From Zenon M. Feszczak Sent Mon, Jun 7th 1999, 03:29
From Zenon M. Feszczak Sent Mon, Jun 7th 1999, 03:29
> Today's New York Times has a Simon Reynolds penned article entitled > "Electronica Goes Straight to Ubiquity." It discusses the advertiser's trend > of using electronic music. Here is my favorite quote: > Ciao = Interesting article. Seems rather Yankee-centric, though. The claims that electronica has failed to be the "next big thing" seem rather off, for example. In the U.K., electronica (cough) appears to be the mainstream. Top selling album at HMV London last week was apparently some trancedanceromance collection. Even in the grungerapshlockpophappy U.S., electronic music is on the charts, and that arbiter of taste with the sacred yet profane name, clever but not too, just offensive enough to win bratty adoration but not too, has William Orbit produce album. The result sounds pretty much like a William Orbit album. Anyone have a vocal remover device? Also, someone is buying up all those godforsaken diva-infected, I mean, -inflected, neon-coloured comps of happy ravey smiley-in-your-raced hand baggage with names like "Dance Spasm 1999" and "Ecstatic Vomitorium 2000". Mr. Microphone, anyone? My fave part of the article was the (somewhat qualified) identification of the abstraction of instrumental electronic music with "meaninglessness". I suppose most classical and jazz is meaningless as well, then? Thank God: no need to think! Thoughtlessly, Zenon M. Feszczak Artist Formerly Known as Zenon M. Feszczak