> i agree totally. The thing that bothers me about all this electro just blowing up right now is that it *is* just a fad. *sigh* i just don't know. I don't mind dj's bringing in some of the older stuff into their sets, but now everybody and their brother is moving to produce electro tracks. In all honesty, i have to agree with richie on this one; as much fun as it is to explore older ideas, they are still just older ideas. we're practically digging up a rotting dead horse for one last kick in the nuts. I'm still looking to see what's next.
- I'd have to disagree. First of all, it isn't really electro blowing up right now, it's electro-pop - as in 'electronic pop', not electro as pop music. People are already confusing the two, but it's an important distinction. Stuff like Miss Kittin & The Hacker, Felix da Housecat etc isn't electro, it's techno with a different attitude and sound. The likes of Tiga are more electro, granted, but the vocals add the pop edge that the purist electro doesn't have. Secondly, the people leading this scene are the people who've been doing it for a while - I-F being the perfect example: he's been pushing a kind of disco-tinged techno/electro sound for years. Same with Dopplereffekt & many more of the electro crew - at it for years. I think it's just that the climate is right now for this robotic, synthetic pop sound -and by extension, for electro With all due respect, the above statement about 'everybody & their brother' makes it sound like every techno/electronic producer out there is suddenly making electro instead. And they're not. People like The Advent and many many more have been slipping electro onto their b-sides for years. Same with the electropop producers - Hell et al have been doing it for years, it's just now everyone has cottoned on. The(ahem) dogs are just having their day, that's all. I don't think electro is about 'older ideas' any more than techno is - look at us, for example, all on this list discussing music for which the blueprint was laid down just a few years after electro's was. Aren't we just doing the same? Techno took up electro when hip-hop dropped it and has kept it moving forward. In fact, you might say modern electro is more forward-looking than techno right now: no-one makes electro tracks that go 'wicky-wicky-wack' any more, but plenty of people make still techno that sounds like it came out of Detroit fifteen years ago. Which I don't have a problem with per se, btw, as long as they do it well. I also don't think the current electropop thing is as retro as people seem to think it is. Which 80s band do Adult sound like, for example? I think they just sound like Adult. I think people are confusing simplicity in the music for retro. And even if people are looking backward, it's to the pop side of things, not electro. And come to think of it, why not? Pop was better then, with more character. Nowadays it's all just bullsh*t rap/r&b (Oooh, a tabla! All hail King Timbaland!), 'garridge', euro trance drug toss and nu-metal noisy rubbish. It's all cack. (Or am I just getting old?) (Don't answer that). Finally, 'Retro'/nostalgia is running through all aspects of the current dance scene - there are 'ardcore nights going off in the UK, hip-hop rediscovered its old school a few years ago with Jurassic, endless 'classic house' compilations etc. Right now on UK TV they're advertising a classic electro compilation. Good. About time 'the kids' learned there's more to dance than what Radio 1 pump out. Right, I'm done. For the moment. Now to try and install this damned broadband software again. I may be some time... TOM --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
