rubberdingyrapids
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of course you can do musical geneaology with jungle and trace everything 'new' about it to something previous, but as a whole, jungle as a genre/sound WAS new.
of course you can do musical geneaology with jungle and trace everything 'new' about it to something previous, but as a whole, jungle as a genre/sound WAS new.
I remember reading a book about jungle a long time ago, claiming the word jungle came from reggae vocal samples referring to a housing project in Kingston known as Tivoli Gardens that was nicknamed "the jungle". I am too lazy to fact check or see if its confirmed or disproved on the internet today.
Odlly, I am in a bossa nova listening phase right now, so long after my drum and bass phase.
of course you can do musical geneaology with jungle and trace everything 'new' about it to something previous, but as a whole, jungle as a genre/sound WAS new.
maybe its good that music isnt so obsessed with the new. allows you to focus on other things, like personality, songcraft, melody, etc. also maybe its like pop/music rebelling against capitalism's need to constantly sell you something new just for the sake of it. also a challenge to writers to come up with something to say - its easier when something is obviously innovative.
Sonic innovations tend to be accompanied by wider ideological and/or aesthetic shifts as well, [/QUOTE
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Yeah?
I'm just reflecting on the constant re-rinsing of canonical artists and how that appears to be how major labels seem to thrive, by flogging those back catalogs as a resource and dealing with new music in a rather limited and distancing manner.
Sonic innovations tend to be accompanied by wider ideological and/or aesthetic shifts as well, [/QUOTE
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Yeah?
Acid/Psychedelic Rock- Hippies/Pacifism/Age of Aquarius/Sexual Revolution/Etc - Tie dye/psychadelia (later again with Balearic, madchester/ rave etc.)
Gangsta Rap- Gangsta/Hustle/Realness/Street- Baggy cloths/low trousers/etc.
Synthpop- New Romantics
Punk- Nihilism/Aggression/Anti-social- Safety pins/mohawks/ripped genes
Metal- Occultism/ Satanism/ Fantasy- Pentagrams/ Devil horns
Reggae- Rastafarianism- Red,gold,green/dreadlocks
etc.
So how does one look on the fact from a Capitalist perspective that the music industry just wants to repeatedly remind you of say, 100 or so artists who they have a situation where they can continuously re-release product from and know a public will obediently purchase it? I'm just reflecting on the constant re-rinsing of canonical artists and how that appears to be how major labels seem to thrive, by flogging those back catalogs as a resource and dealing with new music in a rather limited and distancing manner.