the juke/bmore/bloghouse frankenstein dance music they play at clubs

^dope

are you kidding me? It's the ugliest building I've ever seen

fuck Frank Gehry forever

what will future civilizations think

whoa hay rev take yr sex fantasies to tmi plz!

frankentecture

smash Frank Gehry forever

frankengehry

that is a totally dope building

it's a fucking eyesore... it's basically the archetectural equivelent of all the neon bullshit this thread is about

I can't believe y'all are riding for the EMP.

are those blue strips solar panels?

dunno

I don't think so, and I can't seem to find any evidence on google that they are

That being said, I also know that I need to accept the fact that this stuff isn't coming from the dance music continuum and it shouldn't be judged according to the same criteria.

See, this is OTM. As dance music it's fail because of the boring thudding beat and the lack of flow that all the glitchy bits and sudden changes of direction induce. But not all nightclubs play dance music. Rock clubs have been around for years. And when you look at audience reaction to these tunes it's very like audience reaction to rock tunes in bars/clubs - there's a brief roar of excitement and possibly some bouncing around in a manner somewhat independent of the rhythm of the track and then it subsides again. Frankendance just tries to compress as many of those rushy moments into the night as possible.

I think this is a great example of how useless the term "dance" has become. The first nail in the coffin was hip-hop which wasn't acknowledged as being "dance" music despite people dancing to it. Now we've got lots of music which sonically ought to be dance music (hefty beats etc) but functionally isn't...

good point^

yeah now you can have dance music that people don't ever dance to, because a couple decades ago people danced to music that wasn't called dance music! totally on your wavelength

yeah! now that you mention it I realise that rock has nothing to do with geology either.

i agree that a lot of this music resembles rock in some ways

I'm still thinking that a lot of the complaints that revolve around lack of groove still come down to unimaginative deejaying. Maybe deej had the right idea earlier in the thread and some quick and nasty edits might have some benefit here?

Anyways I'm listening to Fake Blood at the moment, like his bass sounds.

And this is really old news but anyone give a shit about the Machines Don't Care album?

Blue strips aren't solar panels. They are decoration meant to evoke tangled strings on a broken guitar. (???) EMP is hideous, but I don't think that has much to do with its success/failure as urban object/public space. Its intent is to be "fun", and it succeeds on that level, in a ghastly sort of way. That said, they really do need to lose the ribbons.

success is always ghastly contenderizer trust me

this is an interesting thread

who listens to this kind of thing, huh?

That being said, I also know that I need to accept the fact that this stuff isn't coming from the dance music continuum and it shouldn't be judged according to the same criteria.

yeah

especially in terms of the midwestern US, there is no cohesive scene or fundamental set of ideas that drives this sort of music

it's just a bunch of lonely, isolated young people who seem barely aware of each other, let alone any sense of context or history to what they're doing

words like "bloghouse" that have been coined to describe this kind of thing are like the word "hipster" in that the essential meaning of the word is different from region to region - it's not like europe where there's any kind of aesthetic/historic/social continuity to it

it's less a genre than a vast collection of iChat file transfer windows that self-styled tastemakers occasionally try to pass off as a format

the minneapolis people mentioned in the thread are erol alkan acolytes and not really representative of the types of DJs that really push this kind of music, like the ones from chicago

also i mean you can finger big beat for birthing this but as far as i'm concerned the beastie boys have a lot to answer for here

i imagine that shoegaze playlist DJ is involved somewhere

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd120/hipsterrunoff/cover-1.jpg

are people really shortening blog house to 'blouse'?

no

im into the idea of music called blouse - dont think bloghouse is quite the right sound tho

only thing that bugs me about the cudi/crookers joint is the way crookers won't let the vocal lines end naturally and does that really wanky, arhythmic cutup shit with them

this is a classic thread. i like how it balances the tensions of the keepin it positive jocular humor i <3 cricket crew w/ the serious dance musics discussion crew, input from the jackoff sesh regs, the dance nerd posse & an explosive interruption from pipecock

plus,

wow, ban me. that sure would be too bad. how could i ever live? i guess it would be slighly less fun not being able to terrorize you pussies, but i think i'd be able to get over it.

― pipecock, Monday, December 15, 2008 1:18 AM (9 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

in fact i just voted to ban myself. let's do it you fucking pussies, put your money where your mouth is. prove you've got something between your legs you bad motherfuckers. don't let me come in here and do as i please.

― pipecock, Monday, December 15, 2008 1:20 AM (9 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

You didn't quote "unlike how i terrorize your mom's pussy"

keepin it positive jocular humor i <3 cricket crew w/ the serious dance musics discussion crew, input from the jackoff sesh regs, the dance nerd posse

breakdown of who is in each clique, pls

or at least just tell me which one i fall into

keepin it positive jocular humor i <3 cricket crew

max
ice cream
lamp

the serious dance musics discussion crew

vahid
tim f
matt dc
rtc
lex
blueski

(? basically the funky house crew)

input from the jackoff sesh regs

me
rev
deej
surfboard dudes totally (?)

the dance nerd posse

not sure how this is different than the other group? i guess ppl i've never heard of

j@cob
w i l l
siah alan
display name

(?)

poll

Dance nerd reporting in, how do you all feel about the Salem remixes of Gucci Mane?

http://www.thefader.com/2009/10/01/salem-remix-gucci-mane/

Yes, I know its the Fader, I'm sorry OK?

i dunno if he's on this thread (i'm not gonna look) but surely ronan is a dance nerd

or srs dance musics discussion crew

ronan is serious dance musics discussion crew

those remixes of gucci were awful

"why yes, i am a climber-- we should go back to my place and climb into my hot tub while i tell you about it."

― ♪☺♫☻ (gr8080), Wednesday, December 10, 2008 10:10 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i'm into these dudes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjBc7o8qPgA

http://thump.vice.com/words/how-diplo-and-the-hollerboard-changed-everything

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2082673896/bloghouse-the-book/description

Man, kind of a trip to read back through this thread

can one donate to an anti-kickstarter to prevent this book from being written

DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE

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