Editing Kid A (section)

=== Style and influences ===
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''Kid A'' has been described as a work of [[electronica]],<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Segal |first=David |date=6 June 2001 |title='Amnesiac': Radiohead To Remember |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/06/06/amnesiac-radiohead-to-remember/458e4be5-6034-43d7-a931-b01fdffed103/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827091532/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/06/06/amnesiac-radiohead-to-remember/458e4be5-6034-43d7-a931-b01fdffed103/ |archive-date=27 August 2017 |access-date=10 March 2019 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Cross |first=Alan |author-link=Alan Cross |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y_HODgAAQBAJ |title=Radiohead: the secret history |publisher=Joe Books |year=2012 |isbn=9781927002308}}</ref> [[experimental rock]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Paoletta, Michael |date=7 October 2000 |title=Reviews & Previews – Albums |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uhAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504124713/https://books.google.com/books?id=uhAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=%22Kid+A%22+%22experimental+rock%22&source=bl&ots=bropjAsXC-&sig=NfkL4JoxHGVOFnTlCvCNaxj2Owk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iY2rVKvfGsmBygScj4GgAw&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=%22Kid%20A%22%20%22experimental%20rock%22&f=false |archive-date=4 May 2016 |access-date=19 January 2015 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> [[post-rock]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Welsh |first=April Clare |date=2 October 2015 |title=Radiohead's 'Kid A' – The Album's Tracks Ranked In Order Of Greatness |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/radioheads-kid-a-turns-15-the-albums-tracks-ranked-in-order-of-greatness-1188414 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215232950/https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/radioheads-kid-a-turns-15-the-albums-tracks-ranked-in-order-of-greatness-1188414 |archive-date=15 December 2018 |access-date=13 December 2018 |website=[[New Musical Express|NME]]}}</ref><ref name="SPIN">{{cite magazine |last=Reynolds |first=Simon |date=October 2000 |title=Radio Chaos |url=http://www.followmearound.com/presscuttings.php?year=2000&cutting=88 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927211400/http://www.followmearound.com/presscuttings.php?year=2000&cutting=88 |archive-date=27 September 2007 |access-date=23 April 2007 |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]}}</ref> [[alternative rock]],<ref name="sputnikmusic">{{cite web |title=Radiohead – Kid A |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/5439/Radiohead-Kid-A/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120702224241/http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/5439/Radiohead-Kid-A/ |archive-date=2 July 2012 |access-date=20 November 2018 |website=Sputnikmusic}}</ref> [[Post-progressive|post-prog]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Kearney |first=Ryan |date=31 May 2016 |title=The Radiohead Racket |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/133773/radiohead-racket |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161108133640/https://newrepublic.com/article/133773/radiohead-racket |archive-date=8 November 2016 |magazine=[[The New Republic|New Republic]] |df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Ambient music|ambient]],<ref name=":1">{{cite magazine |date=18 April 2020 |title=The 40 greatest stoner albums |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-40-greatest-stoner-albums-20130607/radiohead-kid-a-19691231 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117130642/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-40-greatest-stoner-albums-20130607/radiohead-kid-a-19691231 |archive-date=17 January 2016 |access-date=6 January 2016 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> [[electronic rock]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Nicholas, Taylor |date=11 May 2001 |title=Recovering the Memory of Pop Radiohead's 'Amnesiac' |url=https://www.popmatters.com/010511-radiohead-2496101503.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100840/http://www.popmatters.com/feature/010511-radiohead/ |archive-date=24 September 2015 |access-date=1 September 2015 |magazine=[[PopMatters]]}}</ref> [[art rock]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Saunders |first=Luke |date=12 March 2020 |title=10 records to introduce you to the world of art-rock |url=https://happymag.tv/10-records-to-introduce-you-to-the-world-of-art-rock/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719162008/https://happymag.tv/10-records-to-introduce-you-to-the-world-of-art-rock/ |archive-date=19 July 2021 |access-date=28 June 2020 |website=Happy Mag}}</ref> and [[art pop]].<ref name="Fricke" /> Though guitar is less prominent than on previous Radiohead albums, guitars were used on most tracks.<ref name="REYNOLDS" /> "Treefingers", an ambient instrumental, was created by digitally processing O'Brien's guitar loops.<ref name="mixing-it" /> Many of Yorke's vocals were manipulated with effects; for example, his vocals on the title track were simply spoken, then [[Vocoder|vocoded]] with the ondes Martenot to create the melody.<ref name="REYNOLDS" />

