I guess if you expand beyond Detroit you also have the likes of Splack Pack, Clay D, Disco Rick etc etc etc - the true innovators of booty!
My two cents is that the ghetto tech scene is currently in a similar phase to drum'n'bass circa 1996/1997 - the "old school" sound (ie proper booty bass) was being eclipsed by a newer, faster, more repetitive and made-for-DJs sound. After a few years of relatively anodyne new drum'n'bass, the listening audience rediscovered the old stuff which had far more substance to it than the "techstep" drum'n'bass fans had been listening to up until then, and by now drum'n'bass fans are buying "old school" compilations in droves. With ghetto tech, the new trend towards extremely fast DJ-tool records, eschewing actual raps and verses and so on in favour of looped samples, reminds me of drum'n'bass moving into the "techstep" sound in 1997. And, although this sounds cynical, I'm unsure what the "ghetto tech" scene is doing now that Direct Beat & co weren't doing 6 or 7 years ago... I just don't think that in ten years time ghetto tech will sit alongside hip hop, house and techno as a dance music genre that managed to sustain itself over the long haul. The more old-school booty sound (Electrofunk/Dance Mania/Pandisc, from Detroit/Chicago/Miami respectively) will, but a lot of modern ghetto tech records will be lost in the mists of time imho... Brendan | -----Original Message----- | From: Langsman, Marc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 1:55 PM | To: 'dj revolver'; [email protected] | Subject: RE: [313] Ghetto Tek | | | | what about deeeon and funk ? | Tho I guess that might be more chi-town booty badness | Although I think deeon has a release on GTI hmm.. | | >-----Original Message----- | >From: dj revolver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | >Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 1:52 PM | >To: [email protected] | >Subject: Re: [313] Ghetto Tek | > | > | >you can't forget disco d.- great tracks, great dj skills. | > | > | >>From: "Kim B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] | >>Subject: Re: [313] Ghetto Tek | >>Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 08:33:53 -0400 | >> | >>The Godfather! | >>of course there are more, but big ups to this man; for real! | >> | >> | >> | >>_________________________________________________________________ | >>Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com | >> | >> | >>--------------------------------------------------------------------- | >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | >> | > | > | > | > | >Steve Roy | > | > | > | > | > | >_________________________________________________________________ | >Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. | >http://www.hotmail.com | > | > | >--------------------------------------------------------------------- | >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | > | | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------ | This message is intended only for the personal and confidential | use of the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not | the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified | that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this | message is strictly prohibited. This communication is for | information purposes only and should not be regarded as an offer | to sell or as a solicitation of an offer to buy any financial | product, an official confirmation of any transaction, or as an | official statement of Lehman Brothers. Email transmission cannot | be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not | represent that this information is complete or accurate and it | should not be relied upon as such. All information is subject to | change without notice. | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
