quoted 12 lines The point being that when you listen to real disco (and funk), you realize> The point being that when you listen to real disco (and funk), you realize
> how ahead of its time it was. The grooves that the bands establish, the
> innovative twists that people did -live- with synthesizers, and the
> (sometimes) top notch production. And hell, catchy lyrics never hurt
> either.
>
> If you listen to the current crop of dutchish retro (legowelt, et al) or
> the Disco IDM (I think it's just house with IDM production values) it's
> great... But then turn on a Brothers Johnson, Telex, or Fat Larry record,
> realize it's pushing 25 years of age and how current it sounds. You'll
> have to dig through a lot of whiny R&B and cheaply made fad-disco to hear
> the gems, but it's definitely worth the effort.
I know alot of people who have made that kind of pathway through music like
yourself.
They just weren't in the right place to appriciate disco when they were
younger,
but then after getting exposed to alot of different things, it seemed right
there
and obviously really good.
I think though that also comes from the perspective on music techno/idm
people tend to have - that newer stuff is where to look to find
good/appealing music.
But realistically, there's more good old music, just because there's so much
MORE
older music. I don't think its even so much that its current sounding -
since
we're always in a perpetual state of retro-awareness now - but just that its
simply
good sounding.
I just wish there were more people who didn't have pidgeonholed taste
and could get down to good classic funk, disco, legowelt, idm, glitchhop and
breakcore all
in one night and party-up the whole time.
- cutups
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