''Kid A'' incorporates influences from electronic artists on [[Warp Records]],<ref name="monsters" /> such as the 1990s [[Intelligent dance music|IDM]] artists [[Aphex Twin]] and [[Autechre]];<ref name="ZORIC" /> 1970s [[Krautrock]] bands such as [[Can (band)|Can]];<ref name="monsters" /> the [[jazz]] of [[Charles Mingus]],<ref name="JUICE">{{cite web|last=Zoric |first=Lauren |work=Juice Magazine |date=1 October 2000 |access-date=19 May 2007 |title=Fitter, Happier, More Productive |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309014557/http://followmearound.com/presscuttings.php?cutting=91&year=2000 |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 March 2016 |url=http://www.followmearound.com/presscuttings.php?year=2000&cutting=91 }}</ref> [[Alice Coltrane]] and [[Miles Davis]];<ref name="REYNOLDS" /> and [[abstract hip hop]] from the [[Mo'Wax]] label, including [[Blackalicious]] and [[DJ Krush]].<ref>{{cite interview|last=Greenwood|first=Jonny|url=http://nepasavaler.net/bio/jg/index.html|title=Jonny Greenwood interview|work=Ne Pas Avaler|access-date=1 April 2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070401081718/http://www.nepasavaler.net/bio/jg/index.html|archive-date=1 April 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Yorke cited ''[[Remain in Light]]'' (1980) by [[Talking Heads]] as a "massive reference point".<ref>{{cite web |date=1 November 2000 |title=No more Thom for guitar rock |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/radiohead-393-1309133 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201182054/http://www.nme.com/news/music/radiohead-393-1309133 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |access-date=30 November 2017 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref> [[Björk]] was another major influence,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rehGAQAAQBAJ&q=bjork+%22kid+a%22|title=Radiohead's Kid A|last=Lin|first=Marvin|date=2010|publisher=[[A & C Black]]|isbn=978-0-8264-2343-6|access-date=20 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216154004/https://books.google.com/books?id=rehGAQAAQBAJ&dq=bjork+%22kid+a%22&hl=es&source=gbs_navlinks_s|archive-date=16 February 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="mc22" /> particularly her 1997 album ''[[Homogenic]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://deadspin.com/5842521/how-a-14-year-old-bjork-album-is-still-defining-alternative-pop-and-hip-hop-today|title=Put A Björk In It: How A 14-Year-Old Album Is Still Influencing Music|last=Dickey|first=Jack|date=22 September 2011|work=Musicweek2011|publisher=[[Deadspin]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115182252/http://deadspin.com/5842521/how-a-14-year-old-bjork-album-is-still-defining-alternative-pop-and-hip-hop-today|archive-date=15 November 2014|url-status=live|access-date=20 November 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref> as was [[the Beta Band]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KPOsu8JOHO8C&q=the+beta+band+1999&pg=PA32|title=The A to X of Alternative Music|last=Taylor|first=Steve|date=27 September 2006|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=0-8264-8217-1|location=London|page=32}}</ref> Radiohead attended an [[Underworld (band)|Underworld]] concert which helped renew their enthusiasm in a difficult moment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/radiohead-escape-artists-part-two |title=Radiohead: The Escape Artists, Part Two|work=[[The Word (UK magazine)|The Word]]|date=7 May 2008|access-date=6 November 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207062918/http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/radiohead-escape-artists-part-two|archive-date=7 December 2008}}</ref>

The string orchestration for "How to Disappear Completely" was influenced by the Polish composer [[Krzysztof Penderecki]].<ref name="ZORIC" /> Jonny Greenwood's use of the [[ondes Martenot]] was inspired by [[Olivier Messiaen]], who popularised the instrument and was one of Greenwood's teenage heroes.<ref name="GILL">{{cite news| last = Gill| first = Andy| title = So long to Jonny guitar| work = The Independent| date = 31 October 2003| url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/jonny-greenwood-so-long-to-jonny-guitar-93830.html| access-date = 18 June 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170813205922/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/jonny-greenwood-so-long-to-jonny-guitar-93830.html| archive-date = 13 August 2017| url-status = live}}</ref> Greenwood described his interest in mixing old and new music technology,<ref name="GILL" /> and during the recording sessions Yorke read [[Ian MacDonald]]'s ''[[Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties|Revolution in the Head]]'', which chronicles [[the Beatles]]' recordings with [[George Martin]] during the 1960s.<ref name="REYNOLDS" /> Radiohead also sought to combine electronic manipulations with jam sessions in the studio, saying their model was the German band Can.<ref name="monsters" />