Pretty good description of what's happening here in France. Did you know
I was French, eh ?
To reply to Tom, you have to know that here all major medias going from
mass audience TV to promoters (even in the finest clubs such as Rex) use
'Electro' for a very wide spectrum of electronic music. So sadly the
Me.De and Aux88 fans have to bare that 'Electro' has to coexist with two
different meanings.
Does it sound to be such a big problem ?? When you listen to or play
msuic, I think the most important is not how you call things, its the
music itself.
Speaking of that these Aux88 remixes are nuts. The Advent's one kicks ass !
Benoît.
Luis-Manuel Garcia a écrit :
"Electro" has different meanings from place to place, as well. When I
was living in Paris, "electro" was used as a rather broad genre label
that usually contrasted with "minimal(e)". "Electro" included tracks
that filled the mid-frequency range with distortion and/or synths,
vocals, and a thick & dirty sound. "Minimal" was a similarly broad
genre label that included pretty much anything coming out of the Berlin
& Cologne/Köln scenes (Kompakt, Perlon, you get the idea). The sound of
minimal seemed to centre on tracks that had sparse textures, punchy bass
and detailed, crystalline patterns in the high-freq's--but also extended
out to tracks that I think would get labelled progressive, "classic"
techno, or even trance elsewhere.
I think in N. America (or at least the Toronto - Windsor / Detroit -
Chicago corridor, which I know well) we have much narrower definitions
of both of these labels. When I went out clubbing in France, I found I
was constantly being surprised by what was being called "minimal" and
"electro." I think Daft Punk can fall into "electro" in France and,
ironically, I think you would surprise and disappoint a lot of people if
you played Aux88 at an "electro" night in Le Rex Club or La Scène
Bastille or Batofar (presuming they're still open).
On the other hand, "electro" seems like a genre that is still alive in
France, in a way that is less so here in N. America. I get the
impression that electro on this continent is a thing that has already
happened, that we remember and feel nostalgic for...
cheers,
LMGM
On Dec 2, 2007, at 6:51 AM, Benoît Pueyo wrote:
I think Daft Punk cannot be qualified as Electro, simply house or
dance music to me.
But I see what u wanted to mean : most people call that new kindof
dance music filled with medium distorted synths 'Electro'. A good
example : John Dahlback 'Blink'.
To me, we have to accept to call that music 'Electro' simply becasue a
huge majority of people do that, and even if thus we qualify Aux88
music with the same word.
Words' meaning evolve, thats just about that. Before that 'Electro'
phenomenon came, Ive alreay thought that all this commercial wave of
'house' music had probably left some bitter taste in Chicago house
godfatehrs' mouth... And that didnt change anything.
Actually we should feel lucky that Fedde Le Grand track did not make
people start calling this kindof music 'Detroit Techno' ;o)
Benoît.
Frank Glazer a écrit :
daft punk has never been electro. the aux 88 i've heard is definitely
electro.
On Dec 1, 2007 8:40 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Are Daft Punk and Aux 88 both Electro? Either? Neither?
m50