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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