Well, since looks don't matter, I guess you dont' mind that you just made yourself look like a total ass, righ tin the middle of/.
The Mac isnt about 'how cool the plastic case is', it's about 'how fast and easy to use the OS is' and 'how I am still running 5 year old Mac hardware with many of the latest programs (Photoshop 7?) at a reasonable speed'.
Subsonic Underground - Owned and operated by Simon Apex and his wife, for all your Happy Hardcore and Nu-NRG needs.
Breakbeat Science NYC - DJ Dara + DJ DB = Massive Jungle/DnB store. Sadly, no online previews.
There are probably hundreds more. If you live in New England, check out the Growroom in Amherst, MA, Sattelite has a shop near Newberry St. in Boston, and in Hartford, CT, the Spiritual Emporium has a good selection too (dont' let that blonde girl behind the desk give u attitude!;-) )
Ahh yes I have that Winstons track in my collection (MP3).
4/4 Signature, yes, 4/4 beat, no. Someone told me the correct beat is a 4/3, but I dont' really know from formal musical terms anymore, that's long forgotten with my childhood piano lessons. You are correct, however, in assuming that I meant no kick drum every quarter note.
No, not really. There is Disco House, which has many samples/stylings of disco. I'm Listening to Bad Boy Bill - bangin in the Box Vol. 5 right now. VERY disco.
Anyone who claims Omar Santana, Dieselboy, or Spacegirl are Disco is smoking more crack than any kandiraver i've ever seen....
Bangin' Tunes has what I'm told is a nice, large, and fresh selection of Psy Trance, although I never looked myself. They have excelent 2-min sectioned Mp3s. I buy most of my vinyl from them.
On Darude: Yea that's a tough call... i dunno, Dance always seemed so much more cheesy, Darude borrows alot of trance elements...except where does that burning 303-ish lead come in... can't call it Hard Trance though, def not. Doesn't thump the right way, bassline and kickers are much lighter like normal trance... Eh who cares, I've heard it thumping from riced-out Hondas so many god damn times since it came out in 99 or so that I just call it "crap" now.;-)
YES Progressive! I knew I forgot a few. Good catch.
tance[]control did an awsome track that i believe was distributed with Reason, they're cool, I def. recomend.
D.I. and BassDrive are the only radio I ever listen to at all, anywhere anymore. Def. get on BassDrive late at night, they have relaly amazing live performances sometimes.
http://vinylninja.kicks-ass.net/ is my website... not linked to prevent/. effect, it's on my cable modem:-\ I spin UK Hard House and Hard Trance, also another MAIN GENRE i forgot, Nu-NRG. Not much for content yet, either.
Saw DJ Dan at Axis in Boston last week. He never stops getting better....
My only complaint on the list is Leftfield. They're good, they're god damn good, but I HATE the vocals on "Open Up". Is there an instrumental version anywhere? Pref. one I can burn to CD and swipe my buddy's CDJ-1000 and use ina set sometime:-D?
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Ok, in case you haven't gathered, there is more techno/electronic music out there than you will EVER know what to do with. It's a vast sea, with many little-known corners, and often times much bias from listeners. I can name 5 junglists right now who will show ultimate resentment for anyone who goes near Happy Hardcore, but that's another story:-). This is not a definitive guide to all electronic music, many focused on the dance aspect. You will not find things here like Big Beat (Chemical Bros. and Moby), Dance ( Which is for drunken frat boys who don't like trance), Ambient (ahhh Aphex Twin, my hero), or others. This is what is the main focus of most of todays' underground dance culture is (as least as I see it).
When you need to find what you want, here is a guide:
MAIN GENRES These are the main styles of electronic music. They're almost like "root genres". You'll see what i mean in a minute.
Techno - Machine-sounding beats. Characterized by extreme repetitiveness and synthetic-style, techno hails from Detroit (time/artstis escape me right now...tried...perhaps CarlCox? No?) Averages 120-160BPM
Trance - This is the biggie these days, and sadly some woudl say, the way most people find electronic music. Trance can be heard on the radio. Recent anthem blowouts include Darude - "Sandstorm" and (the name of this artists escapes me at the moment ) - "Castles in the Sky". Paul Oakenfold, Paul Van Dyk, etc. Characterized by mostly progressive melodies, well layered and defined sounds and textures. Lots of reverb is used to give that "open space" feeling. Averages 125-152BPM.
