dubstep is the stupidest genre name yet. and thats saying a lot, when
speaking within the context of electronic music.
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From: "klaus boss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Guilherme Menegon Arantes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "robin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "313 Org" <313@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: (313) Re: Interesting piece on house/techno
He's mentioning dubstep but his reference to sinister, late 90's D'n'B
is way, way off!.
That genre has as the only really new style succeded in blending all
kinds of genres to devastating effect.
Thanks to dubstep for sparkling new life into electronic music...:)
On 10/10/07, Guilherme Menegon Arantes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Mon, Oct 08, 2007 at 07:19:17PM +0100, robin wrote:
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> As the subject says.
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> http://www.de-bug.de/texte/5129.html
Thanks for the tip Robin.
The writer touches many points but does not go deep in any of them, so
I am kind of unsure of what he was trying to say (other than that CC is
the best).
But, certainly there isn't much futurism in electronic music nowadays,
maybe because it doesn't sell anymore. Ppl look a bit sick and tired of
this technological rush, IMHO. My impression from the local gang of
DJs/clubbers is that ppl is not really interested to know details about
music as they used to be 10 years ago. They just want to have fun. (And
I believe this has changed somewhat because music is so easy to
get/ID/download nowadays).
Perhaps, the free exchange of music that seems (hopefully) to be the way
of the future will trigger some creative fusions. I am not sure how
this mechanism will work for electronic music, since the live element is
not really there (not yet, so maybe this is a clue for the future). So,
when an acoustic/band musician benefits from releasing free music by
getting more publicity/gigs, I am wondering if this will also work for
the electronic act/DJ.
The writer talks about South America a few times. I mostly agree with
him, besides saying that Funk carioca is global. It is not a phenomenon
here anymore (and was never in Sao Paulo, as the writer says), so faded
away (thankfully) rather fast (as most over-hyped crap music does).
He is also right when saying that getting vinyl is very hard/expensive
here. It certainly has stopped local DJs of getting more recognition,
but even nowadays with easily accessible downloads, there aren't many
big players from SA (most of the guys who get well-know globally have
left their home countries long before, e.g. Villalobos). So, I am
inclined to say there is something extra (more cultural/social than
technical) to this.
Ok. Just my R$0,02. It was a nice reading, anyway.
Greetings,
G
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Guilherme Menegon Arantes, PhD São Paulo, Brasil
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