I think it's still very, very underground, though Metro Area are popular and commercial DJs have discovered them. The DJs who are playing that sound are still fairly underground. A few people are inventing new nights around it. That's the thing in Melbourne - boutique nights with really eccentric music policies. There is an amazing DJ here called Agent 86 who mixes up electro with everything rom HMC to Amerie to The Seed by The Roots and his own electro productions and he scratches and everything. That hybrid style is the new 'sound' in the underground. He plays R&B clubs as DJ Dumb, and electro as Agent 86. I think ever since the hard minimal sound of techno fell out of favour people have embraced electro-house. In Melbourne this is partly because Gasp Entertainment left and stopped doing innovative parties and the other techno promoters tended to push the hard big room Euro tech which people got tired of. Ministry Of Sound Aust are too busy pimping that revolting Euro-trance, so we're safe.
---------- >From: "Alex Bates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Subject: (313) electro house is taking over in OZ >Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:52 PM > > every time i go out to little bars and things all i hear is metro area > sounding stuff, that wicked electro/synthy house. > > is it just here that this is happening? (australia) or is electro house > taking over the world? > > i love the stuff but i fear that it will become over played and get into the > top 40 with really cheesy stuff that tries to emulate the proper atrists in > this genre... > > ab > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.449 / Virus Database: 251 - Release Date: 1/27/2003 >
