On 27 Nov 2001, at 12:56, Calvin Ho wrote:
Date sent: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:56:04 +0100
Subject: Re: Define Deep House with Examples
From: Calvin Ho <chairmancal@atomicattack.com>
To: <philip@cs.adfa.edu.au>, <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
> > adeva was called techno?
> >
> > music from derrick & juan back then was techno. in today's terms,
> > techno still sounds like that, albeit in an updated form, otherwise
> > it'd something else surely. it's the rest of the stuff out there
> > that pretends to be techno that obscures what techno was and is
> >
> > p-dogg
>
> Back then and especially in australia, techno and garage had many
> common overlapping influences. But I guess I kind of slipped with that
> one...although paul simpson, inner city, todd terry project, raze,
> (and adeva ) at that time was all commonly considered paradise garage
> house ...yet inner city was considered techno too...confusing hey?
>
> Calvin.
>
>
Hardly confusing. Musical categories cannot be completely
distinct. Thinking that they are has led the dance scene into
lamentable territory. When people try to define deep house, latin
house, jazz house, broken beat, nu jazz etc. etc., they end up
coming up with a formula for that kind of music. It then seeems
very easy to make a particular kind of music: just follow the
formula. This is why some much dance music is unoriginal and
derivative. What I like about the so-called deep house scene is
that it is open minded: you can play straight stuff, or techno-y stuff,
or old disco, soul, jazz, or whatever.
I believe however that it is legitimate to do is classify certain
scenes relating them not only to musical factors, but to other
things like, geographical location, social position of members of the
scene, or drugs often taken by members of the scene.
Thoughts?
Tom
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