True say. On the one hand we could take the chance to decry the futility and at times laughable nature of genres and their names (usually a good thing to do). We could also be magnanimous and reiterate how 'scene's change,' 'everything evolves', etc. But on the other hand there is a worthwhile point to be made about the way widely accepted meanings can evolve (and more sinisterly, be hi-jacked so that they're *made* to evolve!) in such a way that important social underpinnings of a genre at its outset could be potentially downplayed and perhaps in future, start to be forgotten.
What do we want electro to mean? Kraftwerk+Parliament? Or Fischerspooner+Tiga? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 December 2007 15:40 To: Benoît Pueyo Cc: 313 Mailing List Subject: Re: (313) Electro vs Electro Fck that - just because a huge majority of people call anything with a "dance beat" and synths "techno" doesn't mean that we should start calling Paul Oakenfold sound "techno music". Electro = Electronic Funk as in Egyptian Lover, Aux 88, Whodini, UTFO - it's the in early roots of hip-hop, it's Funkadelic, it's Miami Bass, it's the 808, it's electrified funk/R&B/soul to the bone Daft Punk make pop music "Electroclash" did a great deal of harm in confusing the matter imo. MEK Benoît Pueyo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 12/02/2007 06:51:00 AM: > 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 > >> > >> > > > > > >
