>GENRE: Ambient Dub
>ORIGIN: Ambient + Cheech and Chong
>THE SOUND...: Muzak for stoners with dub reggae effects. See: The Orb, Banco
>de Gaia, Higher Intelligence Agency.
>WHAT IS IT REALLY?: The soundtrack for really low-impact aerobics.
>
>GENRE: Ambient Techno
>ORIGIN: Daydreaming plus _Blade Runner_
>THE SOUND...: What machines hum when no one is around. See: Aphex Twin,
>Autechre, Future Sound of London, the Prodigy.
>WHAT IS IT REALLY?: Music for burned-out androids.
>
>GENRE: Trip-Hop
>ORIGIN: Hip-Hop + Psilocybin + frequent-flyer miles
>THE SOUND...: International introspection. See: Tricky, Ruby, Bjork's
>"Telegram", Portishead.
>WHAT IS IT REALLY?: More jungle.
>
>GENRE: Illbient
>ORIGIN: Ambient + "Time to Get Ill" + DJ Spooky's clever coinage.
>THE SOUND...: New breaks lost in inner peace.
>WHAT IS IT REALLY?: The sound of self-promotion
>
>And for the JUNGLE category:
>
>GENRE: Jungle
>ORIGIN: Racist term for funk adopted by Brits in the '90s.
>THE SOUND...: Chillin' at 150 bpm. See: Goldie, Photek.
>WHAT IS IT REALLY?: No one knows, but it's faster than ever.
>
>GENRE: Drum 'N Bass
>ORIGIN: jungle - sticky racist connotations
>THE SOUND...: Polyrhythmic bass and breakbeats. See: LTJ Bukem, Spring
>Heel Jack.
>WHAT IS IT REALLY?: The genre formerly known as jungle.
>
>GENRE: Intelligent Jungle
>ORIGIN: Jungle + the assertion of intellect.
>THE SOUND...: Jungle for people who can't dance. See: Goldie's
>_Timeless_, Omni Trio.
>WHAT IS IT REALLY?: Elitism.
>
>GENRE: Darkcore
>ORIGIN: Hardcore + Doom & Gloom
>THE SOUND...: The music of fright; the _Jaws_ theme with a jungle beat.
>See: Doc Scott, Ed Rush, DJ Trace.
>WHAT IS IT REALLY?: Drum 'n' bass's version of death-metal.
>
>GENRE: Prog-Jungle
>ORIGIN: Jungle + Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
>THE SOUND...: David Bowie's _Earthling_.
>WHAT IS IT REALLY?: Classic Rock at 150 bpm.
>
>GENRE: Coffee-Table Jungle
>ORIGIN: Jungle + bourgeois trapping
>THE SOUND...: Gentrified drum 'n' bass. See: Everything But the Girl,
>Alex Reece, Bowie's _Earthling_.
>WHAT IS IT REALLY?: Street music for Sade fans.
>
>GENRE: Fuzak
>ORIGIN: Fusion + Muzak
>THE SOUND...: Pat Metheny Night at the Roxy. See: The Grassy Knoll.
>WHAT IS IT REALLY?: Pinhead fusion you can dance to.
>
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>well, there you have it...i commend Details for trying...well...maybe
>not, but...
>
>take it as you will, i 'spose.
>
>:)
>
>-ben
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