AWESOME article on the current state of dance music/DJing in light of recent events

[loverocket]

Invoke- that's a shame since this is the first article that really gets it





I did not grow up in the club scene and I'm kind of traveling backwards in my journey discovering music- I started on the more accessible electronic stuff around 2006-2007 in college and never was a part of the scene the article talks about. Now I have broadened my horizons and am finding ways to experience this kind of vibe and I would have love to have been to some of these NY clubs that are now gone and experience some of these sets.

I like the part about no cameras and cell phones on the dance floor being enforced- I feel like places should do that now.

what dancefloor ???

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[Xonetacular]

what dancefloor ???

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Well, I guess in the case of South Beach super clubs they would have to remove the giant VIP area out of the middle of the dance floor first.

[jfd6812]

Cool article. I had some similar experiences, as I was introduced to house music by Jonathan Peters at Sound Factory in the late '90s. I've heard similar stories from people who cut their teeth on Junior Vasquez in the early '90s at the old Sound Factory.

Those were some of the best times in my life, and I lament the fact that that doesn't seem to be represented at the same level these days (i'm sure there are some great dj residencies still going on in my area that i dont know about). But i still dont view the avicii/deadmau5/SHM shows as destroying the scene at all. It's just a symptom of this type of music becoming ultra popular. its the same with all types of music. When it goes mainstream, people hate the artists who become the most popular, claim they are ruining the scene, and bemoan the death of "the good old days".

these new huge commercial shows certainly are not cool in the same way those old DT, JP, etc. marathons were cool. Those were long intimate journeys that were about the music and the people. The commercial shows of today are more like rock concerts. But that's ok. There's room for both. It doesn't just have to be one or the other. This too shall run its course and, at the end, when the giant commercial electronic shows can't draw like they draw now and eventually dry up, there will still be some dude spinning in a dark nightclub somewhere until 11 am. and the beat will go on.

[Powwow]

Thanks for posting this I really needed it!

She really puts her thoughts, feelings, and love (of the music), to paper perfectly.

[mostapha]

thanks for posting this i really needed it!

She really puts her thoughts, feelings, and love (of the music), to paper perfectly.

qft.

[SherpaPsy]

Great article...I won't talk about where I got my introduction, oh fuck, why not...its was this guy: Vincent Degiorgio who played in a tiny Portuguese after hours club in Toronto called Le Tube - he would go from ItaloDisco to Hi-NRG to New Wave in a few heartbeats and drive us all wild.
After that I was lucky enough to hang out at the Twilight Zone/ which had the best sound system I have ever heard. Used to park my acid-stoned ass on the bassbins, when I wasn't flying around the floor.

[kooper1980]

We should turn this into a nostalgia thread so we can recall some of our greatest dance floor experiences.

Love that article. Mirrors my sentiments exactly. Here are still some great dj's around. Up and coming dj's as well. You just have to search harder to weed them out from the guff. Let the electro pop jockeys do there thing and the rest of us can keep searching.

Thanks for this Xone. Nice one buddy.