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All regular dance music sounds the same...
 

offline Raz0rBlade_uk on 2004-05-19 16:05 [#01196378]
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I used to be a massive fan of Dance and Old Skool. This was
the only kind of music I ever listened to. I found my
releief in various chillout albums which started arrising in
the late 90s which offered a totally different sound. After
this I then moved onto Electronic/IDM and I feel that I am
going to stick with this for life.
When I look back now and listen to all my dance albums I
notice one very major asset to club/regular dance music.
THEY ALL SOUND THE SAME. Seriously I'm not joking, I
swear that this is one big conspiracy and there's one dance
DJ who writes all the dance music. Here are some of the
things I have noticed after reviewing numerous tracks.

co Beats are the same (tempo and actual sound)!
co Instruments/Sounds are the same!
co Synths are the same!
co Tempo is often similar or the same!

The only element that is different are the vocals which
don't even appear in all dance music. Maybe it's only me who
thinks this but it's one thing that actually puts me off
dance and attracts me to Chillout and IDM.


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2004-05-19 16:07 [#01196379]
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You just can't beat those 133bpm 4/4 TR-909 drums, can you?

Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom!


 

offline mappatazee from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2004-05-19 16:09 [#01196381]
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Are you a boy-lover?


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2004-05-19 16:09 [#01196382]
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Dance music is wierd...every so often someone will come
along with a totally fresh sound on top of the standard four
to the floor beat, within two weeks 867 new tracks by
different people arrive all sounding the same but with
different fit birds all miming to the same fat slappers
voice.


 

offline Raz0rBlade_uk on 2004-05-19 16:13 [#01196389]
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They removed my godlike status and revoked me to peasant


 

offline Raz0rBlade_uk on 2004-05-19 16:15 [#01196392]
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revoked is the wrong word. I mean demoted


 

offline Raz0rBlade_uk on 2004-05-19 16:21 [#01196403]
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Let's get the ball rolling.

In 10 years will IDM suffer the same fait that dance has
undergone? Or does IDM just carry too many possibilities for
this happening?

And finally, will Dance eventually die out giving way to IDM
as how it should be?


 

offline r40f from qrters tea party on 2004-05-19 16:29 [#01196410]
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dance music is an inherently extra-limited form of music.
however, all genres have their innovators. i think idm is
such a broad genre, it has much more room for development at
this point. look at the differences between current
autechre and current squarepusher and aphex twin, just as
the most obvious examples. they're all extremely different
approaches that basically fall under this main genre.

then again, eventually most forms of music just become
commercialized and boring until someone invents a totally
new approach to music that catches on.

plus, i hate dance music. :o


 

offline DeadEight from vancouver (Canada) on 2004-05-19 16:41 [#01196420]
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all this dance music bashing makes me want to dig up one of
the Jumpin' Jack Frost mixes i have lying around here
somewhere...


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-05-19 16:41 [#01196423]
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can someone recomend any good dance music? thank you.


 

offline Raz0rBlade_uk on 2004-05-19 16:48 [#01196430]
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I can recommend OLD SKOOL CLUB CLASSICS MOSCD62
(That's Ministry of Sound)

Also would recommend

THE CHILLOUT SESSION 2003 MOSCD56
THE CHILLOUT SESSION SUMMER COLLECTION 2003 MOSCD65

Onlt go for Ministry or Deca Dance. Deca do some good deals
on huge compilations. I would not recommend buying just an
artists album. I only have a couple, Roger Sanchez and
Royksopp


 

offline Raz0rBlade_uk on 2004-05-19 16:50 [#01196432]
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The Annual 2002 ANCD2K1 is also a good release. CD1
is to die for.

Chillout rules by the way


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-05-19 16:53 [#01196433]
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i see...i have some of those global underground
compilations...i think that's classified as dance as
well...some of it is pretty good actually. i may even have
something from ministry of sound actually :)
and i used to quite like royksopp...actually i probably
still like them, i just haven't listened to their music in a
while...


 

offline X-tomatic from ze war room on 2004-05-19 17:10 [#01196454]
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you could try the danny howells 24/7 from the global
underground series. Disc1 and 2 both come highly
recommended.


 

offline DeadEight from vancouver (Canada) on 2004-05-19 17:45 [#01196486]
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if you're a fan of the dnb... in this case, more poppy,
melodic 2step dnb... you should try and find tracks by
Marcus Intalex and St. Files... i've been listening to a few
of my favourites this evening and i still love them after
all these years...

in particular:
4 Hero - Better Place (Marcus Intalex & ST Files Remix)
Marcus Intalex and ST Files- Revolution
-My Soul
-Universe

oh and a couple other tracks that i used to really love:
J Majik- the lizard
Nasty Habits (aka Doc Scott)- Liquid Fingers (goldie mix)

... just a few off the top of my head... i'd really like to
go to a dnb club... i don't think i've ever been... there's
not too much of that here anymore... i don't mind some house
and techno (can't stand trance), but i'll always be a dnb
head...


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-05-19 17:48 [#01196489]
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d'n'b is all we have in clubs over here...appart from that
is techno and house, but those are usually at much bigger
places.

im sorry for the trouble if this was reply to my question,
but im not really looking for dance music :)


 

offline DeadEight from vancouver (Canada) on 2004-05-19 17:49 [#01196490]
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if nothing else i'm glad to indulge myself in this
nostalgia... :)


 


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