Illbient is a term coined by DJ Olive to describe the iconoclastic music being produced by a community of artists based in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York in the early 1990s. DJ Olive (also known as The Audio Janitor; born Gregor Asch) is an American Disc jockey and Turntablist active in Free improvisation Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordering Greenpoint, Bedford-Stuyvesant, and Bushwick Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. The City of New York The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 The word "Illbient" is a portmanteau of the hip hop slang term "ill" (a positive expression: bad meaning good) and "ambient". Hip hop is a cultural movement which developed in New York City in the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latinos. Slang is the use of highly informal Words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's Dialect or Language. Ambient music is a Musical genre in which sound is more important than notes
Other definitions, such as those coined by the iconoclastic Helios Creed, state: "although Eno invented ambient music while ill in bed - "illbient" is actually an extreme retro offshoot that demands that the listener produces a doctor's note before being allowed to purchase. "
Though there are many individualistic variants of Illbient, the music is characterized by interesting dub-wise layering of soundscapes, hip hop-influenced use of samples and a progressive approach to beat programming that encompasses all genres of world groove and electronic music. Dub is a form of music which evolved from Reggae in the late 1960s A soundscape is a Sound or combination of sounds that forms or arises from an immersive environment. Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with In Music, sampling is the act of taking a portion or sample, of one Sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or element of a new recording A genre (ˈʒɑːnrə also /ˈdʒɑːnrə/ from French "kind" or "sort" from Latin: genus (stem gener-) is a loose set Groove is the sense of propulsive Rhythmic "feel" or sense of " Swing " created by the interaction of the music played by a band's Rhythm section Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Usually, but not always, illbient uses beats more than purely ambient music, and often illbient includes loops in the recordings. Rhythm (from Greek ῥυθμός - rhythmos, "any measured flow or movement symmetry" is the variation of the length and accentuation of In Electronic music, a loop is a sample which is repeated Loops may be repeated through the use of Tape loops delay effects cutting between
Illbient was introduced to the public at large in 1996 through the Asphodel Records Incursions in Illbient compilation and a feature in The Wire magazine. Asphodel Records is a San Francisco based Independent record label. A compilation album is an Album ( Music or Spoken-word) featuring tracks from one or multiple Recording artists, often culled from a variety of The Wire is a British Avant garde music Magazine, founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray
The use of the term "Illbient" was propagated by the music press rather than the artists themselves (the notable exception to this dynamic being the music journalist Paul D. Music journalism is criticism and reportage about Music. It began in the eighteenth century as comment on what is now thought of as ' Classical music ' Miller aka the turntablist DJ Spooky). Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating music using phonograph turntables and a DJ mixer. DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid (born Paul D Miller,1970 is a Washington DC-born electronic and experimental Hip hop musician whose work is often called " This disconnect has led to ambiguity about whether Illbient is merely a NYC subgenre of trip hop or a marketing gimmick used by DJ Spooky and Asphodel Records. Trip hop is a music Genre also known as the Bristol sound or Bristol acid rap. In marketing language a gimmick is a unique or quirky special feature that makes something "stand out" from its contemporaries
According to DJ Spooky, DJ Olive started an event in Brooklyn called Lalalandia. DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid (born Paul D Miller,1970 is a Washington DC-born electronic and experimental Hip hop musician whose work is often called " DJ Olive (also known as The Audio Janitor; born Gregor Asch) is an American Disc jockey and Turntablist active in Free improvisation Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. It is perhaps worth noting that DJ Spooky also claims to have invented the word Illbient in relation to the multicultural digital arts scene in Manhattan. To his credit, he released Necropolis, a mix CD in 1995 that brought together many of the artists who later claimed to have invented the term including DJ Olive. His events like Molecular at The Gas Station on Avenue B and Second street in Manhattan set the tone for later developments in the genre.
The nexus of Illbient was the Abstrakt Wave party held every Sunday night at The RV, belonging to Tim Sweet, aka Dr. Decent, a small alternative space at the corner of 6th and Avenue B in Manhattan's East Village (the space has long since been resteragentrified).
Illbient has exerted a strong influence on the dubstep, half step and hauntology genres. Dubstep is a Genre of Electronic music that has its roots in London 's early 2000s UK garage scene A semitone, also called a half step or a half tone, is the smallest Musical interval commonly used in Western tonal music and it is considered the Hauntology is an idea within the Philosophy of history introduced by Jacques Derrida in his 1993 work Spectres of Marx.
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DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid (born Paul D Miller,1970 is a Washington DC-born electronic and experimental Hip hop musician whose work is often called " DJ Olive (also known as The Audio Janitor; born Gregor Asch) is an American Disc jockey and Turntablist active in Free improvisation Byzar was one of the most prolific yet obscure New York City Illbient projects active from the mid to late 1990s We™ was an illbient production and DJ collective that was formed in Williamsburg Brooklyn in the early 90's by DJ Olive aka Gregor Asch Lloop aka Rich Panciera and Once 11 Single Cell Orchestra is the performing name of Miguel Fierro (born Miguel Angelo Fierro a San Francisco -born musician who has worked for many years in Electronic Soundlab was a collective of artists both sound and visual, that started in the East Village, New York City around the mid 90'sDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic