Re: [rumori] curve of sound innovation


From: Every Man (every.manATpressthebutton.com)
Date: Tue Mar 13 2001 - 15:03:27 PST


At 10:43 PM 3/13/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>Look at groups like Atari Teenage Riot, Autechre, Le Tigre, Add n to X,
>Outkast, or Magnetic Fields. Independent of their artistic merit, 1985
>bands did not in anyway resemble these guys.

I think the only one you mentioned above that qualifies as Top 40 is
Outkast, and
you're right....they don't resemble 1990 artists either....but the CURVE
has slowed
down....there are many less examples today of artists differing from a
decade ago
than there were in 1991.

I was referring to mainstream music, not pop music.

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