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Re: Why is todays house music so boring?

biotek wrote:

I think this discussion is missing a crucial aspect about these issues. It doesn't matter if you pay 12 euros for a record, chances are the artist won't see any of that money. Record presses take their cut, then the distributors/shops and usually the label is the last stop in this pecking order. The label can and usually does end up losing money in this wonderful negative sum game.

Where does this leave the artist? Making records is mostly for promotional purposes for attracting gigs, which can make some income for the clubs by selling booze and energy drinks, and hey, the starving artist gets his cut too. It's not really about the musical qualities anymore, that doesn't get you anywhere. It's a self-serving promo game that runs the machine now. Same old shit, pick your flavor.

That said, I don't think the innovations end up in record shop bins anymore.. more like on soundcloud.com and similar sites.

Good point.

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Re: Why is todays house music so boring?

biotek wrote:

Wasn't house music always boring to begin with?

No.

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Re: Why is todays house music so boring?

I think (it's a fact) the worst house music nowadays comes from germany. Its millions producers and even more record labels. They should have sticked to german minimal and clicks n crap.

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Re: Why is todays house music so boring?

most complicated robot wrote:

I think (it's a fact) the worst house music nowadays comes from germany. Its millions producers and even more record labels. They should have sticked to german minimal and clicks n crap.

i dont think that its the worst. worse is only the amount of releases and that all are sounding the same.

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Re: Why is todays house music so boring?

Lots of miserable joyless'ness in here, can we turn it around and recommend some good new house music?

Queue Westlife moment - 'You Raise Me Uuuuuuuup'

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Re: Why is todays house music so boring?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mci6yWwWuCo[/youtube]

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Re: Why is todays house music so boring?

or blurry line areas, but i cant imagine many people liking this one much http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIkhewd69SE

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Re: Why is todays house music so boring?

vakula has some really cool stuff too, he has better stuff than what hes released too

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Re: Why is todays house music so boring?

haha oh yea, maybe this isnt brand new, but was only out end of last year, even tho in SA its like maybe 4 years old  [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_DU-zUHjbI[/youtube]

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Re: Why is todays house music so boring?

no one plays it over here anyway, fuck knows why [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-vrns1W … re=related[/youtube]

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxUKOTVd … re=related[/youtube]

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Re: Why is todays house music so boring?

nice tunes

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Re: Why is todays house music so boring?

also i would say house music is more about how u play it, then what section its in at the shop? so i could play prog records and still make them work. tongue
i like to play this a lot right now albeit pitched down a bit [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDEivMrSqcw[/youtube]

64 Reply by System (edited by System 2011-07-17 10:50:50)

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Re: Why is todays house music so boring?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bMYhJ_UqnE[/youtube]

Big one, thats why i like Housemusic again... wink

65 Reply by black shape (edited by black shape 2011-07-17 14:08:49)

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Re: Why is todays house music so boring?

i like a lot of this guys stuff too, even tho its not like its brand new, he still making cool stuff, and no one ever mentions him

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk60ftOJ … re=related[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5flEKtlg … re=related[/youtube]

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcxwP6I9Bd0&NR=1[/youtube]
cool

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Re: Why is todays house music so boring?

black shape wrote:

i like a lot of this guys stuff too, even tho its not like its brand new, he still making cool stuff, and no one ever mentions him

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk60ftOJ … re=related[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5flEKtlg … re=related[/youtube]

Got a few from Machining Dreams recently. Yup, Hakim Murphy is making some excellent stuff alright.

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68 Reply by Pepeto (edited by Pepeto 2011-07-18 23:34:00)

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Re: Why is todays house music so boring?

http://soundcloud.com/tomas-svensson/tr … ssociation

I like this one. Very laid-back feeling but still it's holding some kind of a party-vibe, right?

EDIT: From 2010, so this is not "today's house music".

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edit wrong thread

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Re: Why is todays house music so boring?

Not too bad:
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71 Reply by Scarface (edited by Scarface 2011-07-22 17:48:46)

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Re: Why is todays house music so boring?

[miserable mode on]I think it's not so strange that the best years of house have gone. We're more than 25 years later! Maybe we just have to move on?? I remember a quote from a movie (forgot which): "You are as dead a disco." Probably the same with house. House is a thing of the past.[miserable mode off]

But please carry on with your suggestions of today's house...

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Re: Why is todays house music so boring?

i think everything is house when it boils down to it.
also, you could just as easily say music is a thing of the past couldn't you scarface? tongue

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Re: Why is todays house music so boring?

Ah man, dark times - house music is dead and there's an indie-rock topic on the forum.   sad   I think I'm going to go listen to Scooter...



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Re: Why is todays house music so boring?

black shape wrote:

i think everything is house when it boils down to it.

You think so? Hmmm...


black shape wrote:

also, you could just as easily say music is a thing of the past couldn't you scarface? tongue

Bought this album once...

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It has been said before.  wink

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