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MODERN RECORD CONSOLE TM<br />
DESIGN: BLAKE TOVIN AND MATT RICHMOND<br />
42<br />
TONE AUDIO NO.53<br />
Inc.<br />
No World<br />
4AD, LP or CD<br />
C<br />
ut to 1995, and the music literati would have no<br />
doubt been confident that the artists with the<br />
most to impart to the next generation of indierock<br />
acts would have such last names as Cobain,<br />
Vedder, Cornell, and Corgan. Yet there’s mounting<br />
evidence that the listening habits of those who<br />
came of age in the 90s are vastly different than<br />
the listening habits of those who actually grew up<br />
in the 90s. For the latter, names such as Aaliyah,<br />
D’Angelo, and TLC appear to be among the<br />
generation’s most influential artists.<br />
L.A.’s Inc., a sibling act signed to 4AD, is<br />
the latest appropriator of the deep grooves and<br />
slowed-down electronic techno-babble that<br />
marked a significant portion of early-to-mid 90s<br />
R&B. These strands don’t always show themselves<br />
obviously, but they’re there in the singer/songwriter<br />
approach of James Blake, electronic loneliness<br />
of the xx, sexy effortlessness of How to Dress<br />
Well, and the pop of Haim, among many others.<br />
(continued)<br />
MUSIC<br />
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