an interesting question posed

[kirk]

why do you prefer and support a particular edm or music style or culture?



and why am i asking this?

pre-show interview last night.....

Tags: "Why are you into d&b"
k.o.: "because of the people and its the future"



so why are you into what you are into?

do tell

:raveon: :raveon: :raveon: :raveon: :raveon:

[pluryou]

because I like it :)

[the sex molesters]

i support the music and the culture because i love it. i love it because it has touched me, it has taken me, and it has changed my life.

[kirk]

attn: pluryou....

see easysl's signature when you get a sec.

tks


i like it when stuff touches me

[retail]

i'm into and spin mainly the deeper side of prog house/trance... why? because it just feels so damn right to me. :yes::shrug:

[hue-e]

I got into spinning dnb about 2.5 yrs ago. I was mainly a punkrock band geek until then. I got sick of whiney band members, wanted to do something different and by myself, always had an interest in turntables and dnb, and it's hardcore sound was what I was looking for, so... the rest is history.

[Layla]

i've always tried to search out as many places to hear as many different styles of music as possible because i like most of them. but i wind up supporting certain nights over others because of the people involved. they become family.

[pluryou]

Originally posted by KirkInOut
attn: pluryou....

see easysl's signature when you get a sec.

tks


i like it when stuff touches me \

Ok... I am trying to find a post from him...

I only put a brief definition to why I like it cause I am a bit busy.

To explain more I actually love it and feel it has changed my life. I am a lot more open and exposed to a lot of things than I have even been. I am not shy anymore which is a big plus. :)

[pluryou]

Hope that explains it a bit better. ;)

[sensitiv]

All music is good as long as you have a little :spliff: in your life.

[kirk]

Originally posted by pluryou
Hope that explains it a bit better. ;)


dun mind me, i'm just playin on the whole plur concept...

kirk=bitter ol' man

[pluryou]

oh lol... don't matter to me... to each his own. I may know what your talking bout but will keep looking. ;)

[Alexis]

Originally posted by sensitiv
All music is good as long as you have a little :spliff: in your life.

:afterbuzz: :menthol: :smooch:

[pluryou]

but if you don't like it without the :bigpimp: did you ever really like it at all?

j/k :D Makes sense. Some ppl are like that. ;)

[sensitiv]

Originally posted by pluryou
but if you don't like it without the :bigpimp: did you ever really like it at all?

j/k :D Makes sense. Some ppl are like that. ;)

UGH! I started :spliff: because music rocks so hard.

Come see Kiddie Academy at the Talking Head in Baltimore August 10th. Experimental indie performed with childrens instruments.:thumbsup:

[pluryou]

Oh not to confuse anyone. I meant what you said made sense. ;)

[kirk]

Originally posted by sensitiv


UGH! I started :spliff: because music rocks so hard.

Come see Kiddie Academy at the Talking Head in Baltimore August 10th. Experimental indie performed with childrens instruments.:thumbsup:

nice.

is there a dude named duran still lingering in the bmore indie scene?

i think he had a label called monitor recordings and was the tour manager for june of 44 & modest mouse/built to spill....

[sensitiv]

Sounds very familiar...

[Article One]

Originally posted by KirkInOut
why do you prefer and support a particular edm or music style or culture?




first off, i like your response KO :thumbsup: dnb is the glimpse into the future i believe as well.


i cant say that i 100% back a particular style of edm music... i like a bunch of various styles... but i guess mostly ones that are the high energy, big bass style. but see, i like some groove house or downbeat and lounge too... im a music slut...i like everything.

to boil it down, i always ask myself "what would i spin?" then it becomes a toss up between hard dance/ukhh/NuNRG and aggressive DnB.

and the reason i like/support those the most is because of their energy level and general darkness which i can relate to and makes me move and groove the most.

[DNAgirl]

I've been into music/dance since I could walk. Music and dancing is the only way I really know how to express myself and get out feelings that I hold deep inside.

Right now, I'm into Tribal. Why, because it gets to the root... a hand drum always brings out primal instinct and brings you back to your soul (in so many words)

But I go through phases of listening to different types of music.

[kirk]

the primal yet techical nature of edm is incredibly appealing.

especially watching a huge group get their groove on @ a large event.


it can really be magical

[divapb]

I'm so down with HOUSE...Why? because it moves me in ways that no other type of music has...Lyrics are a big deal for me and all of my all time faves are classic HOUSE tracks...I guess I'm just a softie for supa-fly vocals...But Kirk...you know I'lll always support the D&B scene!!!

