[microsound] Re: Death of electronic music (disco reflections)

[David William Newman <dwnewman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't believe its useful to generalize or categorise the meaning or depth 
of any piece of music based on genre alone.... 

Any track has the potential to move people, to offer insight or 
reflection.... all released music connects deeply with some-people 
somewhere.... Sitting in isolation and saying this track is art or 
meaningful and this track is not appears like misplaced omnipotence to 
me.... 

I believe it is all relative and all subjective.... Electronic dance music 
has the potential to tap into people's desires to be social, to move, to 
flirt and fall in love to share an experience.... There is often social 
commentary in there too.... even hedonistic desires and a celebration of 
material or bling culture are a valid reflection of parts of the human 
experience. 

Intelligent Dance Music = music for the head more than the feet. It provides 
a format that works for those who are not in the disco and require a less 
repetitive stimuli to focus their experience on the audio. 

Dance music is never going to die.... its too tied in with primitive basic 
human desires (the beat of the heart (120-160 bpm), the need to socialise, 
the need to find a sexual partner). 

People have always danced :) 


tmadden@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: 

> Hmm, so would you say New Order is "Intelligent Dance Music"? :) 
>
> > Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:20:17 -0500
> > To: microsound <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > From: chthonic streams <chthonic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: [microsound] Death of electronic music (disco reflections)
> > Message-Id: <p05210600be11ce450eea@[64.63.223.128]> 
> >
> > >One thing about the electronic music in discos and other clubs: They 
> > >are not meant to reflect our time >and future. Or help us understand 
> > >something deeper about those issues. It is pure entertainment. 
> >
> > there are exceptions of course.  the main one coming to mind being new
> > order. 
> >
> > d. 
>
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