Kent Williams: >House music almost invariably employs a kick on the beat (i.e. 1 2 3 4)...
Seems right to me: no other house with a (distinct) breakbeat (e.g.) comes to mind right now (although I know I've heard such quite often) except: Sona Me Areru Ec Sancitu (Nite Grooves) - which despite it's lush live-recorded arrangement has got a vocalist with a seriously effed up voice and the melody of a banshee wail. Nice! :o) Can I use e a clip of my Tue post pls?: >I've somewhat gone back to much older material which >displays a roughness simply because that was all that was >possible at the time (I'm talking pre-1990) from the >technology available. Also, what new stuff I buy has to >have some sort of edge. When I got home, my copy of Jesse Saunders' 'On & On' (1983?!?) had arrived (which I'd never heard before, but it came extremely highly recommended). I rest my case! k >-----Original Message----- >From: Kent williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 4:42 PM >To: 313 list >Subject: RE: (313) electro house is taking over (maybe not just in OZ) > > >I don't read those magazines, but sometimes i write for them. >The idea of 'electro house' does seem a bit of an oxymoron to me, since >my concept of different genres is rooted in the characteristic >beat patterns >they use. > >House music almost invariably employs a kick on the beat (i.e. 1 2 3 4) >and a 'backbeat' sound, usually but not always a clap (i.e. 2 4) Around >this armiture all sorts of syncopation is possible, but that boom chick >boom chick between 115 and 130 BPM is what makes it instantly recognizable. > >Electro, by contrast has the backbeat on 2 and 4, but generally has a >syncopated, prominent kick. House will drop the backbeat on occasion, but >Electro generally maintains the backbeat from beginning to end. > >So Electro house would be ... what? Maybe this seems flippant, but >discriminating between genres is a continuing vexation for me. I'm still >trying to figure out what hard house is, but I have a hard time dissecting >it taxonomically because any time I hear a mix represented to me as hard >house I rarely last more than 5 minutes before I run screaming. > >On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Alex Bates wrote: >> mate i dont read those magazines, in fact i dont read any music >> mags/websites. i never heard the label 'electro house' until i >made it up 30 >> mins ago. >> >> damn people like you for getting upset that people use terms to >describe a >> certain style of music! :) >> >
