Following this thread about trip-hop:
quoted 1 line watering down another culture's music to make it >>>more acceptable
>>>watering down another culture's music to make it >>>more acceptable
for
quoted 4 lines a
>>>a
>>>white suburban audience.
>>
>>You mean like Aphex and Squarepusher did with jungle?quoted 1 line exactly!
>exactly!
Firstly, you could hardly say that Aphex and Squarepusher came from a
different culture than the musicians/DJ's that made drum'n'bass. After
all, Grooverider used to play some of Squarepusher's Spymania stuff.
The D&B scene was always 50/50 black/white.
Secondly, they hardly made it acceptable for a white suburban audience.
If anything, they made it much more unacceptable - I remember seeing
Squarepusher at Anokha at the Blue Note and he managed to clear a
crowded room in about 5 minutes!
Another point, Aphex/Squarepusher got into d&b through listening to
Pirate Radio stations in London. These days, most Pirate's in London
play Speed Garage (or whatever you want to call it)which for those
unaware of the phenomenon is a sort of fast variant of Garage but uses
yer Reece/Hoover bassline as taken from d&b and highly syncopated
vocals/piano/horns/whatever over the top. Addictive when heard on a
loud system.
Who will be the first to do an IDM variant of speed garage, coz I think
there are definately ideas that can be knicked!
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