quoted 3 lines I assumed that if electonica was danceable is could be included>I assumed that if electonica was danceable is could be included
>in the rave chaos? Isn't Aphex danceable? (Sometimes I can't
>stop my feet!)
AFX may be danceable on albums. Live, it's an iffy proposition (I tried
off-and-on, with only limited success. And no, i wasn't complaining about
his lack of danceability. I was just commenting on it, maybe even laughing
at the silly ravers). His live set was really really loud, really
assaultive, got really fast at times, and as Chris Fahey said, he killed
grooves before they got anywhere. Generalizing about much of dance/rave
music, there's a definite groove, the beat is repetive or at least
consistent, and the music is fast, but not insane fungle fast. Even jungle
has a danceable bass line, and loops, loops, loops. And yes, people do dance
to hardcore and other insanely fast stuff, but they're a select group of
ravers (probably those on the most insane drugs).
Same thing with We's set. There were danceable sections, but they threw in
NOISEY drum parts, ambient sections, and some pure noise, and most people
couldn't take it. Their loss.
Also, ravers tend to like their sets consistent with regard to genre. They
like a house set, a jungle set. not a mixture of styles.
Well, that's my grossly inaccurate, biased, and just plain goofy opinion.
Sam