From Andrew Hime Sent Thu, May 27th 1999, 19:50
From Andrew Hime Sent Thu, May 27th 1999, 19:50
> > I ask because it seems like British hip-hop will never get to be > > amazing unless it acquires a mass popularity there. I mean, an artist > > here > > this comment is ridiculous! stylistically, nothing requires mass > popularity to be amazing. you obviously need to look deeper to realize > that all "amazing" genres exist despite and before mass popularity. > maybe you were introduced to techno/IDM by the chemical brothers or > prodigy. Popularity is relative. Maybe you were introduced to techno by "On" and "Supremacy II" about 6 or 7 years ago. BUT EVERYBODY'S HEARD OF APHEX TWIN. Walk down the street, talk to 10 people. See how many know who he is. Pick non-music people who're your friends. If you haven't played Aphex for them, have they heard of him? In this microcosm, it's only too easy to say "liking Chemical Brothers or Prodigy = bad". But some of us DID start out that way, thanks. We might even still like the Chems (Prodigy had their day though). Hell, if I admitted that the first techno song I heard and actually paid any attention to was when I was like 14 and was "No Limits" by 2 Unlimited I'd imagine I'd get laughed off the list. But hey, before that, I had no idea there was anything like that out there, and it was just on the radio as we were driving to Austin.