sadmanbarty
Well-known member
every decade has its cutting edge and its reactionary music. or even just its good and bad music. but usually those two polarities are informed by entirely different sensibilities and sonic influences.
for example there was very little convergence between easy listening and acid rock; different fashion, drugs, incomes, age groups, ideologies, etc.
what's interesting about some of the absolute worst stuff from the 90's was that it was informed by the same cultural inputs as the best stuff.
trip hop, down tempo, illbient, etc. were on paper not a million miles away from the nuum, but somehow something went terribly wrong for all of them.
for example there was very little convergence between easy listening and acid rock; different fashion, drugs, incomes, age groups, ideologies, etc.
what's interesting about some of the absolute worst stuff from the 90's was that it was informed by the same cultural inputs as the best stuff.
trip hop, down tempo, illbient, etc. were on paper not a million miles away from the nuum, but somehow something went terribly wrong for all of them.