Ryan G. Pals writes:
quoted 1 line I could really go for a Jon Drukman "jungle sucks" post right about now.> I could really go for a Jon Drukman "jungle sucks" post right about now.
ok, here we go...
ahem. *hrrraaaccckkkk*
jungle su...
nah, can't do it.
why beat a dead horse? jungle and trip hop are two of the stupidest
terms ever made up mainly because they are barely genres in their own
right. as ryan pointed out, there's a whole legacy of happy
hardcore/fast break stuff - when did it suddenly become jungle? or
drum 'n' bass for that matter... when does hiphop/rap become trip hop?
answer: when it becomes convenient from a marketing perspective.
listen to the first track on public enemy's "fear of a black planet" -
it's called "contract on the world love jam" and it came out in
1988... and there is absolutely no difference between it and any of a
million records on mowax except that it's way better.
there seems to be some basic human desire to want to categorize stuff.
it probably stems from caveman times when the first categories were
invented: "stuff that you can eat" and "stuff that will kill you if
you eat it" (and the ever-popular "stuff that will kill you and eat
you if you turn your back on it"). i'm sure when our ancestors were
banging on rocks the first whiny trainspotterish cavemen were sitting
off to the side having arguments over whether it was jungle or trip
hop. (and whether or not a stretched antelope skin was a better acid
sound than a buffalo hide.)
it's built into us, but we're modern guys, let's try to overcome it.
this is 1996 for chrissake, let's get over the label thing. put down
that rock, put down that jawbone... let's talk music!!
and speaking of genre-busting toonz, i finally found a copy of
renegade soundwave "the next chapter in dub" and it was worth the
wait. electro, funk, dub and a whole bunch of weird noises thrown
into a highly rhythmic blender. slammin'.
quoted 1 line I think that the recent trend of not using 4/4 beats is a good thing.> I think that the recent trend of not using 4/4 beats is a good thing.
just a nitpicky semantic correction... jungle is 4/4, but it's not 4
on the floor...
/j/