Apologize for the lateness of this follow-up, but I'm just getting back in
town. . .
Last Friday I was at Step at Backflip in SF, and it was the first
all-2-step set I've ever seen spun. (Jun drops some into his sets here in
LA, but it's just part of a much more wide-ranging musical palate.)
Anyhow, for the first bit the 2-step rhythm was great, all skitterish and
minimal, but there seemed to be an astonishingly large number of utterly
similar tracks. Now, one DJ (forget the name) came on and was dropping
some stuff that changed it up much more dramatically, but I worry that this
music could become every bit as formulaic as recent jungle. (Do the same
groove everyone else is doing, drop in [insert pop star diva here] over
top, mix and repeat). The tracks that were most successful were the least
purist: one great track dropped a trance-style buildup and climax into the
set that had the crowd whooping and hollering.
Dale
>ok, i really should heed wittgenstein's dictum and shutup about this, but i
>can't resist. reading the insert from "live at the paradise garage"
>redoubles my wariness of the whole garage label:
>
>"Garage" is one of the most mangled terms in dance music. The term derives
>from the Paradise Garage itself, but it has meant so many different things
>to so many different people that unless you're talking about a specific time
>and place, it is virtually meaningless. Part of the reason for this
>confusion (aside from various journalistic misunderstandings and industry
>misappropriations) is that the range of music played at the Garage was so
>broad. The music we now call "garage" has evolved from only a small part of
>the club's wildly eclectic soundtrack."
> - Frank Broughton/Bill
>Brewster
>
>Larry Levan:"Garage"::Giles Peterson:"Acid Jazz"???
>
>just too many lame dj's and producers out there draw music out of
>standardized templates. big up that wild eclecticism.
>
>paz,
>adario
>
>ps i have no problem with 2-step but that's a rhythm, not a "scene"
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: angedella isafella [mailto:notmusic@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 11:42 AM
>To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
>Subject: speed garage
>
>
>dear list: oi recently bought the mixmag(uk) "Uk(formerly"speed") garage
>issue" it had a free cd that belied the idea that the scene was strong:it
>sucked majorly!. Well i got to listen to a comp that had the tune"rewind "
>by Artful Dodger .well new i see the poitn. This stuff is sorta good. This
>trend mayhave legs> kmost of the stuff on the comp "101% speeed garage " is
>
>great or good at least.
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