House - Started in the Warehouse in Florida, this genre consists of a tight loop with a 4/4 beat, usually a very catchy bar with what are known as "hooks", or sounds that make it easy to dance to. Alot of times house music will vary alot durring a breakdown and then tighten up and loop for the main beat. Bad Boy Bill, Richard Humpty Vission, Felix Da Housecat, DJ Venom, etc. (can you tell I'm a house head at heart?). House is conforable at an average of 133-155BPM.
Hardcore/Gabber - A very dark and pounding genre, this is catagorized with loud, deep bass stabs instead of kick drums, which are often compressed to give that kick-bass-kick-bass feel with only one sound. Gabber and Hardcore tend to be more dark and evil sounding, sort of the heavy metal of electronic music. Omar Santana, Noize Creator, Delta 9, Mike Hellfish, The Producer, and anything off the Deathchant label (get the Best Of Deathchant '94-'00, it's astounding). Averages from 165-210BPM, with Gabber tending to be the faster selections.
Happy Hardcore - Ok, I'm breaking a rule here but Happy Hardcore is enough of it's own genre to get a mention. Happy hardcore is the extreme opposite of Gabber/Hardcore. Instead of being dark and evil almost to the point of satanic, Happy Hardcore is very very bright and happy, definitely to ludicrous and annyoingness at times. Also relies on the feeling of "panic" (just listen, you'll get it). There are some amazing Happy Hardcore tracks, but some are absolute cheese. Happy Hardcore also incorporates a lot of breakbeats, as it is an offshoot of the great Jungle/Happy Hardcore split up that happened around 93-94. Anabolic Frolic's Happy 2 B Hardcore series is the best Happy Hardcore compilation to date, I HIGHLY recommend. Averages at 175-200BPM.
Jungle/Drum 'n Bass - Whereas other genres all follow a 4/4 beat pattern as a general rule, Jungle and Drum n Bass follow more of a shuffled "boom, click, boomclick" feel, almost like Hip Hop only faster. The difference here is with the fast paced breakbeats come deep, slow, flowing basslines which serve as leads. Thus, "drum n bass". Some Jungle/DnB is very dark, such as Tech Step, some of it is lighter, such as Drum n Bass in it's true (to itself) form. Other kinds are more Ragga influenced. Dieselboy, DB, Ed Rush & Optical, Dom & Roland, DJ Dara, LTJ Bukem, just to name a few. Average 175-190BPM
Breaks - Breaks are new but they're old as well. Breaks are like slow jungle with more house-style elements, the Roland TR-808 drum machine sounds, etc. Breaks are generally slower and more geared as kind of a chill out sound. I'm not familiar with any breaks older than say 99 or so, but I can name DJ Baby Anne as one fo the best Breaks DJs I've heard. Average 130-157BPM
I'm sure I've forgotten a few, if anyone would care to add/correct me feel free, we're here to learn about it (no flames plz!). Now, on to GENRE PREFIXES!
GENRE PREFIXES This will help you find out exactly what the hell deep chill 2-step acid electro garage trancecore is supposed to be:-D
Acid - the lead lines will change over time, this isnt' straight looping. May contain a lot of squelchy synths (a.k.a. tight bandpassing) and filter sweeps. Often times designed to have that "completely created with analog synths" sound. Spacegirl does acid trance, for example.
Deep - Usually refers to deep thought, invigurating and artistic sounds, often slightly experemental. More traditional musical principals are used. May have a strong emotional vibe to them as well. Often used in conjunction with "Chill". DJ Innana.
Chill - Relaxing, mellow beats. Often times the back room at a rave wil feature a DJ spinning Chill genres, such as Deep Chill House. Makes for a relaxing atmosphere. Often times -20BPM for any genre applied to.
Dark - Evil sounding. Possibly scary basslines and 1960s sounding vocal clips. many times meant to be a pounding, relentless beat.
Happy - The most glaring example being Happy Hardcore, this is a plain mood setter. This music will attemt to be uplifting, maybe attemt to accomplish this using a slight "cheese" factor.
Hard - almost every genre has a "hard" form, such as Hard House, Hard Trance, Hard Breaks, etc. The kick drum/bassline is much more prominent and thumping with such a style, the lead lines are more grabby and "hookable", and it tends to be all around rougher around the edges.
Electro - Once again a more analog sound, this tme however it's more focused on the drums and percussion, a very
"classic synth" style emerges. Not much for sampling, unless it comes from other electro.
Tribal - A more native-style sound, almost like the rhythmic dance used by African tribes and what have you. (A better definition?)
