quoted 4 lines I was at rave about 4 years ago and the djs were still hammering out the>I was at rave about 4 years ago and the djs were still hammering out the
>dark stuff at 5 in the morning -- where was the jazzy and atmospheric stuff??
>It seems that most dnb djs are either one or the other and rarely mix the
>two (three, four, five??) styles together.
This sort of playlist happens because dj's want to be
consistent. Actually, it just makes mixing easier and you can just load up
a couple cd's, but when people want to do a "fresh set," they go buy more
records of the same, creating more of a demand. The drum 'n bass that
doesn't really "fit" into the club scene will get a lot less publicity, and
may not even be stocked by some stores who carry drum 'n bass specifically
for dj's.
The major complaint, though, is that a lot of current "IDM" is all melodic
crunchy stuff, whereas a few years ago there was a pretty even mix of drum
'n bass with other IDM. The current trends in IDM are pretty opposite from
a lot of IDM, with the influx of so much microsound stuff. Hopefully
there'll be a renewal of more interesting drum 'n bass in the future, and
the stuff available won't be so stagnant.
derek
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