Re: [microsound] death of monoculture

[Marinos Koutsomichalis <marinos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 17 Αυγ 2008, at 4:18 ΜΜ, Damian Stewart wrote:

> arguably, Coca-Cola is part of my culture, as is Nike, as is News  
> Corporation, etc ad infinitum.

I don; t want to agree (to tell you the truth), but I can' t disagree  
as well...
The point is that what a culture really is heavily depends on who is  
concerned. Yes, maybe seem like they are in the  culture for sb (at  
least that' s what they wanted, right?), but I don' t know if they  
trully are, in every occasion. I don' t even know in what extend they  
can alter the cultural identity of a society. I guess that if the  
last one is strong enough, it won' t be so easy, and I say this out  
of experience.

But, do we really want them to be our culture? Do we really want a  
"pop", "global", "mono" or any-kind of culture that doesn' t promote  
individuality? And think of what a culture like this implies , it  
just transforms art to good for sale....
I don;t need that kind of culture, I even hate what pop music has  
done to our job. As the years passed by,for example, all electronica  
records sounded the same. Overcompressed, same loops, same lyrics, a  
boost in mid-freqs and a bass that punches, same harmony.....  I am  
really bored of listening to that kind of stuff, as I said I need  
variety and something that has voice of its own.