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i didnt even know minimal djs got down like that (pg. 5)
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| nchs09 |
| I enjoy loco dice but that video is way too hard for my taste. I enjoy more downtempo stuff. |
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| Trance-MB |
| quote: | Originally posted by nchs09
I enjoy loco dice but that video is way too hard for my taste. I enjoy more downtempo stuff. |
Then I guess Love Parade is not your thing, because compared to the rest this probably was downtempo. |
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| Guest |
I'd have to hear how the sound was at parade. If I'm standing in a sea of people listening to minimal treble and feeling no bass, I'd probably leave.
I really do question the effectiveness of minimized music being played in a concert format....just seems bizarre |
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| Neo95gt |
| quote: | Originally posted by nefardec
you have to be kidding me
check out the photo galleries
http://www.beyondbooking.com/thebunker/galleries.asp
i went nearly every week until they made it a monthly
as far as others, there aren't many but:
sunday best during the summer @the yard (sadly will be torn down for apartments)
water taxi beach during the summer
bunker
house n home
minimoo (not going anymore though, at least for a while)
less
deep space is just full of nuts of all sexes/genders
there are always a lot of girls at studio b
various parties thrown at APT
various undergrounds
and more
have plenty of attractive females and males alike
ps my recommendations for this weekend:
friday - bunker w/ jus ed, fred p, dj qu, john tejada, silent servant
saturday - omar s @ santos party house || matthew herbert @ studio b |
c'mon dude, the crowd shots are 95% scenester brookyln queers.
why no more minimoo? |
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| nefardec |
| quote: | Originally posted by Neo95gt
c'mon dude, the crowd shots are 95% scenester brookyln queers.
why no more minimoo? |
lol - no, they aren't. no need to be so difficult.
those people know how to get down
there just hasnt been a moo in a while, probably because of the minitek fail |
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| Neo95gt |
| quote: | Originally posted by nefardec
lol - no, they aren't. no need to be so difficult. anyways every scene has its scenesters. there are ty people and there are good people.
there just hasnt been a moo in a while, probably because of the minitek fail |
I know, Brooklyn gets alittle too sceney for me :o Guess it's better than guidos.
What happened to minitek anyway? ty planning? |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by trancepeter
thats a very hedonistic point of view i think..
seriously, here in germany techno developed after the fall of the berlin wall and the whole scene always had a political stance. and it still has, at least in the underground. thus, the music has a message (maybe indirectly, but it has) to be tolerant, thoughtful, anti-commercial, against stereotypes, to show self-restraint and respect what others do. thats also the main difference between german magazines as de-bug and groove in contrast to magazines as raveline (commercial) and also in contrast to foreign magazines or websites as ra, who dont seem to get the point of german music |
...and dance music isn't hedonistic?!
People go out, get drunk, take drugs and cavort with the opposite sex, throwing away whatever responsibilities they have for a few hours to enjoy something truly special to them without regard for what anyone else thinks or wants them to do.
If that's not hedonistic, then I don't know what is. For me, that's the best bit about dance culture. I hate the “harder than thou” attitude with rock music and the “I’m a gangsta” thing with rap. Many types of music have similar cultures and expectations as to how people should look and act.
Dance music’s appeal for me (and many others) has been about the freedom to be who you want (besides the fact that the music itself is awesome). While there is a lot of focus on image in some clubs, on the whole, dance music lets you be who you really are and just be there to enjoy things. It’s hedonism at it’s best.
When asked what my religion is, I sometimes tell people I’m “hedonist” as a joke, though I suppose I’m not far off. I don’t believe in god and I do pretty much whatever I please.
As for your comments about electronic music in Germany, this may well be true, but it certainly doesn't apply to the rest of the world. The very first clubs in New York and Northern England were built on the ideals of massive excess and doing whatever the you wanted. |
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| trancepeter |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
...and dance music isn't hedonistic?!
People go out, get drunk, take drugs and cavort with the opposite sex, throwing away whatever responsibilities they have for a few hours to enjoy something truly special to them without regard for what anyone else thinks or wants them to do. |
this is actually interesting, many points you mention are frowned upon by people who are deep-rooted in the "scene" over here. without being offensive, maybe its different where you live? i have no idea where that is since your profile doesnt tell, but maybe there is an insufficient supply of good electronic music and thus people have to enjoy every possibility to get out and waste themselves?
i think the disengagement of ones environment and daily problems is more a trance or handbag-house syndrome where people use the music as a catalyst to forget everyday life and get drunk and mate and have fun. this, again no offense, might apply to new york and other hip places, but certainly not for places like detroit or berlin which had hard times in the history (economical downturn, berlin wall) and whose musical history is based upon disappointed individuals and their way of coping with life. |
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| david.michael |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
...and dance music isn't hedonistic?!
People go out, get drunk, take drugs and cavort with the opposite sex, throwing away whatever responsibilities they have for a few hours to enjoy something truly special to them without regard for what anyone else thinks or wants them to do.
If that's not hedonistic, then I don't know what is. For me, that's the best bit about dance culture. I hate the “harder than thou” attitude with rock music and the “I’m a gangsta” thing with rap. Many types of music have similar cultures and expectations as to how people should look and act.
Dance music’s appeal for me (and many others) has been about the freedom to be who you want (besides the fact that the music itself is awesome). While there is a lot of focus on image in some clubs, on the whole, dance music lets you be who you really are and just be there to enjoy things. It’s hedonism at it’s best. |
Wait, I thought music wasn't supposed to push an agenda or message. Hedonism counts. Conforming to non-conformity is still conformity, etc.
It seems to me that you're still saying "dance music shouldn't be ________, it should be ________". I say, let people enjoy dance music for whatever reason it brings them enjoyment. |
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| hooknife |
| quote: | Originally posted by KiNeTiC ENeRgY
I would die of boredom |
I almost died just watching the video. |
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| Clovis |
| quote: | Originally posted by nefardec
you have to be kidding me
check out the photo galleries
http://www.beyondbooking.com/thebunker/galleries.asp
i went nearly every week until they made it a monthly
as far as others, there aren't many but:
sunday best during the summer @the yard (sadly will be torn down for apartments)
water taxi beach during the summer
bunker
house n home
minimoo (not going anymore though, at least for a while)
less
deep space is just full of nuts of all sexes/genders
there are always a lot of girls at studio b
various parties thrown at APT
various undergrounds
and more
have plenty of attractive females and males alike
ps my recommendations for this weekend:
friday - bunker w/ jus ed, fred p, dj qu, john tejada, silent servant
saturday - omar s @ santos party house || matthew herbert @ studio b |
You must admit though that our kind of music in this country has a much harder time bringing girls out than guys. There are just more dudes who pay attention than girls.
That said, the quality of females in this scene is by far the best of any club scene in the states IMO. I'll take quality over quantity if the alternative is the fake done-up whores we get at Sharam and trance shows. |
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| nefardec |
| quote: | Originally posted by Clovis
You must admit though that our kind of music in this country has a much harder time bringing girls out than guys. There are just more dudes who pay attention than girls.
That said, the quality of females in this scene is by far the best of any club scene in the states IMO. I'll take quality over quantity if the alternative is the fake done-up whores we get at Sharam and trance shows. |
if anything, it's because most of the people in the scene are musicians, deejays, label owners, etc - all statistically male-dominated.
that said, it always seems like a pretty fair mix of sexes when i go out. hardly a sausage fest. and if there are a lot of guys there, they aren't sexed-up, drunken bafoons - either coked/k-ed out or music lovers. :p |
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