Inteligent - Supposedly "smarter" than the genre's norm, tracks adhereing to an Inteligent sub-genre attemt to be more creative than the typical anthem, often times succeeding.
I'll admit and A) I dont' know everything and B) I'm tired and making mistakes now. If anyone would liek to fill in some blanks I was wondering about myself:
2-step, garage, and others need defining.
Any other corrections/additions would be appriciated. Eventually this is going to become a FAQ so help me be as accurate as possible!
most of these terms are used loosely and most music can be defined a number of ways by a number of standards. I do hope, however, this helps a bit.
Harry Diamond BK (Ben Keen) Lisa Lashes Anything else off the Nukleuz Label Bad Boy Bill Richard Humpty Vission BT UFO Anabolic Frolic DJ Irene (the new Photosynthesis CD is incredible) George Acosta DJ Venom DJ Sonik Lil Sue DJ Entropy DJ Necromancer (awsome up-and-commer) DJ DB Felix Da Housecat Danny the Wildchild
And if you enjoy live performing artists, DO NOT MISS: Obis Cygma Skylab 2000 Cyrrus SPACEGIRL (absolutely incredible)
There are a million others I should mention...
Also check out Bangin' Tunes for all your latest UK hard style needs... I buy most of my vinyl from them (I spin mostly those genres). Good stuff to be had.
if Jesus were the energy source that etched this image on the linen, he wouldn't cast a shadow, now would he?
No, but he could have left burn marks...
Granted this makes their explanation of shadows and Hiroshima completely unfounded, but it still doesnt' eliminate the possibility. Personaly the image looks rather unasthetic to me.. is it proportional? Has this been measured?
Obviously this is going to be thrown right out. Interesting though is the "composer" of this particular "silence" credited Cage's 4'33" (see this post). Coudl that alone do it? IANAL...
Well, in my defense, this is/. and someone with my UID knows implied meaning and hostility are rampant here.
Makes it rather hard to correctly assess unknown users' comments, and for that matter, moderate properly.
We need a <sarcasm> tag.
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When will you grow up and realize that not all cel phone users are irresponsible?
Maybe we should ban cars from the road because some people are inconsiderate drivers? Disallow programming computers because someone could write a virus?
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How many people drink 3 cups of coffee a day and then sit in front of the tv for 12 hours?
I need the energy for when I go on a pr0n-renting spree.
Well, since looks don't matter, I guess you dont' mind that you just made yourself look like a total ass, righ tin the middle of
The Mac isnt about 'how cool the plastic case is', it's about 'how fast and easy to use the OS is' and 'how I am still running 5 year old Mac hardware with many of the latest programs (Photoshop 7?) at a reasonable speed'.
Please, all x86 biggots, grow up.
Other online vinyl:
There are probably hundreds more. If you live in New England, check out the Growroom in Amherst, MA, Sattelite has a shop near Newberry St. in Boston, and in Hartford, CT, the Spiritual Emporium has a good selection too (dont' let that blonde girl behind the desk give u attitude!
Ahh yes I have that Winstons track in my collection (MP3).
4/4 Signature, yes, 4/4 beat, no. Someone told me the correct beat is a 4/3, but I dont' really know from formal musical terms anymore, that's long forgotten with my childhood piano lessons. You are correct, however, in assuming that I meant no kick drum every quarter note.
I'm all over Pleasurehead too
Perhaps poor wording for "vunerabilities"?
Still, i thgouth there where more than that for windows, and certainly less for Linux...
No, not really. There is Disco House, which has many samples/stylings of disco. I'm Listening to Bad Boy Bill - bangin in the Box Vol. 5 right now. VERY disco.
Anyone who claims Omar Santana, Dieselboy, or Spacegirl are Disco is smoking more crack than any kandiraver i've ever seen....
Bangin' Tunes has what I'm told is a nice, large, and fresh selection of Psy Trance, although I never looked myself. They have excelent 2-min sectioned Mp3s. I buy most of my vinyl from them.
Psy and Goa Trance are two more I forgot....
On Darude: Yea that's a tough call... i dunno, Dance always seemed so much more cheesy, Darude borrows alot of trance elements...except where does that burning 303-ish lead come in... can't call it Hard Trance though, def not. Doesn't thump the right way, bassline and kickers are much lighter like normal trance... Eh who cares, I've heard it thumping from riced-out Hondas so many god damn times since it came out in 99 or so that I just call it "crap" now. ;-)
/. effect, it's on my cable modem :-\
YES Progressive! I knew I forgot a few. Good catch.
tance[]control did an awsome track that i believe was distributed with Reason, they're cool, I def. recomend.
