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i have to agree with this completely, and then take it a bit further. being
something of a jaded ex-candy kid gone straight audiophile, i can understand
where a great deal of the animosity towards that sort of scene and sound
comes from. there are quite a few artists out there who really don't earn
their keep in my opinion, but 4/4 and repetition is not necessarily trite.
for me, a lot of juding the merits of that sort of music comes from a sort
of deontological perspective. that is to say, what is the motivation for
the rep? you take a look at something like psychic tv and the infinite beat
era, and you recognize motive and purpose. psst...it's about synchronicity.
sonic and photic stimulation to provide a channel in which the exposed
individual can synchronize. you can consider it primitive if you like, but
it needs to be acknolwedged as also being human. take laying down a 4/4
track at 120bpm for example...that particular beat is an emulation of a
fetal heartbeat. motive. purpose. i think the point is just that it _can_
be there. an excercise in cyclic presentation needn't always be mindless.
blanket statements are dangerous. if you don't like it, that's fine. don't
listen. don't go. if you think you just don't understand it, listen again.
otherwise, you're essentially a self-professed hypocrite considering your
declared preference for densely technical music.
</rant>
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quoted 1 line but what about techno? it's one of the only genres that seems to
> but what about techno? it's one of the only genres that seems to
continually
quoted 3 lines reinvent itself, and is still accessible on a dancefloor. contrary to what
> reinvent itself, and is still accessible on a dancefloor. contrary to what
> you seem to think, there's a LOT of interesting things happening within
> repetition and 4/floor... if anything not only based around it, but
changing
quoted 5 lines it, rethinking it.
> it, rethinking it.
>
> the answer to your problem is not killing trance DJs but rather just not
> paying the rip-off entry fee and not going to cheesy raves. seems simple
> enough to me :-)quoted 7 lines NO more four on the floor repeditive basslines, no more air horns and
>NO more four on the floor repeditive basslines, no more air horns and
>whistles its time to get serious. Its time for you kids that actually know
>whats up to take center stage and organize some events, and get some of the
>real electronic music out in the clubs or party circuits. Yes I know that
>the underground is great but I want to here this music on huge frickin rigs
>and the only way to do that is by getting people to come so you have the
>money to rent the WALLS OF BASS. Whos with me anyone......anyone.........?
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