MATT MAson
BROADSIDE
The point missing here, that is also happening in the funky house thread, is that new 'things' are not just defined by the music. It's about scenes that could only exist now, and sometimes its hard to get a clear picture of a scene just by looking at the music.
Maybe the most relevant, vibrant scene right now in the whole world is a load of kids dressing in medival costumes in disused barns in rural Belgium, drinking meths and listening to old American big band swing records. Whow knows. But you wouldn't be able to understand this scene just by listening to old big band swing records, capeesh?
Take the northern soul scene for example, or rare groove. To someone outside of those scenes, they are just a bunch of records from somewhere else. It's about how music is interpreted or consumed too, rather than just how it is produced.
Right, I'm off to Belgium...
Maybe the most relevant, vibrant scene right now in the whole world is a load of kids dressing in medival costumes in disused barns in rural Belgium, drinking meths and listening to old American big band swing records. Whow knows. But you wouldn't be able to understand this scene just by listening to old big band swing records, capeesh?
Take the northern soul scene for example, or rare groove. To someone outside of those scenes, they are just a bunch of records from somewhere else. It's about how music is interpreted or consumed too, rather than just how it is produced.
Right, I'm off to Belgium...