[beatgeek]

There's a lot of EDM I like, for different reasons and for different moods.
On those lazy afternoons, it feels really good to get into a slow groove with deep house or downtempo. It adds a nice flavor to the moment, whether it's soulful, funky, 'international' (think thievery corporation), or just plain chill.
Once nighttime settles in, I like kicking up the pace. Sometimes I'm in the mood for the drums of tribal or DnB, the euphoric hypnotics of trance, or the general fun of house.
Late at night I prefer darker music, generally dark techno or something like Digweed's Bedrock CD. Then I like to back it off with ambient before I crash in the bed dead tired.

I guess my EDM 'manifesto' is that certain types of EDM (particularly trance and ambient) actually have the ability to literally put me in a trance (without drugs). I think it's really cool to sit back and be enveloped with psychedelic soundscapes, and as I lose myself in the music, I am taken on journeys through time and space- I see beautiful impossible things and I begin to lose awareness of this plane of reality and gain awareness of another. And it always inspires weird poetry. The experience is really only comparable to when shamans drink yage and interact with the spirit realm of the gods. :spliff:

[time0000]

gotta have that downtempo but all music
is important in some way wether I like it r not I support every bit of it

Peace

[maynard]

I like EDM because most of it doesn't have lyrics/words... this leaves the interpretation of what a producer was feeling when he/she authored a track entirely up to me. It can mean whatever I want it to mean. I just feel that anything that can be written about has been written about at great length, and an EDM track may not even be about anything at all; thus placing emphasis upon the music itself rather than someone's lyrical prowess. (And for the record, I generally don't like vocals.) I'm a house head, because well, house is love. It gets my booty up and movin' and just puts me in a good mood no matter how shitty of a day I may be having.

I like the scene/culture because quite simply, it just feels like home. I've always been a really shy, quiet and reserved person around people I didn't know, and since I got into the scene I've noticed that I'm steadily getting away from that. As to why this is true, I still haven't figured it out, but something about being around all of you people has helped my true self to come creeping out.

Anyways, I'm rambling.

[retail]

dan you're first paragraph (first couple of sentences) is akin to one of the reasons i started listening to EDM back in the day... studying late nights at school i would catch myself singing along with my "rock" CD's and found that with EDM there was nothing to sing along with, and if anything my focus and concentration was sharpened...

[Valencia Styles]

because i love hard dance and i want it to have a long lasting future and reach more people than i can fathom

[GiveMeFunkyBeats]

its all about the beats and their ability to make me dance...no more, no less

[kirk]

doh- you are such the minimalist. deeply simple like simon in sandals.

hot or hat

or something

uh-oh >;o P

[jrob]

Originally posted by DNAgirl
I've been into music/dance since I could walk. Music and dancing is the only way I really know how to express myself and get out feelings that I hold deep inside.

Right now, I'm into Tribal. Why, because it gets to the root... a hand drum always brings out primal instinct and brings you back to your soul (in so many words)

But I go through phases of listening to different types of music.


Originally posted by divapb
I'm so down with HOUSE...Why? because it moves me in ways that no other type of music has...Lyrics are a big deal for me and all of my all time faves are classic HOUSE tracks...I guess I'm just a softie for supa-fly vocals...But Kirk...you know I'lll always support the D&B scene!!!


:werd:

tribal and house seem to be my favs. although i have been known to love me some trance too. but currently, tribal and any sort of house is what makes me shake ma bootay :booty:.

[GiveMeFunkyBeats]

im not simple minded and im not simon...and sandals well sometimes those...but yeah...luke sat on ur cd :( so now its broken

[kirk]

luke=sucka

duh...not simple minded foo...


see link for mix oops thats right you on teh dialup....


phooey

[GiveMeFunkyBeats]

yeah well get back to dc and gimme a copy of ur cd thank u sir...

[kirk]

<-------will not be coming to dc for awhile
<-------is glad to see that you have learned and are now addressing me with teh appropriate term...

[GiveMeFunkyBeats]

why not!!!! and u definitely didnt inform u were gonna be here that one night for alias....yeah u suck...i take sir back

[kirk]

not until i line up more business stuff there.

focused on other tings right now.

apologies for teh poor notification.

sir

[Ecclecticat]

Jungle gets my tummy rolling :D

[Cahdet]

I started off with full into trance and from there it pretty much digressed into several genres like breakbeat which is my addiction right now along with dnb. Like others have already said, it puts me in a much better mood listening to it. Listenin for each break and drop. It just does it for me. And the fact when i spin, i just end up forgetting everything and just get lost in the beats:spliff:

[kirk]

nice to see a lot of folks feelin' the d to the b.

even someone from jersey.

i am not alone....

[Cahdet]

haha...thats rite even someone from the garden/armpit state. :haha:

[kirk]

where lionel ritchie remixes haunt me at redlights

[Cahdet]

???? That one must have went rite past me:sellyoursoul:

[Yakko Red]

i like house because it has this unbelievable force that controls me and makes me want to shake my ass.

