GD asked:
:Although this has been brought up before, I still am a bit murky about the
:term. Is an electro tune practically anything with an 808, or is there a
bit
:more to it in terms of the styling of the beats?
I thought someone else would take you up on this one, but no one
has. This is all IMO -- others may have other definitions.
I'd say that "electro" is in the interplay between the kickdrum
and the snares. 808's are great for electro, but they're hardly
a prerequisite. In the most general terms, an electro drum track
will (usually) have the accents placed on the snares, rather than
the kickdrum. Like jungle, electro is usually 4/4 but never
"4 on the floor" -- the percussion lines tend to be pretty fluid.
I very nice track I heard recently was "Afflicted" by
Vermin on the Fresh Emmissions comp. Sort of a
dark-ambient-meets-electro feel. Creepy. Nice
to see the electro mechanisms used in a new setting.
-d.w.