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Illbient

Illbient is a genre of electronic music and an art movement that originated among hip hop-influenced experimental musicians from New York City in the early 1990s. The word "illbient" combines the hip hop slang term "ill" with "ambient"; DJ Olive and DJ Spooky, pioneers of the genre, have claimed to have coined the term.

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Cultural origins
Early 1990s, New York City
Stylistic origins
Ambient music · downtempo · trip hop · East Coast hip hop · dub music

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Illbient

Nodes24
Edges23
Triples12
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.083333
Components1

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Illbient

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Stylistic origins · 8
Illbient → Ambient music, avant-garde, downtempo, dub music, East Coast hip hop, jungle, post-industrial, trip hop
related to External links · 2
Illbient → Boston Phoenix, Discogs
Cultural origins · 1
Illbient → Early 1990s, New York City
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Illbient → genre of electronic music and an art movement that originated among hip hop-influenced experimental musicians from New York City in the early 1990s

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hip music genre electronic hop-influenced dj olive spooky included artists new york city early 1990s hop ambient experimental slang soundscapes

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
IllbientCultural originsEarly 1990s, New York City1.00infobox
IllbientStylistic originsAmbient music1.00infobox
IllbientStylistic originsdowntempo1.00infobox
IllbientStylistic originstrip hop1.00infobox
IllbientStylistic originsEast Coast hip hop1.00infobox
IllbientStylistic originsdub music1.00infobox
IllbientStylistic originsjungle1.00infobox
IllbientStylistic originspost-industrial1.00infobox
IllbientStylistic originsavant-garde1.00infobox
Illbientis agenre of electronic music and an art movement that originated among hip hop-influenced experimental musicians from New York City in the early 1990s0.90text
Illbientrelated to External linksBoston Phoenix0.60section
Illbientrelated to External linksDiscogs0.60section

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