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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 4:04 pm
by sandeman
I'm prolly one of five in Chicago that has stayed with the two-step/UK Garage/Bassline House sound... and believe me, it's hard being this kool!

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 4:23 pm
by unlikely
every day!

UKG changed my life...

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 4:56 pm
by blackout
Yup Im still lovin my UKG, Ive never liked any of the RnB refixes though urgghhhh

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 5:59 pm
by delendi
Shonky wrote:
Delendi wrote:yessssssss bassline house. except none of the northerners i know call it that. they call it 2 step. where did us southerners go wrong? their scene sounds good and is thriving. ours sounds crap and isn't very big.

i don't think you could mistake 4/4 for funky house... even funky house sounds better than 4/4... and i am nooooot a fan of funky.

and yeh 2 step came from 4/4 in so much as 99.99% of non-classical music is 4/4. but in terms of '4/4' as a genre (with the stupidist name of all time) 2 step came first.
Not sure about that one tbh. Speed garage came before 2 step and that was 4/4. Sorta reverted back to 4/4 after 2 step. Wasn't known as 4/4 at the time but the blueprint was there (bit like El-B being dubstep before the term was coined). Ripgroove and Gunman were shitloads better than a lot of the new stuff though.
read what i said! basically ALL music we hear IS 4/4. but i'm talking about 4/4 as the NAME of a type of music, not a description of its rhythm. speed garage was called speed garage.

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 6:21 pm
by obiwan
All modern music is 4/4, that's the time signature for modern music yes, but 4/4 the genre means four to the floor ie all 4 beats of a bar are taken up with a kick drum, correct me if i'm wrong, I'm not trying to be a know it all but thats what I thought. Other time signatures are like medieval lute music or suttin..

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 6:34 pm
by shonky
Delendi wrote:
Shonky wrote:
Delendi wrote:yessssssss bassline house. except none of the northerners i know call it that. they call it 2 step. where did us southerners go wrong? their scene sounds good and is thriving. ours sounds crap and isn't very big.

i don't think you could mistake 4/4 for funky house... even funky house sounds better than 4/4... and i am nooooot a fan of funky.

and yeh 2 step came from 4/4 in so much as 99.99% of non-classical music is 4/4. but in terms of '4/4' as a genre (with the stupidist name of all time) 2 step came first.
Not sure about that one tbh. Speed garage came before 2 step and that was 4/4. Sorta reverted back to 4/4 after 2 step. Wasn't known as 4/4 at the time but the blueprint was there (bit like El-B being dubstep before the term was coined). Ripgroove and Gunman were shitloads better than a lot of the new stuff though.
read what i said! basically ALL music we hear IS 4/4. but i'm talking about 4/4 as the NAME of a type of music, not a description of its rhythm. speed garage was called speed garage.
The 4/4 refers to the four kicks to the bar over four bar patterns (as far as I can gather - I've never seen an explanation tbh) as opposed to the time signature - in that way I think that essentially speed garage is pretty much indistinguishable from the modern 4/4 garage apart from the fact the newer stuff is faster (and IMO not as good). Same heavy bass, same house kicks, maybe slightly more organs, same sorta vocals bit faster but quite similar I think you'll agree.

So it has gone from what wasn't termed 4/4 at the time (but pretty much was) to the 4/4 we recognize now after an interlude in 2 step. I think the return to the house style was probably to win support from the house crowds when garage was disintegrating into controversy and plummeting record sales.

In the same way that Black Sabbath were essentially doom metal before doom metal was a term - ya get meh :wink:

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 7:35 pm
by obiwan
4/4 time signature allow for four beats to be in the bar tho, no?

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 7:41 pm
by shonky
obIwan wrote:4/4 time signature allow for four beats to be in the bar tho, no?
Yeah, but I was talking about 4/4 as music rather than as time signature - it's the kick hitting on every beat. It is a fucking stupid term. Bit like drum and bass cause of course no other music features drums and bass at all. Country and western might as well be drum and bass

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 7:52 pm
by obiwan
Are you contending against me for biggest grumper title? :lol:

:z: to that tho Genre titles in general are shit aren't they!

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 7:53 pm
by shonky
obIwan wrote:Are you contending against me for biggest grumper title? :lol:

:z: to that tho Genre titles in general are shit aren't they!
Get yo grump on,
Get yo grump on,
Get yo grump on,
Flicky flicky flicky


Yes. Do I win?

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 7:56 pm
by municiple
Sandeman wrote:I'm prolly one of five in Chicago that has stayed with the two-step/UK Garage/Bassline House sound... and believe me, it's hard being this kool!
Really? There are 5 Chicagoans who are into 2 step garage?

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 8:01 pm
by metalboxproducts
He's older and he knows best :D

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 8:03 pm
by obiwan
No

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 8:03 pm
by shonky
metalboxproducts wrote:He's older and he knows best :D
You patronizing tnuc :evil:

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 8:07 pm
by obiwan
obIwan wrote:No because she actually says getcha,getcha,getcha,getcha, getcha
not flicky,flicky,flicky. Hislop. No way, they got rid of the rolling eyes smiley

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 8:10 pm
by metalboxproducts
Shonky wrote:
metalboxproducts wrote:He's older and he knows best :D
You patronizing tnuc :evil:
Sorry :cry: and a bit of this :oops: but, you are right about the 4-4 2 step ting.

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 8:11 pm
by shonky
obIwan wrote:
obIwan wrote:No because she actually says getcha,getcha,getcha,getcha, getcha
not flicky,flicky,flicky. Hislop. No way, they got rid of the rolling eyes smiley
She says flicky flicky somewhere I'm sure - I was just doing a radio edit

:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

Yeah, where have those rolling eyes gone :o

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 8:12 pm
by shonky
metalboxproducts wrote:
Shonky wrote:
metalboxproducts wrote:He's older and he knows best :D
You patronizing tnuc :evil:
Sorry :cry: and a bit of this :oops: but, you are right about the 4-4 2 step ting.
Excellent :D

Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 8:13 pm
by metalboxproducts
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Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 8:14 pm
by metalboxproducts
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