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."
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>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.
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>The preceding was just an observation--not a flame.
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>-- Gordon
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