I think Daft Punk cannot be qualified as Electro, simply house or dance
music to me.
But I see what u wanted to mean : most people call that new kindof dance
music filled with medium distorted synths 'Electro'. A good example :
John Dahlback 'Blink'.
To me, we have to accept to call that
Electro has different meanings from place to place, as well. When
I was living in Paris, electro was used as a rather broad genre
label that usually contrasted with minimal(e). Electro included
tracks that filled the mid-frequency range with distortion and/or
synths, vocals, and a thick
Pretty good description of what's happening here in France. Did you know
I was French, eh ?
To reply to Tom, you have to know that here all major medias going from
mass audience TV to promoters (even in the finest clubs such as Rex) use
'Electro' for a very wide spectrum of electronic music.
i've always thought of electro as an extremely limiting (in a good
way) genre term including only music with heavy 808 style drum
patterns. electro is all about the rhythm, in my opinion. if it has
a 4-on-the-floor rhythm, i don't call it electro.
ten classic examples of electro:
ice-t and
On Dec 2, 2007 1:50 PM, Benoît Pueyo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
To reply to Tom, you have to know that here all major medias going from
mass audience TV to promoters (even in the finest clubs such as Rex) use
'Electro' for a very wide spectrum of electronic music. So sadly the
Me.De and Aux88
I don't think anything is gained by being purist about a term like
'Electro.' Though if you're talking to a Detroit Techno fan it does
have a very specific meaning. Daft Punk aint it.
Though Electro is by no means an exclusively Detroit phenomenon. It
describes a particular beat pattern and
if it has
a 4-on-the-floor rhythm, i don't call it electro.
It might be electro-techno though :)
kent williams a écrit :
I don't think anything is gained by being purist about a term like
'Electro.' Though if you're talking to a Detroit Techno fan it does
have a very specific meaning. Daft Punk aint it.
Though Electro is by no means an exclusively Detroit phenomenon. It
describes a
On Dec 1, 2007, at 6:50 AM, Jeffrey Richards
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am going to be in the LA/SD area from the 20th to
the the 28th and am looking for some good old
fashioned Techno fun in the area. Early on I will be
in LA, and after the holiday I am going to be in San
Diego, but
nonsense.
On Dec 2, 2007 4:44 PM, Michael Pujos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
if it has
a 4-on-the-floor rhythm, i don't call it electro.
It might be electro-techno though :)
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peace,
frank
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