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>but, you're confusing matters. I'm talking about music from 1991
or so.
>which then evolved into other things. this music was HUGE here as
a youth
>culture thing, you couldn't escape it.
i like some of the 91-92 era stuff, but thats more the general
"hardcore" stuff in my mind. when you start calling it happy
hardcore or darkside or jungle tekno, youre talking about
distinctly different records. my opinion on the golden years of
that sound is that they were 93-95. both the light and dark sides
made lots of good stuff in there.
>at school, virtually the entire year used to go to 'raves' where they
>played this music, it was post acid house explosion etc, and the
music was
>changing, it wasn't that US sound any more, it was home grown. it
wasn't so
>mixed up either, yeah, there was still a mix of dance musics, but
the focus
>became narrower from that point onwards.
thats what eventually kills all subgenres of dance music it seems,
the hyper specialization.
>yeah jungle and hardcore is energetic - but so obviously so -
thats why it
>got so popular, it's hardly subtle music is it tom? the thickest
cultural
>dullard going could work out that this was energetic music. there
was no
>deep side to it. thats why it got so universally popular so quick.
huh? ltj bukem's "demon seed" came out in 1991. if you think the
early good looking stuff isnt "deep", we're fighting ;)
seriously, some of my favorite records from that time are drenched
in detroit-y atmospheres, its both deep and insanely energetic at
the same time. think early goldie, guy called gerald (28 gun
badboy is hardcore, that was 92), 4 hero, etc. these are musical
geniuses right up there with almost anyone detroit has produced.
im sure the pop side of all that nonsense was annoying, and im
glad i never had to deal with that or maybe id be missing out on
all that great music that was being made.
tom
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