No it's not, "Shoomping House" is. I'm stealing that name from the article and making it mine.
You'll all be dancing to Shoomping House in '08! ;-) MEK "/0" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 10/09/2007 07:25:43 PM: > dubstep is the stupidest genre name yet. and thats saying a lot, when > speaking within the context of electronic music. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "klaus boss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Guilherme Menegon Arantes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "robin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "313 Org" <[email protected]> > 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: > > > > > > As the subject says. > > > > > > 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 > > > > -- > > > > > > Guilherme Menegon Arantes, PhD São Paulo, Brasil > > ______________________________________________________ > > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Klaus Boss > +4550413432 > www.hifly.dk >