[retail]

house has alcohol in it?

[Spinsta']

i like some dirty ass house music with a beat you can fuck to

[Shawn_E]

I love mah peoples and the scene, it's a great place all in all, because I was sent here to piss the world off! :falatic: Oh yeah plur.

[Shawn_E]

Originally posted by Spinsta'
i like some dirty ass house music with a beat you can fuck to

You like fuckin don't ya. :glcaroline: :buttsex:

[Bassmachine]

I like the groupies

[Pseudo Society]

Woah, way to bring something back from the dead. This is so 2003. :yes:

[kirk]

I like the roofies



wtf luis, you date rapin' youerself again?

[shade]

kirk, get on yo' damn aim and gimme that tune! :D

[Louis Riley]

I try to have an open mind for all types of E.D.M, but my favourites are definately Goa, Dark trance, and Psytrance......they just grab me and get me moving......I like DnB but it's too fast for me to dance to....I dance to it for five minutes then spend the next five minutes catching my breath

[Detrimental]

DnB, cause i feel its reflects society today. And also that the feeling i get from it. The genre that each person chooses as there favorite usually reflects there personality.

[crisis]

I'm into oldskool uk breaks, and house, trance and dnb from '96-98. I'm into the scene because I have always been into music, but always felt that there was more to music than just sitting there and listening to it. Now I don't even understand music that doesn't make you want to do something.

Like listening to Pop music in the car, or even going to concerts. I don't understand how to enjoy music unless it makes me want to dance. I also have a hard time understanding a music's appeal unless you can dance to it. I used to love Jazz and even played in University of Maryland's Jazz band. Then I remember at one concert I had a solo and I just didn't care how I did or if I could develop my soloing abilities more. I was too engrossed into EDM and the party scene. At this point being a party kid, a DJ and listening to EDM is just who I am.

[Pseudo Society]

DnB, cause i feel its reflects society today. And also that the feeling i get from it. The genre that each person chooses as there favorite usually reflects there personality.

So being that I heart Detroit techno, electro, drum trax, and other various forms of techno I am usually a dark, isolated, depressed individual. On occasion I can be bouncing off the walls, headbanging and demented type. Throw in the Slam, Steve Rachmad, or Funk D'Void type o techno...

So techno makes me what kind of person...minus all the damn sub genres? Damn music industry.

:help:

[decoy]

I like Drum and Bass.

why? because it's raucous and loud. like me. I also dig on the complexity of the polyrythms. I also like that it's less "fancy" then other generes, like house tends to be a little to "botiquey" for my tastes. so, in effect it's complex while not being overly frilly. if that makes any sense.

I also like how harsh it is. Like me. I think I project a rather jovial and likeable facade on this here board, but that's only the side I show people I like. The side I show poeple I don't care for is a much more angry and far less caring side. an "angry junglist" if you will.

I also enjoy the "problem child" status that dnb has. The more elietests say that my genere can lick their asshole dry, the more I like it.

[decoy]

also, drum and bass feels like the heartbeat of a city. I don't know why.

also, there was a "what EDM genere are you" test on the intarweb somewhere. someone should find that as I think it applies here.

[Detrimental]

So being that I heart Detroit techno, electro, drum trax, and other various forms of techno I am usually a dark, isolated, depressed individual. On occasion I can be bouncing off the walls, headbanging and demented type. Throw in the Slam, Steve Rachmad, or Funk D'Void type o techno...

So techno makes me what kind of person...minus all the damn sub genres? Damn music industry.

:help:

I didnt mean it that way, just that dnb reflects my personality. You sound like you are a really cool person for having so many diff likes in edm. sorry, didnt mean to sound like dictator, and no it all. For myself dark dnb reflects my more dark aggressive side and it all stems from my early days of heavy metal in the 80's. me- :wheelchair:

[ms boombatti]

Like listening to Pop music in the car, or even going to concerts.
I just need to clarify on this. He's not saying he likes either, he should have said "For example.."

He doesn't let me listen to pop music in the car. :crying2:

no britney for me.

[decoy]

not even the AVH remix of toxic?

I have that :blush:

[ms boombatti]

not even the AVH remix of toxic?

I have that :blush:
:no:

i'm afraid not.

i think i'm obligated to rolling my eyes in public when britney comes on.

i'm a closet britney lover.

[decoy]

:tarvis:

:shrug:

[Pseudo Society]

I didnt mean it that way, just that dnb reflects my personality. You sound like you are a really cool person for having so many diff likes in edm. sorry, didnt mean to sound like dictator, and no it all. For myself dark dnb reflects my more dark aggressive side and it all stems from my early days of heavy metal in the 80's. me- :wheelchair:

Meh...I probably came off the wrong way. Alot of people classify the majority of DnB as dark and aggressive. Some genres are just a bit more difficult to classify. Once you start getting into subgenres it just a fucking games trying to get into specifics really.

