I remain a member of the A/J list because of the music I have been turned on
to because of it. However, this list has changed a lot since I joined (which
is good and necessary) and a lot of the Techno/dance/d&b/house/trance talk
goes right past me. Thanks for the recommendations.
peace,
R. Scott
framboise@mindspring.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leslie Shill" <icehouse@redshift.com>
To: "R. Scott" <deebull@mindspring.com>
Cc: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: the lasting charm of house
> You might listen to some of the Jazz In The House series on Slip 'n Slide,
> there are some good pieces on them. House is like most things, ya gotta be
> selective! The Nuphonic releases have some pretty good stuff on them as
> well, there is good stuff out there, the challenge, if you choose to
accept
> it, is to find it without having to buy a whole buncha drek first. This
> email will not self-destruct in five minutes. The point is loving music,
> which you obviously do, we all do on this line, and sharing our ideas and
> finds with each other. I have come across some fine stuff from postings
here
> and I hope to hear of more. Right on..........
>
> leslie/The Power of Sound
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: R. Scott <framboise@mindspring.com>
> To: Leslie Shill <icehouse@redshift.com>; Bethany A. Johnson
> <bethany@rawkawn.com>
> Cc: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 9:10 PM
> Subject: Re: the lasting charm of house
>
>
> > I don't doubt it. I just wanted to add my 2 cents and play devil's
> advocate
> > a bit. I don't pretend to be "up" on a lot of dance/electronic beat
music.
> I
> > really try to find something in every genre of music but the House I've
> > heard just leaves me cold. That's all.
> >
> > peace,
> > R. Scott
> > framboise@mindspring.com
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Leslie Shill" <icehouse@redshift.com>
> > To: "Bethany A. Johnson" <bethany@rawkawn.com>
> > Cc: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
> > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 8:01 PM
> > Subject: Re: the lasting charm of house
> >
> >
> > > Sure, there is some house that sucks, but there is also a lot that is
> > > worthwhile. It's like any musical form, some is awful but some is da
> bomb!
> > > We've all heard the limp-wristed house popularised over the years by
> > > advertisements and the like but, without house, where would a lot of
> > today's
> > > electronica be? To me, full-on trance is the lowest common denominator
> in
> > > electronic dance music but some of it is good and some folks swear by
> it,
> > > it's a matter of taste I suppose. I'm glad that R.Scott got stuff off
of
> > his
> > > chest and feels better for it but, listen, oh R. Scott, there's some
> > mighty
> > > fine house out there and there is a lot with jazzy influences that is
> > > wonderful. Yeah, it does require a little work to find but so does
> > anything
> > > worthwhile.
> > >
> > > leslie/The Power of Sound
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Bethany A. Johnson <bethany@rawkawn.com>
> > > To: R. Scott <deebull@mindspring.com>
> > > Cc: A/J List <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
> > > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 6:28 PM
> > > Subject: Re: the lasting charm of house
> > >
> > >
> > > > Well, if you're going to make such a sweeping statement maybe you
> should
> > > > expound a bit. Does all house suck? Why does house suck? What about
> > > > jazzy house? Does that suck too?
> > > >
> > > > just curious,
> > > > B.
> > > >
> > > > "R. Scott" wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I for one think House music sucks!!!
> > > > >
> > > > > There I said it...
> > > > >
> > > > > peace,
> > > > > R. Scott
> > > > > framboise@mindspring.com
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Marco Baroni" <baroni@humnet.ucla.edu>
> > > > > To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
> > > > > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 3:06 PM
> > > > > Subject: the lasting charm of house
> > > > >
> > > > > > 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
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Bethany A. Johnson
> > > > http://www.rawkawn.com/bethany/
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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