Re: A name for our music!

From: Andreas Saag (saag@swipnet.se)
Date: Tue Feb 27 2001 - 13:30:26 CET

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    HEY LET´S NOT!

    The beautiful thing about our music is that it´s good music and not a
    concept/genre thing!
    Right now this is the most changing and developing sound of modern music and
    as soon as someone starts labeling it there will be a concept of making it.
    What happened to the always new and changing sound of drum n' bass?
    Also, there was a true exeperimental fever all over the world some years ago
    with guys like Aphex and Autechre inspiring people to do their completely
    own "non-concept" music. And... as soon as the experssion IDM (Intelligent
    Dance Music) became a standard people seemed to start copying the sound of
    the original IDM artists instead of trying to do their own thing.
    So. Let's not call it nu-jazz, post acid-jazz or whatever, we might end up
    in a 2-step mainstream situation ;-) The most important thing is we like
    this and that we have a forum to share our thoughts.

    Señor Swell

    I've been following the thread about genres and the definition of Acid Jazz.
    Although the discussions are interesting, I find that I'm not satisfied with
    the explanations for what is and is not Acid Jazz. When we build a
    preconception about a word, the word becomes laid in concrete. Thus changing
    or "making space" in a genre like Acid Jazz is a losing battle -- people
    will always have the preconception that acid jazz is the acoustic party
    souljazzfunk that the Acid Jazz label put out in the early 90's.

    The music we all listen to has aspects from any number of music styles. We
    all agree its not drum and bass; its not jazz, either... you get my drift.
    Still, there are some qualities that make it recognizable and unique. I'm
    talking Fila Brazillia and the Pork label, Peter Kruder, Studio!K7, Ninja
    Tune, Compost Records, Talkin' Loud, Good Looking Records, OM Records,
    Groove Armada, Dzihan & Kamien, Boojoo Bazou, Modaji, P'taah, King Kooba,
    Nightmares on Wax, Jill Scott, VIkter Duplaix, St. Germain...

    My challenge is this: Let's define a name for this music. Not another
    sub-genre of a sub-genre, but a name that encompasses the plethora of styles
    involved.

    Everyone, please post your suggestions!

    Markus



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