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Is anyone bothered by this?
I haven't really searched the forums to see if this was discussed before, but does anyone feel bothered by the fact that in EDM (pretty much regardless of genre) most records are meant to be played occasionally and then tossed aside for good after two or three months and the big hits are under no circumstances okay to be played after seven or eight months have passed since the release. It's just funny to me how say some Trentemoller records, that so many dj's and listeners creamed over three or so years ago, are now appearing on sale in Discogs in double-digit amounts. Right now, there are 18 copies of Nam Nam EP, which came out only in 2006, up for grabs.
Everything is just so focused on what is trendy and hyped up at the moment. And even the producers who have the skill and talent evolve their sound in direct relation to what the well-respected dj's are pushing forward at the moment. It is difficult to think of any names have had one signature sound and developed and tweaked it in no relation and regard of what everyone else is into at the moment. And the majority of producers consider this when they are in the studio: why commit all of youself into these tracks when, no matter how well the reception will be, this material will to be forgotten in a few years. Digital Witchcraft, for example, haven't released anything in almost three years, and those who still do remember them are probably like "haha, sum great stuff back in the day, wonder what happened to them." In other spheres of music, even electronic ones like experimental and IDM, it is absolutely normal to put out an album or even EP and then disappear for two or three years, then come back and release 5 superb tracks and then disappear again.
Perhaps EDM would consist of more memorable and individual producers if it was less DJ's and more live PA's. Because making a record that will be played by DJ's, artist feels abligated to work within a very limiting framework so that all the tracks will easily to flow with whatever other records that are popular are, open and close with at least 30 seconds of flat 4x4 beat, and so on.
There will always be a place in my heart for EDM, as it serves its own unque purpose and elements that other genres are short on, but the way this system works is just fucking ridiculous.
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