Re: Why jungle will never go mainstream!
Erik Gaderlund (erikg@macconnect.com)
Tue, 1 Jul 1997 20:05:46 -0800
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>Date: Tue, 01 Jul 1997 17:01:48 -0700 (MST)
>Subject: Re: Why jungle will never go mainstream!
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>To: mark givens <markeg@hotmail.com>
>Cc: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
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>well, Im not sure I quite agree with everything you've said here. I work
>in a record store in Phoenix Arizona of all places and I must say that as
>far as all electronica we have in the store goes, jungle goes the fastest
>and most consistently. if the kids in the desert can get it, I dont see
>why anyone else wouldn't. Secondly, haven't younoticed the hype that
>surrounds Photek? All right, maybe photek isn't the epitome of jungle,
>but I'd say his style is certainly on the drum and bass side of things,
>and he's all over Amp on MTV just like daft punk and the chem bros. or
>whoever else. He's going to do alot to break this form of music (good or
>bad as that may be).
>I'm not saying that jungle will go as big gangsta rap or grunge, but it
>will gain a much bigger following than you seem to think it is capable
>of. I'm sick of all this crap about how American's don't understand
>techno/electronica. There's all this talk these days about how the kids
>in america are finally getting into techno! oooh. Groups have finally
>come along that are accessible enough for America. like europe is so much
>more advanced musically. whatever. so prodigy hit big in europe with
>their last album and not in america until this one. so what. they're
>still the same. it wasn't too hard to grasp before. America catching onto
>Techno and jungle and whatever else is being treated like a kid wading
>into a swimming pool, not wanting the water to touch his testicles. screw
>all of that. plenty of us jumped in long ago.
>scott (not sure if any of this made sense, but oh well)
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Acutally I start to avoid music once it goes mainstream, its great that the
US is a huge as it is, that way you can find most anything (except the
latest MC Solaar!!) but, because of the great emphasis on individualism
those in the States are able to pick what they want and let the rest OD on
the spice girls. In the US you are able to avoid the fads and not need to
jump on the bandwagon--or pushed as the case seems to be in Europe.
later,
erik g