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My observations and such on Electro House (No this isn't another define genre thread)

First of all most Electro house that i've heard isn't my cup of tea.Don't get me wrong.if all other EDM genres were some how destroyed i'd be listening to tons of Electro house.It's just not my favorite sub genre.But there is the exception to the rule and such.
But what really gets me about this surge in Electro popularity is how lots of things that a few years ago would have been considered Tech house or prog house are suddenly being labeled as Electro house.Because i hear a track and i'm like no way that's Electro then all of a sudden bang it's Electro.Then it trys to seep itself into everything. Electro trance and such.Also i've heard a few ocassions where things that back in the day no way would have ever been considered Electro get's labeled "Electro".

Ok end of my rant.

please lets not have another "its not electro" thread

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Originally posted by G-Con please lets not have another "its not electro" thread

But the worlds gone mad with the electro.jk.We already had one of these threads!?

Yeah, there seems to be a whole generation of idiots that believe anything with abrasive sounds is called "electro", just like the infinite crowd that calls everything that is slightly electronic "techno".

who cares, genre defining is a big waste of anyones time... use the word progressive to someone in their 40's and they'll start quoting off Jethro Tall and Pink Floyd... you'll start quoting Sasha & Digweed. This week it's electro, next week its 'booty shaking house'... people are just trying to figure out what to call music they like so others understand... that's it.

With this genre and these big prog like beats matched with those dirty nasty synths (keyword nasty, they sound bad).... it sounds like a possibly good combination but so many of these tracks just end up sounding like a cacophony, and then are presented in the most commercial context.


Does anybody like this music or are they all just pretending to? I seriously hear tracks and think hmm, could I spin this record? I end up thinking no, everyone would fucking leave the dancefloor.


Examples:

Damon Jee & Oliver Giacomotto - Walking on the Moog EP (The whole fucking thing)
Treat Brothers - Tears (Laidback Luke Remix)
Stephan Panev - I Am
James Harcourt - Anaconda

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Originally posted by Allied Nations Does anybody like this music or are they all just pretending to? I seriously hear tracks and think hmm, could I spin this record? I end up thinking no, everyone would fucking leave the dancefloor.

The most common response I hear from apologists of this sound is "It gets a dancefloor moving!"

Er, yeah. It's fucking DANCE music. It's accomplishing the same fucking thing QUALITY tunes do too. Why play the mediocre?

Farty basslines fucking suck.

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Originally posted by Sykonee The most common response I hear from apologists of this sound is "It gets a dancefloor moving!" Er, yeah. It's fucking DANCE music. It's accomplishing the same fucking thing QUALITY tunes do too. Why play the mediocre?

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Originally posted by |Thrax| Farty basslines fucking suck.

I can't really add anything to that.

I agree with you but i don't care cause electro is crap and what they label as electro is also crap (most of the time). There should be a crap subgenre called crap so no one get messed up.

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Originally posted by HaeD I agree with you but i don't care cause electro is crap and what they label as electro is also crap (most of the time). There should be a crap subgenre called crap so no one get messed up.

They already have one. It's called 'scouse'.

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Originally posted by Zombie0729 use the word progressive to someone in their 40's and they'll start quoting off Jethro Tall and Pink Floyd... you'll start quoting Sasha & Digweed.

Stupid example. The word "progressive" on its own is not used to refer to any particular genre of music. There is no music genre called simply "progressive" outside of any specified context.

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Originally posted by SMC Stupid example. The word "progressive" on its own is not used to refer to any particular genre of music. There is no music genre called simply "progressive" outside of any specified context.

maybe a bad example but the point he was making was spot on. Genre names are there just to help people know type of track any particular tune is.

If i say electro house, I dont care if it doesnt share any similarities with "real" electro. People will know exactly what type of track it will be so the name electrohouse has served its purpose...

what actually is 'ELECTRO HOUSE'.. like the correct genre name(s) for it?

Neo Eclectic Grindhouse

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Originally posted by SMC Stupid example. The word "progressive" on its own is not used to refer to any particular genre of music. There is no music genre called simply "progressive" outside of any specified context.

well thank you for proving my point.

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Originally posted by Zombie0729 well thank you for proving my point.

I didn't prove anything. You compared "progressive" to "electro". I pointed out that "progressive" is used only as a prefix. That's not the case with "electro".

yeah probably 95% of those farty bassline tracks suck. 2 years ago i thought it was the coolest shit ever the worst is trance producers jumping on the bandwagon using them too. First State - Falling, Kyau vs ALber & Marberg - Megashira, etc.

there are still really good songs though out there with those chunky basslines

and I feel bad for DJs who play actual electro, their genre word got shitted upon

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