All my coworkers are so-called "ravers." they are of gen z age. but yeah, they're mostly dubstep kids. i played some tunes today and they were frightened.
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Push - Universal Nation
This track was described as "scary" and "something you hear of nightmares in sleep paralysis."
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The KLF - What Time is Love (Power Remix)
This track was also considered scary and terrifying by multiple female coworkers. They started to say "I can't, I can't... oh my god... what is this...? This is SCARY"
So I'm curious guys. Is there something wrong with us? Or is the new generation of electronica a bunch of fluff that they would consider Universal Nation literally nightmare inducing? I really want to know. I'm saying us because we all know a simple track like Universal Nation isnt at all frightening, and probably some of us have enjoyed it as some point.
I played some Platipus tracks like Art of Trance, Union Jack, etc, and I keep getting comments from them saying "it sounds like video game music." I dont quite get it. 90s video game music was literally midi sound quality. 90s produced electronic dance music may have some similarities but where does one even begin to explain the vast differences lol
Spin Doctor
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Originally posted by Dj Pluviose
So I'm curious guys. Is there something wrong with us? Or is the new generation of electronica a bunch of fluff that they would consider Universal Nation literally nightmare inducing? I really want to know. I'm saying us because we all know a simple track like Universal Nation isnt at all frightening, and probably some of us have enjoyed it as some point.
Universal Nation isn't frightening, but it certainly is minor key atmospheric dark trance and not "euphoric" trance. The differing mixes also vary, with some such as the album mix, having a more breakdown atmosphere and less 4/4 kick sections.
Whatever it is Universal Nation is a belter.
Sykonee
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Originally posted by Dj Pluviose
I played some Platipus tracks like Art of Trance, Union Jack, etc, and I keep getting comments from them saying "it sounds like video game music." I dont quite get it. 90s video game music was literally midi sound quality. 90s produced electronic dance music may have some similarities but where does one even begin to explain the vast differences lol
Um, well...
Dj Pluviose
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Originally posted by Spin Doctor
Universal Nation isn't frightening, but it certainly is minor key atmospheric dark trance and not "euphoric" trance. The differing mixes also vary, with some such as the album mix, having a more breakdown atmosphere and less 4/4 kick sections.
Whatever it is Universal Nation is a belter.
True but c'mon. These are dubstep kids we're talking about. They're always about that "hard stuff." So it honestly surprised me when they were terrified. Would've made more sense had they been "it's just not my style" but they were flat out terrified. lol
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Originally posted by Sykonee
Um, well...
Yeah but not a lot of old games had sound like this.
Sykonee
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Originally posted by Dj Pluviose
Yeah but not a lot of old games had sound like this.
If you're talking about the 16bit era of gaming, sure. But a good chunk of the '90s featured music on discs, and could actually contain properly produced music not running off MIDI files.
Titanium
I think they find it spooky is because there is a screaming in that very version
Show them this version
Spin Doctor
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Originally posted by Sykonee
Um, well...
Good choice, I however would have gone for Wip3out which, dropping in 1999 as commercial trance exploded, is devine.
Cyberio
Put them some hardcore tracks, not necessarily underground, just your average 90s Thunderdome reaction, to see their reaction.
Will they flee after listening to Hocus Pocus:
Universal Nation frightening c'mon.
A.B
ing pussies.
Spike their Protein infused cucumber and ginseng shakes with acid and play them the following:
The Horrorist - One Night In NYC
CJ Bolland - The Prophet
Josh Wink - Don't Laugh
UNKLE - In A State (Sasha Remix)
Dave Gahan - Dirty Sticky Floors (Junkie XL Mix)
Mauro Picotto - Verdi
ing pussies.
AlphaStarred
Did someone mention acid?
Play them this:
Lira
This thread makes me happy, and here's why:
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Originally posted by Dj Pluviose
I keep getting comments from them saying "it sounds like video game music"
Because, after a couple of decades, that's sort of what we should expect - and this is good news. Not sure this ever happened to you, but remember when music (electronic or otherwise) from the 60's and the 70's sounded awfully dated in the 90's? It's only natural the same happened today to music from 20~30 years ago, specially when the gear is such an important part of the sound as in electronic music.
Technology marches on and so do music genres. Today's stale ideas were the groundbreaking innovations of yesteryear, and the beloved music from our youth isn't immune to ageing.
As for this,
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Originally posted by Dj Pluviose
but yeah, they're mostly dubstep kids. i played some tunes today and they were frightened.
What kind of dubstep are we talking about, exactly? If they listen to stuff like Ray Volpe's Laserbeam, I don't see how anything by KLF sounds scarier than the music they already listen to - except by the fact it isn't nearly as loud and compressed as most dance music is nowadays, thus sounding like something straight out of a Mega Drive than something you'd choose to dance to. If anything, the reason they may find Universal Nation something straight out of sleep paralysis is probably because it is kind of moody but lacks the oomph of contemporary brostep, which does hit way harder (bass and drums wise).
Did you show them the original version of Charlotte de Witte's rework? Mind you, the latter might have led to a better reaction from the crowd even if, understandbly, you might prefer the former.
SYSTEM-J
No, this guy is just a dweeb who resides in Jerkwater USA and he likes punching down on the even bigger dweebs he hangs around with.
'90s dance music is back in fashion hard, which is incredibly apparent if you live in a place that actually has a functioning club scene, and Gen Z kids love '90s trance.
