Re: handbag

philipm@isd.canberra.edu.au
Wed, 27 Aug 1997 10:35:53 +1000 (EST)


On Tue, 26 Aug 1997, mark givens wrote:

> What is Handbag house. Who makes it. It doesnt seem to be too big in the
> states as i dont see much of it about. Name a current song in genre.

Ah one of my favourite sub-genres ;^) Handbag is very commercial, "diva"
vocals (samples), possibly hi nrg basslines, up to around 130bpm (Hardbag
is faster), M-People were pretty handbaggy, some of the Faithless stuff
(Rolo & Sister Bliss), its called handbag cos Brits used to make jokes
about suburban Sharons & Tracys putting their handbags on the dancefloor
& dancing round them. So there!

P