In the rare moments in which I am not enjoying Mellow Mellow, I have been
listening to some old house music -- Mr. Fingers, Inner City, Joe Smooth. I
was surprised by how well early house music stood the test of time. Better,
I would say, than later, more ambitious kinds of electronic/dance music
(techno, drum'n'bass, downtempo...) Does anybody else agree with this
intuition? If you do, do you have a theory about it? Is it because house
music (via the disco connection?) is closer to the eternal soul/funk roots?
Or is it something about the four-on-the-floor beat? Or is it just an
impression due to the fact that house is trendy again thanks to labels like
Nuphonic?
Regards,
Marco
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