ooops, my bad on this, i hadnt realised the list wasn't CC'd on MEK's email.
tom On 3/17/06, Thomas D. Cox, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/17/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Did it ever stop including synthesized sounds? I think the "live" sound is > > a stereotype put on NYC house/disco from those outside of NYC. > > Genres (and preconceived notions) suck - it's either good music or bad > > music. > > I could go on about "house goes techno" and vise versa but I won't. > > im not sure if it STOPPED using electronic sounds, but i think anyone > can tell the difference between say nu groove type stuff and the stuff > released most recently by louie vega. kerri chandler has been getting > very "techno" as well recently, check out "bay-a-thym" and "so let the > wind come". maybe its less about the sounds, but about the "song" type > structure that alot of the NYC house uses. though theres lots of the > latin sounding stuff that is tracky in a way but is mostly "live" > instrument sounds. either which way, i really love the older NYC sound > when they did alot more synthy stuff, and it seems like something of a > return to that sound is afoot. > > and how can i be biased against live sounds when probably 50% of the > records i play have a large amount of live instruments on them? its > just a preference i have against the recent NY sounds i guess. those > KCs and the "sandcastles" tune by sydenham are KILLER cuts though, you > really cant go wrong with them no matter what kind of stuff you like. > > tom >
