I know some people who became interested in dance music after hearing deadmau5 for the first time. There is a whole generation of producers who are inspired by edm and try to sound like swedish house mafia or skrillex, but barely know how to make a tune.
but he's not sticking up for swedish house mafia, though.
what struck a chord with me was the part about the dance music press being easily swayed by PR (free records/DLs, show comps, etc.) there no money in it, so websites can't afford to pay good writers with experience/knowledge...and in the end, you hardly ever read a critical review of anything, every record and gig is "good".
and it's not just dance music, indie/alternative rock in the same boat.
there is so much music being made by incredibly talented queers and people of color that it’s almost always comical to read headlines about straight white musicians.
but. you can congratulate pc music et al. for their mystery and ‘clever’ use of ‘irony’ or you can just investigate and realize that it’s merely a vapid art project by a handful of rich kids (mostly male, with female avatars btw) that’s diluting the club pool and that your making excuses for their boring music is part of the problem. you actually don’t have to pretend that anything that’s even vaguely non-conforming is good or cool?
I thought the Sophie tracks stood on their own.
I know some people who became interested in dance music after hearing deadmau5 for the first time. There is a whole generation of producers who are inspired by edm and try to sound like swedish house mafia or skrillex, but barely know how to make a tune.