never posted outside the mixes threads before, so here goes...
i saw something over HERE that touched upon something that i've been wondering about for a while. specifically, this quote did it:
Is it really the case that people think of this thing 'Minimal' as being a distinct kind of music, separate to House or Techno?Ghazala wrote:Indeed! ... I hope commercialismn doen't destroy Minimal like it did with House Music!
Do people still have criteria for what they deem to be 'House' or 'Techno', or is all just a big sloppy grey area these days. Are they outdated terms - do they mean anything to anyone any more?
I can appreciate that pigeonholes can be a convenient way of referring to music without having to recite a massive speech every time you're asked what you're into, but I think it's a bit weird when people embrace these divisions so wholeheartedly. I'd like to point out here that I'm not levelling any personal criticism at Ghazala here - his comment was just a flashpoint behind raising this point.
sorry for such a meaty first post...
nick