What are you talking about, cranky old man??? Yeah,
there's a bigger bulk of dj crap replacing guitar rock
crap of ten years ago, but do the math and you'll find
that the lean, mean creative underbelly is
proportionally larger as well.
It is always harder to find challenging stuff than top
forties, in music, film, tv, books, etc... the
proportion of crap to excellence never changes, but
the flourishing electronic scene means there is more
room in the tucked away corners for the
faithful/vigilant to come out and play. And as always,
the search makes the reward more delicious. The only
time for woe and confusion is between breakthroughs
when people are kind of standing around waiting for
something to happen. Ignore the crap, keep finding the
good stuff, and stay focused on the abundance of
beauty happening RIGHT NOW. We are so lucky, and my
record collection is proof. =) It's the year 2000:
unforeseen possibilities, tiny differentials yet
unturned... We've never been here before, gotta think
positive.
(Ok, I admit I've been listening to Grupo Batuque
"Between The Lines" a lot this past week, with lyrics
like "Life is yours, it's a gift"...turning me into a
damn hippy ;P )
On a similar note...Last night I pulled out a Seiji
record on reinforced from like '97 or so (hard, dark,
busy, mechanistic dnb) and compared it with a Seiji on
2000 Black or one of those, the new "Question It"
single, a Neon Phusion-ish thing with that
african-sounding chant-singing in it...The 2 records
are radically differently beautiful. What a joy to
watch musicians grow and change like that. They are
the same person, right?
--- Giles Walker <gileswalker@hotmail.com> wrote:
> After Reading the rules for dj's/producers I thought
> I would comment on the
> dj aspect of it. I think because there is so much
> dance music in the charts
> and all the dj's are big stars it makes it harder to
> find clubs that play
> quality dance music that sounds like someone has put
> some soul into making.
> The majority of people don't enjoy hearing music
> that they don't know and
> even in the underground clubs people will cheer and
> fill the dance floor
> when Eminem, The Beastie Boys or Basement Jaxx are
> played. Its a shame
> because djing used to be about finding records that
> no one else had and
> building your own classics. The big name guys never
> seem to stray to far
> from the obvious. I'm not saying there aren't any
> decent dj's and clubs,
> left i'm just saying its a shame they are in such a
> minority.
>
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