This is a term that I first saw coined in The Wire referring to Jan Jelinek,
T.Brinkmann, Vladislav Delay, etc. I think it's about a useful a term as "IDM",
but I guess it's better than arguing about Mac vs. PC or Coke vs. Pepsi or
something even more rediculous.
Herbert is, in my humble opinion, not an example of 'micro-house' as it's
used here - not at all, in fact. I never use these words to describe anything
because all I can think of is a DJ with two tiny little turntables under a
magnifying glass spinning house records.
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John Goelzer(johng@engberganderson.com)@Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 03:14:09PM -0500:
quoted 28 lines Okay, now I'm being stupid. 'Micro-house?'
> >> Okay, now I'm being stupid. 'Micro-house?'
>
> > So that's House music made by IDM'ers?
> > Any examples?
>
>
> See: Matthew Herbert.
>
> Not that he's the sole practitioner, and not that the term isn't used to
> describe styles slightly different from his, but when I hear "micro house" I
> always think of Herbert.
>
> I actually only heard the term for the first earlier this year, and heard it
> used specifically to describe Herbert-style house. Not that I'm big on
> pigeonholing and genre factionalism, but in this case I was actually glad to
> have something, as I'd always struggled when asked to describe Herbert's
> style.
>
> I really don't think of myself as being all that into house, be it hard
> house, bangin' house, deep house, white house, out house or whatever, but I
> am a big fan of Herbert and his ilk, so I guess I like micro house.
>
>
> JG
>
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