On Sat, 5 Jan 2002, Andrew Hime wrote:
quoted 8 lines ok i'll admit it. i was a speed garage dj. back in madison, wisconsin, i'd> > ok i'll admit it. i was a speed garage dj. back in madison, wisconsin, i'd
>
> speed garage = good
>
> It harkens back to 91-93, the days of the old hardcore techno, when dance
> music was fun and energetic. It may have been formulaic (especially with
> respect to samples), but there were the big huge melodies, and it seemed
> like the music was really about having a good time.
SG was all about having a good time. that's why i loved it and loved
playing it. it always seemed to get people out onto the deadest of
dancefloors. formulaic, definitely. in the end it got just as bad as
2step: re-releasing the same track with a few more samples, or different
samples altogether over the same beat and bassline. see double99's
'ripgroove' for an example. but it was just silly fun music. definite
hardcore roots, i agree. you could tell the good-time goofyness by the
stuff that was coming out: a monster speedgarage bootleg of prince's 'when
doves cry', a SG cover of the stones 'bittersweet symphony', hendrix
'crosstown traffic', and then all the original anthems, all the mixes loop
da loop was doing, van helden's janet jackson remix...ok i'm getting all
nostalgic. i guess i don't understand why speed garage met such a quick
demise, and 2step, which seems a whole lot less fun and danceable, has
taken off.
guess it's just a matter of 'taste', as with most things of this nature.
quoted 3 lines "Techno" (electronic music) to me know just seems to be so much of a "here&> "Techno" (electronic music) to me know just seems to be so much of a "here's
> the soundtrack for your clubbing tonight, yuppie". Triphop and such got old
> after a while, and generified as well.
what...? techno to me means the hard bangin stuff. oliver ho, cari
lekebusch, adam byer & drumcode records, etc. stuff that would confuse
yuppies or give them a headache or make them cry.
ah well. i just love the whole multi-definition genre thing, don't you?
quoted 6 lines two step garage = bad> two step garage = bad
>
> Yeah, it's laden with samples, but the beat makes it sound just like hip
> house... and it's similarly crass and vapid. It just kinda lies there for
> me. I think in the entrie time it's been big in Dallas (WAY too long) I've
> heard like 1 song I could actually enjoy. The rest just bored me stiff.
poostep's big in dallas? i'm sorry, man. it's getting big here in san
francisco, but it still seems a bit underground, and very closely tied
with the d'n'b scene. usually it's a 2step dj or 2 as an opener at some of
the d'n'b club nights, then the d'n'b guys play. and there are a couple of
2step weeklies in the smaller clubs that i'll never ever go to as
well...but for the most part sf is still a house/trance (er,
'progressive'?) town.
thankfully, the idm scene seems to be steadily growing here. hooray for
that.
-z
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