D.I. and BassDrive are the only radio I ever listen to at all, anywhere anymore. Def. get on BassDrive late at night, they have relaly amazing live performances sometimes.
http://vinylninja.kicks-ass.net/ is my website... not linked to prevent
I spin UK Hard House and Hard Trance, also another MAIN GENRE i forgot, Nu-NRG. Not much for content yet, either.
HOUSE MUSIC DID NOT START IN FLORIDA
BAH F*CK what did i do that.... i f*cking know that.....
It was liek 3:30 in the morning... f*cking everyone in house is from Chi-Town.
-1 Overrated.
Yes,a checksum is based on the data in the file. If you change any data in the file you get a different checksum.
Saw DJ Dan at Axis in Boston last week. He never stops getting better....
:-D?
My only complaint on the list is Leftfield. They're good, they're god damn good, but I HATE the vocals on "Open Up". Is there an instrumental version anywhere? Pref. one I can burn to CD and swipe my buddy's CDJ-1000 and use ina set sometime
When you need to find what you want, here is a guide:
MAIN GENRES
These are the main styles of electronic music. They're almost like "root genres". You'll see what i mean in a minute.
I'm sure I've forgotten a few, if anyone would care to add/correct me feel free, we're here to learn about it (no flames plz!). Now, on to GENRE PREFIXES!
GENRE PREFIXES
This will help you find out exactly what the hell deep chill 2-step acid electro garage trancecore is supposed to be
I'll admit and A) I dont' know everything and B) I'm tired and making mistakes now. If anyone would liek to fill in some blanks I was wondering about myself:
most of these terms are used loosely and most music can be defined a number of ways by a number of standards. I do hope, however, this helps a bit.
I'm going to Energy in RI to see venom in a few weeks. I've already seen him liek 20938475203984765203948567 times but it never gets old.
"IIIIIIIIIII want aaaaaction to-night! Saaaaaaaaatis-faaaction to-night!"
hard style. it 0wnz.
Also of honorable mention:
Harry Diamond
BK (Ben Keen)
Lisa Lashes
Anything else off the Nukleuz Label
Bad Boy Bill
Richard Humpty Vission
BT
UFO
Anabolic Frolic
DJ Irene (the new Photosynthesis CD is incredible)
George Acosta
DJ Venom
DJ Sonik
Lil Sue
DJ Entropy
DJ Necromancer (awsome up-and-commer)
DJ DB
Felix Da Housecat
Danny the Wildchild
And if you enjoy live performing artists, DO NOT MISS:
Obis Cygma
Skylab 2000
Cyrrus
SPACEGIRL (absolutely incredible)
There are a million others I should mention...
Also check out Bangin' Tunes for all your latest UK hard style needs... I buy most of my vinyl from them (I spin mostly those genres). Good stuff to be had.
http://www.pioneerprodj.com/products/cdj1000/cdj10 00.mv - The Pioner CDJ-1000
A very nice machine, to put it lightly.
Dont' you mean "internal combustion engine"?
;-)
if Jesus were the energy source that etched this image on the linen, he wouldn't cast a shadow, now would he?
No, but he could have left burn marks...
Granted this makes their explanation of shadows and Hiroshima completely unfounded, but it still doesnt' eliminate the possibility. Personaly the image looks rather unasthetic to me.. is it proportional? Has this been measured?
That's "Don't Whiz On The Electric Fence" you eediot!
...their 1998 album "Follow The Leader" featured 12 tracks of silence before the music began.
Observe.
Obviously this is going to be thrown right out. Interesting though is the "composer" of this particular "silence" credited Cage's 4'33" (see this post). Coudl that alone do it? IANAL...
Well, in my defense, this is /. and someone with my UID knows implied meaning and hostility are rampant here.
Makes it rather hard to correctly assess unknown users' comments, and for that matter, moderate properly.
We need a <sarcasm> tag.
When will you grow up and realize that not all cel phone users are irresponsible?
Maybe we should ban cars from the road because some people are inconsiderate drivers? Disallow programming computers because someone could write a virus?
Smarten up, tough guy.
mod parent up, mod parent up , mod parent up
and how to type and preview before submitting
BLAH <JOKE>
Forgot my JOKE> tags ;-)