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The crap that passes for Progressive House these days (pg. 2)
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| Tyler James |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
I'm going to amend my guide on How To Use Beatport Properly to include the tip "DO NOT search by genre". |
There's a wrong way to use Beatport? |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| Any way which ends without you finding the kind of music you're looking for. |
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| Tyler James |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Any way which ends without you finding the kind of music you're looking for. |
Oh.... duh |
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| rubez |
who the hell uses beatport to dig for tunes?! or worse, uses it as a some sort of gauge?
i don't buy from there, but i imagine it's set up geared towards what sells the most - crap music.
youtube is a surprisingly useful tool. use it in conjunction with other sites. dave seaman has a great one.
http://www.djdaveseaman.com/category/radio-therapy/ |
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| Light The Fuse |
| call me crazy but i kinda like that tune up for what it is up until the first beat drop (about 1/4 in) on the beatport sample provided |
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| HouseMinkey |
| quote: | Originally posted by Juan Paulino
Check these labels.
Intricate Records
Silk Textures/Silk Royal
Baroque/Limited Records
Particles Records
Portrait Digital
Elliptical Sun Records
Stellar Fountain
There, now dig, |
Thanks for the recs. Will check 'em out. |
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| HouseMinkey |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
I'm going to amend my guide on How To Use Beatport Properly to include the tip "DO NOT search by genre". |
This is something I learned a while back, and it's especially true for Prog. Beatport's Progressive section now seems to be a catch-all for crass poppy garbage that doesn't even deserve to be called dance music.
FYI: I discovered that Mariah Carey track outside of Beatport and I couldn't believe it was on sale on the site. I had to click through to be sure. |
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| MSZ |
Making a lot of 2004ish inspired prog house lately, its quite interesting going to be releasing these. Dont think they will fit in any sets, dont think people will be much interested in it in the current prog house/prog techno scene which has manifested over the years.
Too bad im not allowed to show more, the breakdown and post is so oldschool.
Ahh good ol' emulations... free dl in the case that I wont win this(probably). |
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| sunspeeder |
One thing to consider when labeling any piece of music "progressive," is that eventually that label wears off..
Something else might then be considered "progressive."
The stuff that was "progressive" either becomes a new sub-genre, or it is labeled more or less one style or another. |
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| Lews |
| Good stuff, MSZ. That could totally fit into sets. |
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| 2techs |
I always thought it would've been neat if the second wave of prog that emerged in the early 2000's should be called exactly that, prog or prog house. it would differentiate itself with that simple abbreviation from progressive house, which was prevalant from 1990-1995 (although 'progressive house' wasn't coined until 1992). the millenium prog would be sitting on a comfortable legacy and not receive much backlash from the older generation of ravers who were apart of the first progressive house era. I've seen several fans of cowboy records degrading bedrock and baroque records by considering them nothing more than psedu-prog labels. The big players in the scene such as sasha and john digweed could've said something about the new genre wave through magazines, radio shows, interviews etc around the year 2G: "Alright brethrens, we have this great music that has emerged at the turn of the century. It's called Prog House, or we can simply call this music Prog. Enjoy it mates, if you're ever around new york city, come join us to celebrate this new era at Twilo."
This brings me back to the threadstarter's point. Life would've been a lot easier if we distinguished the styles that were prevalent in two different eras by calling one music progressive house, and the other music prog. |
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