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    Default i have a question for you people that like to put labels on things...

    so as i peruse the beatport...i noticed that there are alot of tracks that are now being labeled as "indie dance/nu disco" that are obviously electro...what is going on?

    like this track...

    https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/...ids-want-noise

    or am i trippin?
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    From pool to pool, the same track can be classified in different genre... who's right?!?

    Genre and Sub-Genre is always tricky to discuss. However, it's down to you to decide if it fit the "suggested" genre. That one has Electro + dubstep clips here and there... how do you call that?!?

    Find yourself a way to find, classify your track, so they're easy to find/match. You can call it the way you want, as long as you stick to your own method.
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    the same thing happened with "progressive house"

    i know what i like when i hear it...no matter what it's labeled as...techno, tech house, house..whatever...

    it seems as though people are trying hard to cross label tracks for more exposure...

    i wonder how beatport does it?...or does the artist get to decide what it's genre or sub-genre is?...

    (this is a discussion...this is no way intended to start a fight with anyone for any reason what so ever...i know some of you know it alls have out of control lately)
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    aren't they trying to start another form of dubstep?...like friggin fidget house also...
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    last year i read of an argument between anthony rother and beatport. he labeled a track as minimal and beatport changed it into tech house.

    so i guess artists/labels label tracks them selves and beatport decides if they accept it.

    but yea labeling tracks is a science, nearly every artist creates their sub-genre.
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    I find beatport particularly annoying as their idea of genre differs from mine. Take the above example Nu Disco / Indie Dance.

    Deep House
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    Nu Disco
    =========
    Indie Dance
    Nu Rave
    Electro House

    The ========= is a gaping chasm that exists in my head between Nu Disco and Indie Dance.

    That's why I use Juno Download instead.
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    you're right, that is most definitely not nu-disco.

    without a doubt it's electrohouse, no mistaking it. fuckin beatport

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    And isnt it all (for the most part) indie dance?
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    dang it! seconds ago, I just posted about kinda the same thing. In answer to your question, I don't think it sounds like Nu Disco to me. It sounds like electro... or is it electro house....
    Last edited by djerikt; 05-15-2011 at 04:16 PM.

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    lol yeah somewhere along the lines electrohouse jacked the "electro" name from the original electro... which i suppose people now call oldschool hiphop?

    silliness.

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