Re: [microsound] Death of electronic music

[Jonathan Hughes <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Crying for it:
> a lot of crap called electronic music (in discos of course) is killing the
> idea of something helpful to understand our times or future.


I don't think the stuff they're playing in discos is "electronic music" --
it's disco (or, more likely, house or trance). I suppose it is mainly
electronic in origin, but so is a lot of rock and even country music these
days. If you're worried that people are using the term "electronic music"
as an umbrella term for house, techno, trance, glitch, microsound,
ambient, etc., there's probably not a whole lot that can be done about it.
The general public often uses terms that are either 1. not accepted by
those within the the communities they are describing, or 2. are very
subjective.

To me, Johnny Cash is definitely country music and Shania Twain is
definitely absolutely not, but the country music industry seems to think
otherwise.


Jonathan

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