Re[2]: New (?) term on the loose!

DJ Lo-Ki (lo-ki@pinsky.com)
Fri, 19 Jul 1996 15:58:25 -0400


Just a little addendum

DJ Spooky (AKA Paul Miller) was until recently much more well known as a
journalist than as a DJ. He wrote for the Voice and Artforum, and many
more.

So if Spooky came up with a label for "illbient" was it as a DJ or a journalist?

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>
>Daniel R. Bidwa wrote:
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> "I think it's somewhat more genuine when the new labels come from
>within the genre instead of being imposed by journalists or others."
>
>Just a question on this matter: why should one assume that a journalist
>is not "within the genre?" Despite most people's negative bias there is
>a lot of healthy, organic interaction that occurs between journalists
>and musicians and listeners. IMO. In fact, if you look closely,
>especially with a-j, most writers double-up as musical creative types as
>well.
>
>The preceding was just an observation--not a flame.
>
>-- Gordon
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>
>

Peace,

Lo-Ki
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