riverc0il
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The "Dreaming" thread got my mind on BT which got my mind on electronically originated music in general. Been on my in general since seeing Innerpartysystem in Boston this past Tuesday at House of Blues. Going into that building for the first time in four years was a culture shock! Been about that long since I cut loose on a dance floor and I was happy to be only one of two people in the audience that night that actually knew how to move their body to the music when the tunes switched from rock to beats.
Seems like electronic music has fallen off the map. I always reference back to two events... the first was 9/11. Club culture was never the same after that event. It was like people stopped thinking going out was fun any more. And then Eminem sang "No body listens to techno" in one of his songs. That stuck a fork in it. One of my friends like to suggest the death of the club scene specifically and electronic music in general was largely a demographic shift with the IT sector and the tech boom. The IT and tech guys were into the electronic sounds and fueled the demand and the scene. When IT and tech fell on hard times, things died. I think when any one could become a DJ and people started creating and mixing music out of their own homes, that was another knife in the back. And of course the economy did not help when people realized it was cheaper to grab a six pack of bud and rent a movie than pay a cover charge let alone drink.
Any ways. I was a breakbeat DJ when I lived in the Boston area and anything with a broken beat always has appeal. Unfortunately, this sound was far far far less popular than the house, especially all that prog crap (though I was into that at one point). MMMmmmm, house. Especially Minimal. When in the right mood, ambient as well. Not as much in that mood any more. I think it is due to usually going to bed at 10pm instead of 10am.
Any ways, a point I guess? I love a cross over act like Innerpartysystem. Are they a rock band? Eh, I guess so. But they drop some incredible beats and samples and they are incredibly danceable. I miss that dance culture that electronically oriented music once created. Hard to find anything out there now except pop100/80s/mash ups/pop remixes etc. Major bums me out. I may never have left Boston if that scene (what little there was in the first place) had not fizzled out completely.
Seems like electronic music has fallen off the map. I always reference back to two events... the first was 9/11. Club culture was never the same after that event. It was like people stopped thinking going out was fun any more. And then Eminem sang "No body listens to techno" in one of his songs. That stuck a fork in it. One of my friends like to suggest the death of the club scene specifically and electronic music in general was largely a demographic shift with the IT sector and the tech boom. The IT and tech guys were into the electronic sounds and fueled the demand and the scene. When IT and tech fell on hard times, things died. I think when any one could become a DJ and people started creating and mixing music out of their own homes, that was another knife in the back. And of course the economy did not help when people realized it was cheaper to grab a six pack of bud and rent a movie than pay a cover charge let alone drink.
Any ways. I was a breakbeat DJ when I lived in the Boston area and anything with a broken beat always has appeal. Unfortunately, this sound was far far far less popular than the house, especially all that prog crap (though I was into that at one point). MMMmmmm, house. Especially Minimal. When in the right mood, ambient as well. Not as much in that mood any more. I think it is due to usually going to bed at 10pm instead of 10am.
Any ways, a point I guess? I love a cross over act like Innerpartysystem. Are they a rock band? Eh, I guess so. But they drop some incredible beats and samples and they are incredibly danceable. I miss that dance culture that electronically oriented music once created. Hard to find anything out there now except pop100/80s/mash ups/pop remixes etc. Major bums me out. I may never have left Boston if that scene (what little there was in the first place) had not fizzled out completely.
