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An observation

Ever notice how everything in electronic music used to be called Techno?

Then everything was called house

and now everything is called trance..


Im not talking about those who know music but rather the people who arent into it much who are trying to describe the dance music genre.

True...

But lets not forget New Wave...that too was a pretty big gendre back in the day (and still one of my favs)

oh and for a brief moment (in the US) everything was called electronica...

shudder

Funny thing is, you walk into an HMV and what's the section called?

Electronica

youd think the brits of all people would know better eh?

a lot of people still call it electronica

like me

WHy wouldn't it be called Electronica? It's electronic music, and thats the broadest term they can use to fit house, trance, techno, breaks, etc etc under.

I still get people calling to "techno" a lot here in the dirty shwa.

I love how everytime a genre get's harder, or changes, a new "buzzword" emerges.

This past year and change, everything became TECH. Tech house, tech trance... pfffft.. just accept there are different levels of dirtyness in each genre.. no need to re-invent the wheel.

as a matter of fact, lol..

i was pumping some chris liebing last night as i went through the drive through @ mcdonalds.. nitzer ebb - murderous (phil kieran remix) was blaring, and the girl taking my money said "ohh, you love trance too huh?! kewwlllll" ......

i responded "yeah, it's a new danny d remix!! TITE HUH?!" and she said something about never hearing it but liking it, and gave me my change.

stupid me for thinking mcdonalds workers know the different genres. stupid stupid me..

Re: An observation

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Originally posted by Jayx1 Ever notice how everything in electronic music used to be called Techno? Then everything was called house and now everything is called trance.. Im not talking about those who know music but rather the people who arent into it much who are trying to describe the dance music genre.

Why does it bother you so much what names people use to describe the music? I've been in the scene for a pretty long time and mixing records for almost as long and I call everything techno (unless I'm talking about the music to someone who is just as musically inclined). Sure I can digress if I want to and start talking about the differences between the different genres (techno, funky house, soulful house, hard house, tech house, vocal house, progressive house, progressive trance, epic trance, euro, breakbeats, drum&bass (my personal fav), happy hardcore.....) and probably a dozen other forms of electronic music that haven't popped into my head yet.

Just because I like to call it techno, does it mean I'm wrong? The entire genre of music is open to alot of interpretation. What we call hard trance is typically called hard house in the UK; What we typically call house, is called funky house in the UK. Everybody interprets the music differently.

-Your Mother

I dont really care... I just really hate the term 'dance music'... makes it sound corny.

I think the word 'Electronica' is the appropriate word to sum it up generally..

Your Mother:

It doesnt bother me at all..

it was just an observation.


Although what does bother me is that the word "electronica" was dreamed up by some Time magazine article writer. Ill never take that term seriously.

Just call it electronic music if you are going to go that route

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Originally posted by Jayx1 Although what does bother me is that the word "electronica" was dreamed up by some Time magazine article writer.

uhhh... source?


the term 'electronica' was first coined by British recording label "New Electronica"

source

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Originally posted by Your Mother Why does it bother you so much what names people use to describe the music? I've been in the scene for a pretty long time and mixing records for almost as long and I call everything techno (unless I'm talking about the music to someone who is just as musically inclined). Sure I can digress if I want to and start talking about the differences between the different genres (techno, funky house, soulful house, hard house, tech house, vocal house, progressive house, progressive trance, epic trance, euro, breakbeats, drum&bass (my personal fav), happy hardcore.....) and probably a dozen other forms of electronic music that haven't popped into my head yet. Just because I like to call it techno, does it mean I'm wrong? The entire genre of music is open to alot of interpretation. What we call hard trance is typically called hard house in the UK; What we typically call house, is called funky house in the UK. Everybody interprets the music differently. -Your Mother

It doesn't appear to me that he is bothered by it- he's just making an observation. and i think the point of interest is more in what genre of music is being used at any given time as an umbrella term by ppl not in the scene. It obviously indicates which genre of music has the most mainstream exposure at any given time.

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Originally posted by Jayx1 Your Mother: It doesnt bother me at all.. it was just an observation. Although what does bother me is that the word "electronica" was dreamed up by some Time magazine article writer. Ill never take that term seriously. Just call it electronic music if you are going to go that route

haha. i wrote my response to him just as you were (was just a little slooooow)

Techno gets a lot of different things labeled as techno - after all, what electronica ISNT "technology music"?

I personally like the word electronica!

LOL Charmscars...

great munds think alike

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Originally posted by Matt source

pwnd

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Originally posted by Matt I dont really care... I just really hate the term 'dance music'... makes it sound corny.

corny or not, that's what it is- those are the roots. house music was born out of disco and you pretty much can't get away from the fact that that is dance music.

electronic music, would be an umbrella term for everything electronic, not just dance music (think of more experimental stuff (mostly german) that is completely undanceable). In my opionion the word 'electronica' does not sufficiently represent what EDM is to me (i realize that in some circles it has been given basically the same definition as edm)- i mean, basically it's a plural of the word 'electronic.' EDM is more specific.

electronic dance music (edm) i think is the most appropriate term for it...b/c that does diffentiate it from all electronic music....and well, it's made for ppl to dance to at clubs.

all in all,i really don't care what ppl call it as long as they are enjoying the music

I personally like the term electronica, because even though it may cover stuff that isn't "danceable", it still covers techno, trance, house, and subcategories of each. Its a good blanket term in my opinion.

personally I like the term "electronica".

techno, trance, DnB, House, etc. are just sub-categories for the true listeners that are one up in the game.

majority of people can't distinguish a difference between techno and trance.. nubs

'Electronica' works just fine for me.

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