I am from the UK and two-step has been done to death here. I must admit I'm
not it's greatest fan, cause the artists have ripped off every piece of
Dance history we know, sampling and screwing it up. Most real dance fans
(IMHO) in the UK will steer clear of it, mainly because it went far too
commercial. Stick to D'n'B, it's much better. As for conventions, I think
that the rhythms are mainly concentrated into every two steps (rather than
four as in House and most other forms), so breaks and stops are quite common
(and irritating).
Maybe you may hear something different, but I think it was a bad idea made
worse....
All IMHO
Also - Commercial Hit? It's the only reason 2-step got popular was by hype,
media manipulation and suckers paying $$$ for recycled crap. 2-step is the
only scene I know of to re-release a record with a few extra samples, and it
was still popular..... Call it commercialism, call it whatever....
----- Original Message -----
From: <Mediadrome@aol.com>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 2:04 PM
Subject: [idm] 2 step
quoted 2 lines Anybody here know anything about 2 step? I haven't heard much of it.> Anybody here know anything about 2 step? I haven't heard much of it.
> What I've heard sounds jungly and d&b. Are there any conventions to
the
quoted 1 line 2 step (like in house, you get claps on the 2nd and 4th beat)? Are> 2 step (like in house, you get claps on the 2nd and 4th beat)? Are
there
quoted 10 lines any particular dance steps?> any particular dance steps?
> Is it a commercial hit in the UK?
>
> thanks
> mediadrome
>
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