I agree with what someone said about garage and deep house being
different. Garage is more song and vocal-oriented, while I think deep
house is more track-ish (if you're into house, you'll know what I mean). I
believe that the UK is really catching on to house. Because house gets no
respect here, a lot of artists/djs go over there (Ministry of Sound,
Cream, Hard Times, etc) to work because they really appreciate house. It's
gotten to the point where some of the best house records are UK imports,
which would have been unfathomable to me a couple of years ago.
> do yout have the term handbag in america? or hardbag?
Nope. I have heard of them, since I read Mixmag, Muzik, and other British
magazines, but those haven't really caught on here as of yet. Maybe the
closest thing to it is progressive house? I must admit to not really
knowing what hardbag is though.
> Have you had Goa Trance yet?
Thankfully, no (at least not where I'm at). Trance is big, but people
haven't latched onto that whole "I've got to go to India" kick yet. I
personally have major issues with Goa Trance and the people who live that
lifestyle, but that's a different thread.
> I spose Baleric Beat never got a mention in the states either >sigh<
> Italia Disco? no thought not...
It depends on what your definitions of these genres are. Here in the US,
Black Box got linked to Italian House/Disco, and if I'm not mistaken,
Technotronic got labelled as a sort of Baleric/New Beat group.
But this constant drive to label music is getting out of hand. Happy
hardcore, trance, Goa trance, handbag, garage, house, ambient-house,
trip-hop, jungle, drum-n-bass, etc etc. I once wrote a piece on all the
different types of house I could think of, and I think I ended up with 7
or 8. Granted, there are differences in dance music genres, but I feel
people or magazines are looking to start a new marketing trend by coming
up with all these names.
Anthony