The only way I can literally compare myself to a genre I like is to go subgenre though. Detroit techno has been labeled as dark, void, and depressed...much like the city. I often feel this way (not depressed like I want to kill myself nobody likes me wah wah wah) but just that I cant put things together the way I want them to fit.

Both DnB and Detroit techno are two genres I feel can paint a picture. I have often listened to both and closed my eyes and could put an entire movie script together by simply listening. From the dark hooks to the relaxing breaks I can envision a story line.

That's just for listening though...not like I go to the club and sit back and listen to the music. :no:

[Chef Roy R Dee]

Breaks-they've been a part of me since I was little
DnB/Jungle-so different and unique. love the drums, love the bass
Trance-I don't really care for trance that much. But I will say that I'm still partial to the 94-96 era of trance.
House-I'm extremely picky when it comes to house. It's got to be much more than just some repetitive bullshit. I love funky funky funky phat-ass booty house and Chicago House.
Techno-I'm extremely picky with it also. I love old school techno.

[robotnation]

but if you don't like it without the :bigpimp: did you ever really like it at all?
totally agreed

[robotnation]

i dj soo many genres and each one is for a dif reason. i really love special types of hosue, really glamorous deep and dark house that takes me back to my first parties... i love dark techno for that evil rave in hell vibe... i <3 all sorts of hardcore for their raw energy. i need to post some mixtapes so you all can hear what i do

[Chicago]

I like music, that is all. I like house, I like some dnb, I like Jazz, I like blues, I like industrial, I like goth, I like new wave, I like most things that aren't top 40, rap or country. And yet not a single one of these defines me, and I seek no definition from them. I look for music to suit MY mood, not vice versa. I think it's really silly how kids define themselves by a particular genre of music and even sillier how they divide amongst themselves by these imagined identities.

[spiggums]

I like music, that is all. I like house, I like some dnb, I like Jazz, I like blues, I like industrial, I like goth, I like new wave, I like most things that aren't top 40, rap or country. And yet not a single one of these defines me, and I seek no definition from them. I look for music to suit MY mood, not vice versa. I think it's really silly how kids define themselves by a particular genre of music and even sillier how they divide amongst themselves by these imagined identities.

funny... I was reading this thread thinking of posting something very similar to this... except I like some things that ARE top 40 too :)

[Chicago]

Don't get me wrong, there was once a time in the eighties when I was sporting my Doc Martins, meat is murder t-shirt and Flock of Seagulls haircut and I was ruled by my musical tastes. Hell I still have my leather replete with chains and other assorted attachments and Bauhaus' Bela Lugosi is Dead album cover painted on the back of it. But I'm just alot more mature now and my life experiences are far too complex to be captured in any single musical genre. Maybe I'll wear that coat at Alias next week, lol.

[eccolala]

Tags: "Why are you into d&b"
k.o.: "because of the people and its the future"


how gay is that.

:mary:

[BestBoardHooker]

I like dnb b/c no matter what mood I'm in I can always find something to listen to. There's the hard, dark shit for when I'm pissed and then something a little lighter with a trancy overtone for when I'm happy and of course just about everything in between.

[Article One]

so why are you into what you are into?
:




"...because now that it has fed on fresh DNA it will mutate, becomming a stronger, faster hunter."

[Tigger]

Because I'm a dancing fool!

[mouse]

because i wouldnt be here today if i didnt listen to this infernal noise... if i didnt listen to it sunday through sunday i would not have met all the wonderful people i know, i would not have been accepted into the alias family, and i sure as hell wouldnt be so cool. :jk:

[kirk]

how gay is that.

:mary:



stop by cubik on the 22nd, introduce yourself to me and you'll find out.

[mouse]

stop by cubik on the 22nd, introduce yourself to me and you'll find out.

the 22nd is a tuesday.

the 25th?

[kirk]

the 22nd is a tuesday.

the 25th?

i'm arriving early to deliver a thorough ass whoopin'.

[mouse]

i'm arriving early to deliver a thorough ass whoopin'.

can i get :pics: ?

oh and :lameflirt:

[kirk]

can i get :pics: ?

oh and :lameflirt:


as long as you assume that minnie pose in your avatar.....

:whack:

[mouse]

as long as you assume that minnie pose in your avatar.....

:whack:

actually, want to come with me to the reagan trade center in dc? i was just there today and saw mickey statues. definitely need to get a pic of me on all fours in front of one of those statues.

was thinking that i could wear ufos and stuff and pick the most raver-like of the statues. :wink:

[punkasschikadee]

stop by cubik on the 22nd, introduce yourself to me and you'll find out.

boogie


mouse, u diva

[Lexx]

Because it's all so fucking amazing