RE: Will this break 2 step in the US?

From: Elson Trinidad (elson@westworld.com)
Date: Thu May 10 2001 - 09:14:07 CEST

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    At 10:15 PM 5/9/01 -0700, Philip Sherburne wrote:
    >
    >I would venture to say - broken beat is more like acid jazz in that it
    >describes an effect, a vibe, an array of potential elements, while 2-step
    >is more like drum'n'bass in that there are certain formal, formulaic
    >elements that define it.

    Makes sense. Interesting though, if you want to think of it as an
    evolution, acid-jazz got faster and became brokenbeat. Drum n Bass became
    slower and became 2-step. Both are in the general tempo range. A
    convergence? Just a thought.

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