Um....
how shall I phrase this response...
If up until now, you (in general) discounted house because the rhythmic
programming was way less adventurous than in IDM, you missed the point.
It would be damned near impossible to write a thesis on the essence of
house music and its appeal, but it's safe to say that at this point in
time, people arn't drawn to it because of its innovation.
House defines the groove in dance music. The 'i want to dance and let my
body go' groove, the 'i want to close my eyes and drift off' groove, the
'i want to make sweet love' groove, or the animalistic 'i want to fuck'
groove. All of the little intricacies that go past 64th note+ resolution
are what contribute to the draw. House is live, house is human.
Nothin you said below is wrong, but here's a little excercise. Find a
party or club with a quality house DJ. Go out, have a few drinks, watch
everyone going off. If it doesn't click, no harm done. Otherwise it will
be a good experience.
Even easier: See if you can get Mr. Bleepbloop's second CD. he hits just
about every intelligent style of house. It really is quite a good
education.
--
And yes, I know and love Ae, schematic, skam, morr, etc... by the same
token, I know and love Naked music, Paper, guidance, plastic city, glasgow
underground, etc...
While I have the mic, I just want to add, I was totally dissapointed with
Luomo - it was not _house_. More at vladislav delay below 130 bpm.
-Gil
ps - I had the new photek in constant rotation for about 2 weeks. It was
quality, the house ventures were a lot of fun.
On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, Josh Davison wrote:
quoted 31 lines okay i used to discount house music as simplistic and unneccessary but the
> okay i used to discount house music as simplistic and unneccessary but the
> key to really appreciating house in my opinion, is shifting your focus
> from the 4-on-tha-floor kick pattern to everything else that's going on
> around it ... of course there is bad house, but the entire style can't be
> dismissed just because the beats arent' constantly mutating ... a good
> analogy to the 4/4 kick pattern of house is a handrail on a walkway ...
> it's not the main feature, it's just there to serve as a guide for happy
> dancers, and the main feature is the rhythms that occur around the 4/4 and
> melodies and ambience of the music. keep in mind that the primary
> function of house music is to keep a dancefloor bump'n not to
> intellectually stimulate skinny whiteboyz. to be blunt, it gets people
> laid.
>
> i got the new photek, i think it's excellent. his programming skills
> translate well to house and it's brave of him to try new styles even if
> many of his fans wont' understand it. Maybe it will open some people's
> eyes to new styles, or make them rethink judgements they have made. Or
> maybe not. At any rate, as far as drum-n-bass is concerned it's like Dr.
> Dre said: Been there, Done that ... Rupert is the Assasin. (hehe)
>
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