on 7/5/01 3:35 AM, Pjotr Stam at fredscape@rocketmail.com wrote:
quoted 17 lines It being trendy doesn't have to mean the genre's icons getting
> It being trendy doesn't have to mean the genre's icons getting
> more recognition. It usually means that more and more influences
> of the genre seap into the mainstream...Britney Spears using a
> Nord Modular on het next single? Stuff like that :) After the
> mainstream public warmed to some of the sounds, some artists
> will pop-up out of the scene. There could also be 1 artist that
> sets the train in motion, but IDM being a 'genre' as diverse as
> it is, it'll probably be a more subtle process. Pop-producers
> seeking inspiration will find there's a new world of music
> they've been ignoring... (just like that Missty Elliot producer,
> who's name I forgot for some reason, who 'invented' breakbeats
> in R&B :)
>
> my 2cts
>
> Pjotr
> The Netherlands.
If A, then B, does not constitute if B, then A. I didn't say what you just
implied in the first sentence. What I said was that because of the Tony
Hawks recognition, it became popular. I was not suggesting that in order
for IDM to be considered "trendy", performers like RDJ or AE had to be
famous.
I was merely focusing on the fact that the trends we encounter come and go.
Like you said, right now, the trend is that producers of big name artist
like Missy Elliot, Britney Spears, etc. are all into this "IDM" sound.
Well, maybe not "all", but a good number of producers. Granted, this has
caused grand exposure for this kind of music, but I don't think that anyone
listening to Missy Elliot would say, "this sounds like Aphex Twin", or
whatever. I don't think that half of the people out there listening to
these songs and commercials have a clue of what "IDM" even means,
Intellegent Dance Music.
Anyway, again, just a thought
Peter "Pachinko" Ý
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