quoted 1 line The REAL Mxyzptlk <therealmxyzptlk@comcast.net> wrote::>The REAL Mxyzptlk <therealmxyzptlk@comcast.net> wrote::quoted 9 lines House is as varied as Chris Gray, The Perlon label, Hakan Lidbo ->House is as varied as Chris Gray, The Perlon label, Hakan Lidbo -
>heck, the whole Basic Channel sound has been nicknamed "heroin
>house".
>Depends on where your ears are, but along those lines it can be
>heard in a lot of the German stuffs which can be defined along
>minimal house/techno lines. To dis house generally can be seen to
>dismiss the likes of Kompakt, etc. Many people would argue that
>handbag house is not at all an accurate representation of house any
>more than Moby is an accurate representation of techno.
funny, i know moby is considered the mainstream end of techno, but i
hear just as much house (of the style i mentioned) in his music -
more organic samples, etc.
as far as genre sterotypes, you have to understand that anyone
outside any given genre hears those first. i could just as easily
describe goth as minor-key, bassline-driven, midtempo guitar-rock
with deep male or shrieky female vocals singing about various aspects
of darkness. unfortunately, i've been there and done that, and a lot
of people see, to want that rigid definition to stick. and so, any
number of only vaguely related dark music genres have sprung up...yet
to the casual observer, marilyn manson, the cure, death in june,
evanescence, and the soundtrack of bram stoker's dracula are all goth.
you've heard the saying that there are only two types of music - good
and bad. even that simple distinction is obviously subjective, but
it starts getting to the fact that enjoying music can often cut
across the distinctions between different styles.
i wasn't trying to trash house as a genre, only pointing out that my
experience of it has been what i described. if i can get into
theorem, deadbeat, lords of acid, and some anonymous white-labels
here and there, there may be more out there i could also enjoy. i
just haven't heard it yet.
d.
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