quoted 1 line ok i'll admit it. i was a speed garage dj. back in madison, wisconsin,> > > ok i'll admit it. i was a speed garage dj. back in madison, wisconsin,
i'd
quoted 4 lines speed garage = good> >
> > speed garage = good
> >
> > It harkens back to 91-93, the days of the old hardcore techno, when
dance
quoted 20 lines music was fun and energetic. It may have been formulaic (especially with> > music was fun and energetic. It may have been formulaic (especially with
> > respect to samples), but there were the big huge melodies, and it seemed
> > like the music was really about having a good time.
>
> SG was all about having a good time. that's why i loved it and loved
> playing it. it always seemed to get people out onto the deadest of
> dancefloors. formulaic, definitely. in the end it got just as bad as
> 2step: re-releasing the same track with a few more samples, or different
> samples altogether over the same beat and bassline. see double99's
> 'ripgroove' for an example. but it was just silly fun music. definite
> hardcore roots, i agree. you could tell the good-time goofyness by the
> stuff that was coming out: a monster speedgarage bootleg of prince's 'when
> doves cry', a SG cover of the stones 'bittersweet symphony', hendrix
> 'crosstown traffic', and then all the original anthems, all the mixes loop
> da loop was doing, van helden's janet jackson remix...ok i'm getting all
> nostalgic. i guess i don't understand why speed garage met such a quick
> demise, and 2step, which seems a whole lot less fun and danceable, has
> taken off.
>
> guess it's just a matter of 'taste', as with most things of this nature.
I think the one that did it for me was the "Spin Spin Sugar" remix... the
bassline on that was just evil. See, there are certain things in music that
I will always go for. Mogwai style bombast. Huge simple cheesy melodies
(yes, I admit it, I like fluffy trance). And real deep basslines. There's a
few jungle tunes that get me every time, so I had to buy them and keep them
onhand. I think Look Jerk Sound System was the one who did the one on sm:)e
that I keep in my crate and play all the time. "The Aim" by Single Cell
Orchestra is another one. Not to mention it's got chopped up vocals, which I
am also a sucker for.
quoted 1 line "Techno" (electronic music) to me know just seems to be so much of a> > "Techno" (electronic music) to me know just seems to be so much of a
"here's
quoted 1 line the soundtrack for your clubbing tonight, yuppie". Triphop and such got> > the soundtrack for your clubbing tonight, yuppie". Triphop and such got
old
quoted 7 lines after a while, and generified as well.> > after a while, and generified as well.
>
> what...? techno to me means the hard bangin stuff. oliver ho, cari
> lekebusch, adam byer & drumcode records, etc. stuff that would confuse
> yuppies or give them a headache or make them cry.
>
> ah well. i just love the whole multi-definition genre thing, don't you?
I just use "techno" as an umbrella term for electronic music.
quoted 4 lines two step garage = bad> > two step garage = bad
> >
> > Yeah, it's laden with samples, but the beat makes it sound just like hip
> > house... and it's similarly crass and vapid. It just kinda lies there
for
quoted 1 line me. I think in the entrie time it's been big in Dallas (WAY too long)> > me. I think in the entrie time it's been big in Dallas (WAY too long)
I've
quoted 12 lines heard like 1 song I could actually enjoy. The rest just bored me stiff.> > heard like 1 song I could actually enjoy. The rest just bored me stiff.
>
> poostep's big in dallas? i'm sorry, man. it's getting big here in san
> francisco, but it still seems a bit underground, and very closely tied
> with the d'n'b scene. usually it's a 2step dj or 2 as an opener at some of
> the d'n'b club nights, then the d'n'b guys play. and there are a couple of
> 2step weeklies in the smaller clubs that i'll never ever go to as
> well...but for the most part sf is still a house/trance (er,
> 'progressive'?) town.
>
> thankfully, the idm scene seems to be steadily growing here. hooray for
> that.
Two step is huge in Dallas in that underground sense... the MAN is keeping
everything except house or whichever form of triphop is hot right now. So it
bubbles under and gets huge, just like jungle. Usually, we ape whatever
popular trend ahead of most of the rest of the country. Jungle/B&B was one
where we were very far behind for a very long time. And of course, our IDM
scene is... not too big.
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