illbient
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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. Usually, but not always, illbient uses beats more than purely ambient music, and often illbient includes loops in the recordings.
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.
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. Miller aka the turntablist DJ Spooky). 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.
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Sicilian AV project – concatenazione e consequenzialità
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Lacunae – Get Back To Nowhere
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Lacunae – collapse - follow me down
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Lacunae – Making New Errors pt 3
Events
illbient gigs in United States • view all
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| Thursday 4 December 2008 | ||
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Tim Hecker
Wordless Music Orchestra, The Wordless Music Orchestra |
Le Poisson Rouge New York, United States |
20 people attended |
| Today (Friday 5 December 2008) | ||
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Tim Hecker
Wordless Music Orchestra, The Wordless Music Orchestra |
Le Poisson Rouge New York, United States |
30 people attending |
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The "mini RefrigeraTOUR" at The Yard
Latin For Truth, Icarus, veara, Once and For All, Skank Juice |
The Yard Atlanta, United States |
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Venetian Snares
The Flashbulb, Otto von Schirach, Cyrusrex, Surachai |
Reggie's Rock Club Chicago, United States |
49 people attending |
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Heavyweight Dub Champion
Dr. Israel, Who Cares? |
Club Underground Reno, Nevada, United States |
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| Tomorrow (Saturday 6 December 2008) | ||
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Detrimentalist DIsco at 305 Music Lounge
Venetian Snares, Otto von Schirach, Cyrusrex, Naha |
305 Music Lounge Miami, United States |
18 people attending |
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- pressanykey_ tagged UndaCova – Hypnodroid with ‘illbient’. Wednesday evening
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- Artie_Cardanov tagged Serapis with ‘illbient’. Monday evening
- humaniac tagged Oil 10 with ‘illbient’. Saturday afternoon
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- humaniac tagged múm with ‘illbient’. last week
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- moonknightrider tagged MONO ATRO – Aeolia and Pupilar – Don't Hate Us Because We're Beautiful EP with illbient. last month





