on 7/8/02 6:27 PM, Mediadrome@aol.com at Mediadrome@aol.com wrote:
quoted 2 lines Anybody ever hear of "Happy Handbag" as a type of house music?> Anybody ever hear of "Happy Handbag" as a type of house music?
> What is it?
Handbag techno or happy handbag, assuming they're the same thing, is (kind
of) the progenitor of happy hardcore- little pink squishy cartoon melodies
on top of 'banging' house/techno beats. Basically throwaway awfulness. I
think it peaked in about 1995-6? IIRC, that's me trying to remember a really
old issue of Mixmag, back when I didn't know any better and XLR8R wasn't on
the racks at the local B&N. Please don't expect me to give artist references
- uhh. I wouldn't admit to knowing if I did.
(Disclaimer: I enjoy the Ural 13 Diktators 'Total Destruction' from time to
time)
Of course if you think about it too hard you might realize that a lot of IDM
is little pink squishy cartoon melodies on top of 'glitchy' cubase overkill.
But that's different.
Tom
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