Igorrr

Igorrr's been rejected in RIO / Avant Team previously, so they need three unanimous "YES" votes via their recent album. Now checking ...

Edited by DamoXt7942 - March 30 2018 at 17:36

After I heard some Aphex Twin I went after more inside the IDM scene. Given that I always liked Drum and Bass I became really interested in this IDM subgenre that they call "Drill n Bass" and the derived genre Breakcore, and eventually found Igorrr.

And that is why I think the most similar artist we have here is Squarepusher. He basically makes IDM, most notably Drill, with jazz/rock referentials. Igorrr does IDM, mostly breakcore, with metal referentials.

To find them listed here was a big coincidence, since I never thought of them as prog rockers. Nevertheless I think both are very fair additions, since more than set structures and aesthetics Prog Rock is about trying different things with Rock.

Two problems:
- Squarepusher had his place in the Jazz Rock section, Igorrr on the other hand won't have such an easy classification at PA (I'd agree with something more broad such as xover, eclectic or even avantgarde). but since they are primarily electronica producers, by my analogy they'd be Electronic Prog - they just dont have anything to do with the Electronic Prog tradition, but they are one and the other.
- Both sample music, but Squarepusher's is organic - he samples his own playing. One could say that Igorrr is just a IDM producer that likes to sample metal.

edit: nevermind, drums and guitars are his work (vocals might be too)

Edited by Shrek the Progre - June 09 2018 at 08:03

Igorrr has to be in my top 5 prog artists, Hallelujah is a prog masterpiece if you ask me. I don't understand why they aren't in the prog archives yet, they are most certainly prog, I can't think of any other genre they could be.

It has to be a Metal Inclusion, because it is definitely metal; Death Metal blast beats and metal riffs are the base of the music also metal base and chords very often, so I dont see why it should be anything else than metal. But definitely Experimental Metal like whourkr (also one of igorrrs projects)

edit: sorry for the second base... makes it seem stupid huh? xD.

edit: plus a lot of growls. metal is really a constant part in his music i think.

edit: only listened the new one, btw ...


Edited by GrafHaarschnitt - July 01 2018 at 11:08

rdtprog wrote: Baphomet6 wrote: I'm not an expert but i would go with Avant-Prog Definitely difficult to classify, but i find Igorrr a lot more alike to Naked City than to King Crimson. Igorrr is extremely experimental, not dissonant but unpredictable and very eclectic. Personally i feel like it is a band that totally belong here They have been rejected by the rio team a long time ago...

Thanks man, finally : )