Re: Review: Earth 4 (Good Looking)

From: Elson Trinidad (elson@westworld.com)
Date: Tue Aug 01 2000 - 07:09:35 MET DST

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    At 11:50 PM 7/31/00 -0400, Gen Kanai wrote:
     
    >That's how surprised I was to hear the new Earth compilation (EARTHLP004)
    >on Good Looking Records. Great jazzy house music? On Good Looking?!?! NO
    >WAY!!!
     
    Hmm. Apparently they're not the only jazzy/ambient drum n bass folks
    turning to jazz house (hint hint).

    It's almost as if the huddled masses of jazz heads knocked on the door of
    jungle, and got turned away, eventually finding refuge in the house
    of...well...house. Or in a garage.

    >With the rumored demise of Drum'n'Bass as a genre, (as evidenced in the
    >rise in popularity of UK Garage or 2-Step) it is interesting to see Good
    >Looking release an Earth compilation that has more House tracks than
    >Drum'n'Bass.

    I don't think Drum n Bass is dying, but I do think it's becoming more
    homogenized, taken over by college-aged boys wearing baseball caps (will
    those of you who have seen these types please raise your hands?) prefering
    testosterone-infused hardstep beats and ONLY those kinds of beats, shunning
    everything else. I mean, I like the hard shit too, but there's more to
    music than that, but apparently these kids don't have a clue.

    Apparently drum n bass (at least here in the US) is turning into a scene of
    a limited cadre of DJs/producers who only get the "Breakbeat Science Seal
    of Approval (tm)." All others are either newbie imitators ("I wanna make
    tracks like Dieselboy or Tech Itch!") which are welcome, or others, like
    people who incorporate (shudder) loops or (double shudder) tunes under 180
    BPM are less than politely turned away.

    In 3-5 years just watch, drum n bass will (d)evolve into nothing more than
    "tech-punk."

    Elson
    Pissed or what?
     

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