text=This is a style of music that is more fashion than function. Listening to it makes you sophisticated, and actually liking it makes you 1337. Supposedly. But it suffers from the same flaws that infect cyberpunk literature: namely, that the authors are so enthralled with their own ideas and liberal use of asides to detail minute concoctions--almost for the sole satisfaction of their geek fanbase--that it's often at the expense of putting out a decent product.
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