![]() ![]() from an electronic-music backwater to a hub of indigenous electronic music culture. So, the music was omnivorous, encompassing rap, IDM, psychedelia, turntablism, dance music, trap, jazz, ambient, trip-hop, and spiritual music.The resulting milieu produced a body of work that is nearly unparalleled in hip-hop and modern electronic music, and you can hear the beat scene’s influence in everyone from Thom Yorke and Erykah Badu to Odd Future, Kendrick Lamar, Drake, and Kid Cudi. The architects of the scene understood that tying themselves to any one sound meant desertion when the wave inevitably crashed. Though it had a very specific and physical home-Low End Theory, a club night that still happens every Wednesday at The Airliner in L.A.-the music is more mercurial, with innumerable sub-genres flourishing and swiftly fading. We thank you.Los Angeles’ beat scene was always loose by design. ![]() Already signed up and enjoying it? Help us get the word out by sharing it on Facebook, Twitter or just sending your friends this link. Want to sign up to receive the other installments in your inbox? Go here. This post is part of our Psych 101 program, an in-depth, 14-part series that looks at the impact of psychedelia on modern music. ![]()
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