one of the great revolutions that occurred with the rise of dj based dance
music was the removal of the performer/audience dichotomy. the dancers on
the dancefloor became the entertainment. the action was happening on the
dancefloor not on the stage. power to the people! no more standing around
all staring at a stage with some egotistical jerk masturbating his guitar.
'promised land' and 'sueno latino' sounded just as good and just the same
no matter who played them. you didn't have to be in chicago or have farley
jackmaster funk djing, to have a great night out dancing to house music.
but that didn't really last long - now everybody just faces the dj watching
them change records and won't go out unless it's a name dj. back to the
boring old days of rock n roll again.
james
www.jbucknell.com
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all words well spoken!
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From: "Simon Kong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "313" <313@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: FW: (313) Carl Craig '
>
>> good djs dj for the people. you know the ones they are there to
>> entertain?
>
>
> Techno used to have some balls.
>
> People used to stand in front of sound systems out of fear and
> admiration
> of what the dj was capable of doing.
>
> We have gone soft, the audience are in control. They know all the
> tricks
> and are no longer impressed by the pony you show.
>
> /
>
> At least there is some controversy surrounding Carl.
>
> Where are the risky artist? What I see is alot of very consumable
> photo
> friendly dj's with great portfolios.
>
> I'm not after a revolution, I just want some content. Some substance
> that
> will evoke some response from my co modified life.
>
> /
>
> These kinds of arguments, always de-volove into standard practice
> models
> for assessing popular music.
>
> Techno music in its origins was about futurism. Using new technology
> to
> to express new ideas and explore new paradigms.
>
> I don't wish to establish some sort of elitism. However I think there
> is
> inherent value in asserting some form of conciousness with the music.
>
> I can let my hair down every night of the week to any number of djs.
>
> Shouldn't a djs make your hair stand on end??
>
>
> .simon
>
>
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