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they say the minimal bubble burst.

so what replaced it? good honest house music?

what's the next fad?

Tribal deep-tech house replaced it for a bit. Now it's just deep-tech; minimal with funk and soul, or something.

Thing about fads is you never know what's going to catch on next until it does. We only know it won't be like the last fad, because that's yesterday's fashion. (note: you can recycle older fads though, because retro)

Well, I think the electronic music landscape right now is much diverse than during the mnml-era. There are plenty of fads and trends right now but they aren't big enough to drown out everything else, which is what mnml did. You can do almost any sound and still find plenty of people willing to listen, during the minimal-peak people were so obsessed with that one sound that a lot of producers that weren't willing to hop on board even quit making music (I think most came back after the fad ended, though) entirely.

There was a time when Minimal drowned everything else out and producers stopped producing? When and who was this? I thought the current fad is Dubstep or Ping Pong Trance? Perhaps it depends on where one lives...

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Originally posted by rubez they say the minimal bubble burst. so what replaced it? good honest house music? what's the next fad?

Minimal was everywhere back in 2006-7. I would say that Heater caused a shift from the bleep-bloop "mnml" sound to a slightly more tribal influenced, more ethnic "Chilean Goat Farmer" take on tech house (Luciano, Michael Clies, Cecille Records, 8bit Records), and then from there we went to a sound that melded the rhodes and wistful soulful vocals of deep house and first-wave tech with modern-day progressive house and minimal production values (Jimpster, Shur-I-Kan, Tiger Stripes), and from there Nu Disco got big for a while and now we're on 90's influenced garage and house (Disclosure, MK getting back into production). What's next? Who knows... but in terms of "slightly-less-commercial-but-not-quite-dubfire-underground" house music I've liked everything since the minimal bubble burst.

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Originally posted by Mr Game+Watch Minimal was everywhere back in 2006-7. I would say that Heater caused a shift from the bleep-bloop "mnml" sound to a slightly more tribal influenced, more ethnic "Chilean Goat Farmer" take on tech house (Luciano, Michael Clies, Cecille Records, 8bit Records), and then from there we went to a sound that melded the rhodes and wistful soulful vocals of deep house and first-wave tech with modern-day progressive house and minimal production values (Jimpster, Shur-I-Kan, Tiger Stripes), and from there Nu Disco got big for a while and now we're on 90's influenced garage and house (Disclosure, MK getting back into production). What's next? Who knows... but in terms of "slightly-less-commercial-but-not-quite-dubfire-underground" house music I've liked everything since the minimal bubble burst.

thats actually quite accurate. good historicla summary

For me it went from minimal to tech house, to nu-disco and now to the all-encompassing deep house.

What's with the deep house fad? We went from electro house, to more electro house, to dubstep, to drum n bass to deep house being played on the radio.

I'm rather bored of deep house at this point. I too wonder what will happen next. My guess is that it will slow down some more. I base this on absolutely nothing though.

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Originally posted by Psyshell What's with the deep house fad? We went from electro house, to more electro house, to dubstep, to drum n bass to deep house being played on the radio.

Was really weird hearing Mr Probz on Z100 (the local pop music station), though if electronic music is gonna get played on commercial radio, better that than Hardwell...

THE BEST MNML TRACK EVER, LIKE A RUBBER BAND FACTORY SLOWLY COLLAPSING.

All I gotta say is........ what's up with all these corny vocal trance nowadays?

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Originally posted by Zombie0915 I'm rather bored of deep house at this point. I too wonder what will happen next. My guess is that it will slow down some more. I base this on absolutely nothing though.

I think so to too a certain extent. A lot of producers are producing some fantastic music at slower tempos.. DJs like John Talabot and Andrew Weatherall come to mind when it comes to people who play and do this sort of music justice. At the same time, many DJs have realized that playing at really slow tempos can make it tough to build up energy and maintain it throughout the night.. Overenthusiastic shuffling to very slow music seems to be losing its appeal.

Personally, a lot of the music I come across from producers I like has settled at the 120-125 bpm range for the most part, music seems to be more intricate and groove-focused, so pitching them up or down a lot more sounds better. The analogue hype doesn't hurt either when it comes to warmer and thicker productions.

I personally see things getting more techno based with warmer and dubbier elements. Solid grooves refined with a little trance / prog / breaks / acid nostalgia. This comes to mind.

Looks like i finally have the opportunity to say how much i dislike hotsince82.

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Originally posted by enydo THE BEST MNML TRACK EVER, LIKE A RUBBER BAND FACTORY SLOWLY COLLAPSING.

...Cruising along with all of you
This won't rhyme like I wanted to

PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW....

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