On Friday, September 12, 2003, at 04:58 PM, Chris Smith wrote:
quoted 20 lines Hello all. I'm wondering if any of you could
> Hello all. I'm wondering if any of you could
> enlighten me. I'm a fan of all forms of electronic
> music from Merzbow (ouch) to Paul Van Dyk. And thanks
> to this list, I'm finding out about a lot more
> artists. (Thanks!)
> Now, for my question. When talking to peeps about
> electronic music, the inevitable subject of genres
> comes up--classifying the music. Although I find
> genres restricting, I think it still helps to have a
> knowledge of the many and varied that there are. So,
> basically, I have trouble distinguishing between all
> the genres, whether they be dnb, house, jungle,
> trance, techno, idm, etc. etc. I listen to something
> and say 'now this is ------". But I'm never sure if I
> have the genre right. So I'm wondering if there are
> any websites or anything that would be useful in
> clarifying the different genres of electronic music.
> I hope I made my point. Thanks for your help. And
> forgive my ignorance.
> -chris.
One problem is that this can be kind of subjective. Sometimes it goes
to the level of a religious war. If you ever want to start a flame war
on a rave list, just ask what the difference between jungle and
drum&bass is.
I was going to suggest Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music at
http://ishkur.com/features/music but it seems like he's working on a
revised version and took down the original. But I guess you can watch
it and wait for the update. The old one was pretty good...though then
again a lot of people thought it was crap, and it certainly wasn't
objective. I think the best way to learn these sorts of things is to
just listen to a lot of different stuff and pay attention to what
people say about it.
--
Tim Moore
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