In the waning days of the Disco era,
Larry Levan crafted a new style of dance music, which, like House music in Chicago, came to be named after the nightclub where it was most played, the
Paradise Garage. Garage music may have started with disco, but over the decades, it's evolved in some surprising ways:
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posted by empath
on Oct 27, 2009 -
62 comments
The bastard offspring of
New Age,
Techno,
Industrial and
Acid House,
trance is one of the most
popular and most
maligned musical genres of the 21st century.
Trance can be
bombastic or
delicate,
psychedelic or
rock and roll,
spacey or
deep,
euphoric or
dark,
commercial or
underground,
lush or
funky,
melodic or
monotone,
hard or
laid back.
You can try making some yourself with this
toy, or go in depth with this
tutorial. You can find it
online, but if you want to really experience it, you need to
hear it at a club.
posted by empath
on Jan 16, 2008 -
184 comments
Like free music? Like Blogs? Try putting them together:
To start, search
Hype Machine and
Elbo.ws to find music you like. Then start following the links and blog-rolls, and before you know it, you'll have dozens of blogs just begging to give you songs to download. If you like indy dance music like I do, here are some blogs to get you started:
Digital Eargasm,
Missing Toof,
Palms Out Sounds,
These Rocks Pop,
Kiss Atlanta,
Resonator Magazine,
Fluo Kids,
Discobelle,
Disconap
posted by empath
on Sep 21, 2007 -
24 comments
Mark Spoon , best known as half of German trance duo
Jam & Spoon, was
found dead today, apparently of a heart attack at age 41. Jam and Spoon aren't well known in the mainstream, but they almost single handedly invented the dance music genre today known as "Progressive Trance" with their early 90s singles
"Stella" and
"Age of Love" (Short MP3 samples).
posted by empath
on Jan 12, 2006 -
38 comments
