So i thought i'd give everyone that likes a diverse range of music a quick tour of house music and what it's about.
The greatest problem with house (whether it's progressive, minimal, chicago or electro house)is that it's beginning to suffer by becoming commercial so i thought i'd recommend songs to people that they may have heard hear and there but haven;t fallen victim of the radio stations.
Some of these songs you might have a hard time finding. But there are the top tracks of 2006 in my opinion.
If you focus on the production of these songs, and how they were made, you'll get a greater understanding of music in general since house music is influenced by alot of other genres and unlike Trance and other types of dance music it evolves.
In 2000 when the whole trance scene was dying because it wasn't really going anywhere house was beginning to make it's break through. Till 2004 it wasn;t really going anywhere. 2004-2005 we saw ALOT of remixed 80's songs like Midas Touch and Out of Touch. But soon Dj's found something that could get your body rocking. Elektro kicked in and music was being created again. Some Dj's moved onto breaks and breaks dj's generally moved on to Drum n Bass for that harder feeling music. Both genres exploded amongst their own niche. Both Breaks and Drum N Bass are up there with my other favourite genres. They provide something different in a commercially driven music industry.
As for house though, it fell a big victim of commercialisation and so alot of people were turned off. So fatter bass lines and dirtier electro made it's breakthrough to get away from the radio waves (though even that is beginning to attract a massive fan base thus beginning to get it's fair bit of airplay).
Anyway so here are some top tunes that you might want to get a hold of if you can.
Ame - Rej (the Original doesn't have a beat but the production of this song is 2nd to none)
Bookashade - In White Rooms
Dave Spoon - At Night
I Am Finn - I Love You (Van She Tech Remix) <- Probably one of my favourite tunes of 2006.
The Knife - Like A Pen
The Knife - We Share Our Mothers Health (Trentemoller Remix)
Tonite Only - Where The Party's At
Pryda - Shadows (Claes Rosen Remix)
Justice - Waters of Nazareth
For something a little more Breaksy for you hiphop heads
Ferry Corsten - Junk (feat Guru from gangstarr)
if there are any particular tracks you like drop them in here.
If there are any particular songs that your interested in hearing. Like more songs that sound like another particular song. Let me know.
I hope some of you can open your minds to this genre as well as many others like Punk, Trip Hop, Electronica, Jazz, Psy-Trance (the only trance that isn't dead), New Rock/metal, Alternative Rock etc. What i notice with this forum in particular is that only few members have opened their doors to other genres other than hiphop. And alot of DJ's that i encounter only open their doors to house or one sub genre of that. So experiment is what i say... start listening to other genres and start getting insight into the genre.
The greatest problem with house (whether it's progressive, minimal, chicago or electro house)is that it's beginning to suffer by becoming commercial so i thought i'd recommend songs to people that they may have heard hear and there but haven;t fallen victim of the radio stations.
Some of these songs you might have a hard time finding. But there are the top tracks of 2006 in my opinion.
If you focus on the production of these songs, and how they were made, you'll get a greater understanding of music in general since house music is influenced by alot of other genres and unlike Trance and other types of dance music it evolves.
In 2000 when the whole trance scene was dying because it wasn't really going anywhere house was beginning to make it's break through. Till 2004 it wasn;t really going anywhere. 2004-2005 we saw ALOT of remixed 80's songs like Midas Touch and Out of Touch. But soon Dj's found something that could get your body rocking. Elektro kicked in and music was being created again. Some Dj's moved onto breaks and breaks dj's generally moved on to Drum n Bass for that harder feeling music. Both genres exploded amongst their own niche. Both Breaks and Drum N Bass are up there with my other favourite genres. They provide something different in a commercially driven music industry.
As for house though, it fell a big victim of commercialisation and so alot of people were turned off. So fatter bass lines and dirtier electro made it's breakthrough to get away from the radio waves (though even that is beginning to attract a massive fan base thus beginning to get it's fair bit of airplay).
Anyway so here are some top tunes that you might want to get a hold of if you can.
Ame - Rej (the Original doesn't have a beat but the production of this song is 2nd to none)
Bookashade - In White Rooms
Dave Spoon - At Night
I Am Finn - I Love You (Van She Tech Remix) <- Probably one of my favourite tunes of 2006.
The Knife - Like A Pen
The Knife - We Share Our Mothers Health (Trentemoller Remix)
Tonite Only - Where The Party's At
Pryda - Shadows (Claes Rosen Remix)
Justice - Waters of Nazareth
For something a little more Breaksy for you hiphop heads
Ferry Corsten - Junk (feat Guru from gangstarr)
if there are any particular tracks you like drop them in here.
If there are any particular songs that your interested in hearing. Like more songs that sound like another particular song. Let me know.
I hope some of you can open your minds to this genre as well as many others like Punk, Trip Hop, Electronica, Jazz, Psy-Trance (the only trance that isn't dead), New Rock/metal, Alternative Rock etc. What i notice with this forum in particular is that only few members have opened their doors to other genres other than hiphop. And alot of DJ's that i encounter only open their doors to house or one sub genre of that. So experiment is what i say... start listening to other genres and start getting insight into the genre.
