Can someone explain house?

[Supine]

House means different things to different people.

This is a good & thorough explaination

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_music

 

[Funki mamma]

[most women do not feel the need to obsessively know/list/collect/rant forth about music.[/QUOTE]


Betcha I can prove ya wrong. The fab thing about being 47 is that I was there.

Loved every musical mutation/genre dat grew outa punk/reggae/disco/hip-hop/house.

Now its more about re-cycleing beats and its hard to be totally original.

 

[camouflage]

There is no plausible explanation for House...

LOL! Toply said.

 

[camouflage]

I wish I could understand why so many techno heads don't like house

There's barely any energy in it, like a depleted form of sound. It can be seductive though, I agree, depends on your chemical mood really.

Still, it's better then all them Garage derivatives that used to be around.

 

[Iam]

High energy Jewish oompah music with lots of squealing trumpets.

No, I know what Klezmer is.

What's the appeal??

 

[tarannau]

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i'd challenge anyone who claims to dislike house music to go and see, say, doc martin, francois k or MAW djing and come away without having a cracking night...

Hmm - not sure that's the best idea. I mistakenly ended up at The Cross a good few years ago when MAW and Junior Sanchez were playing and had one of the worst nights possible. Appallingly poncey crowd, tiresome one paced music with no bollocks and lots of people doing that little passionless skippy dance for hours on end. Admittedly that was more Sanchez's 3 hour bore-a-thon set, but it was severely awful, soulless, pretentious nonsense.

Strange thing is that I like MAW in small doses, and I've had a good few top nights out to house, but I certainly wouldn't hold those guys as anywhere near special.

 

[camouflage]

House is disco on extacy.

 

[Flavour]

The only sorts of house music I find myself listening to voluntarily are the really ambient quiet kind with few or no beats (FSOL, KLF, Orb, AFX etc) and the dark, evil raw Acid sound of early 808 state and a few others.

 

[gentlegreen]

"Deep Mix Moscow" is particularly funky at this moment

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[perplexis]

The only sorts of house music I find myself listening to voluntarily are the really ambient quiet kind with few or no beats (FSOL, KLF, Orb, AFX etc) and the dark, evil raw Acid sound of early 808 state and a few others.

None of that is the tedious bad kind of house though...
The "voluntarily" in your sentence speaks volumes

 

[Flavour]

"Funky" house speaks volumes. Volumes of shite.

 

[Maggot]

All of the above for me too

I used to have the time of my life at Indulge

So did I! Indulge was the business. Did you go in the early days in the arches at Loughborough Junction?

 

[Wolveryeti]

No, I know what Klezmer is.

What's the appeal??

It's mad like a bag of badgers, and kind of 'grabs' you. I just don't really like being grabbed (not like that anyway ) Plus if you're a forthright righteous jew you don't really have a choice in whether or not to like it!

 

[Maggot]

i'm always puzzled by the fact 'i feel love' by donna summer set a perfect template but it took 10yrs for it catch on.

Bluestreak plays this song out, yet claims to dislike house.




Maybe the divide between House and techno/d'n'b is an age thing. When I first started going out and taking pills etc, House was the dominant (almost the only) genre. It tends to be younger people who prefer Techno and D'n'B beacuse they grew up on it.

 

[chemn]

house music. the most consistently dull genre of music yet invented.

That would be R&B and/or possibly hip hop you're talking about, I think...

 

[Blagsta]

There's barely any energy in it, like a depleted form of sound. It can be seductive though, I agree, depends on your chemical mood really.

Eh? No energy?! House do's are some of the best vibes I've been to! Sexy, funky, smiley music for sexy, funky, smiley people!

Still, it's better then all them Garage derivatives that used to be around.

Bollocks, speed garage, 2-step, grime, dubstep etc all had/have some great tunes!

 

[Blagsta]

Have a listen to some Inland Knights mixes and then tell me there's no energy...

 

[Merengue]

Personally I love house or the soulful/funky variety anyway. I would highly recommend the following station if youre into it or want to check it out:

http://www.passion918fm.com/

 

[Treacle Toes]

What characterises it? .

It's a spiritual thing..........

 

[saucisson]

There's barely any energy in it, like a depleted form of sound. It can be seductive though, I agree, depends on your chemical mood really.

Still, it's better then all them Garage derivatives that used to be around.

no energy no but soul yes....why is twitching to euphoria produced by a drum machine musically better, fun but not really my cup of.

 

[saucisson]

Have a listen to some Inland Knights mixes and then tell me there's no energy...

on drop....per earlier post

 

[Blagsta]

yep, I have a few things on Drop

 

[saucisson]

[most women do not feel the need to obsessively know/list/collect/rant forth about music.

sorry back from pub and jumping on this thread as proper house still important to me although misunderstood by some...agreed respect to mamma! you can still carry the vibe though..as you obviously do...cheers!

 

[Dan U]

its all about

http://www.thesoundrepublic.com/

chicago jackin business..

bryan jones - jackin squad mix for d/load also..

http://www.djbryanjones.com/djmixes.htm

like a garage night getting it on with a pile of ketamine & a 303 in an alley
proper

 

[saucisson]

sorry back from pub and jumping on this thread as proper house still important to me athough misunderstood by some...agreed respect to mamma! you can still carry the vibe though..as you obviously do...cheers!

so if one was to do a proper deep house night (not overly noodley though)with acceptable funky/soul/garage overtones in the brixton area with older folks who just like dancing....where might you start.....since demise of nights I have put on or been involved with such as for me the much missed dogmatique and come shake the whole I have not really been out.....I do fancy a night out though...

 

[MarkMark]

There is no plausible explanation for House...

 

[chico enrico]

house music. the most consistently dull genre of music yet invented.

no that would be trance. thee most shit, generic, pavlovian genre of music ever invented.

and i don't know how anyone who even knows what 'garage' is can slag it off - knuckles; tears, phase 2; reachin, ce ce - someday, ten city... rovbert owens... some of the most amazing records ever!!

 

[camouflage]

Eh? No energy?! House do's are some of the best vibes I've been to! Sexy, funky, smiley music for sexy, funky, smiley people!



Bollocks, speed garage, 2-step, grime, dubstep etc all had/have some great tunes!

You know, in some ways you and I are profoundly different people.

 

[Blagsta]

no shit, sherlock

 

[rutabowa]

http://www.djbryanjones.com/djmixes.htm

like a garage night getting it on with a pile of ketamine & a 303 in an alley
proper

love it!!