At 02:19 PM 3/13/96 -0800, Gonzalo Merchan wrote:
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>Although its been shown on Lollapalooza that meathead teenagers can get
>into hip-hop no problem (Cypress Hill, Beastie Boys, Ice Cube) I doubt
>very strongly they would appreciate IDM very much, which is really at
>times very avante garde, and way above their heads I believe. Orbital is
>actually one of the more down to earth and straight ahead acts we talk
>about on the list, but I still don't think they'd be excepted at all.
>The reason they can accept hip-hop and not IDM is that hip-hop is mainly
>about agresssion, which they understand from punk, alternative, etc. IDM
>requires more work becuase you create your own meanings.
>
>The farthest my Hip Hop teenage brother ventures into my IDM collection
>is Wagonchrist( I think he said "Damn!"), some Nightmares on Wax, and
>some Chemical Brothers things.
>He thinks U-ziq is dumb and likes 2 or 3 Aphex songs.
>Orbital he thinks is wimpy, and he doesn't get ambient at all, though he
>did like the Far Out Son of Lung 12' when I played it for him.
>
All of you must have already forgotten what's it like to hear it 1st time
blasting
with the bass eating you tummy. Not all of us made the long journey via
Depeche mode, EBM etc., I jumped straight line from The Birthday Party and
Einsturzende to Der Klange der famille and then had a lot of cathing up to
do. Only because I was lucky to be of the very few who got to the outdoor
parties and was exposed to it and open enough.
Hearing it live, seeing it live - It makes a difference.
When the prodigy came here many people started listening to techno, just
because they heard it proper at last. I know Israel is not the US and I
know The PRodigy aren't The Hartnoll bros. but I am sure the effect will be
the same.
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