Re: So what's with all the electro?
[quote=skahound] Before you go throwing the term 'electro' around, why don't you do your research to find out what 'electro' really is. Then come back and we'll have a discussion. Although, I don't think there will be anything to discuss anymore.[/quote]
ska and unome are 100% right. sooooo many people on this board call everything non prog electro. stop it. you make yourselves look quite ignorant. do some research like he said, i don't have the energry to explain the differences for the 5th time.
why has it taken off? because people like fancuilli, jz, eric prydz, sebastion and ignosso have all jumped to the forefront, and have become very trend setting at the moment. deep dish and digweed started dabbling in it at the end of 2004, and lawler incorportated his own version and has been using that for awhile. everything in this scene comes from ibiza, if it works there, you will see/hear it everywhere else. all these dj's play the "electro" sound, but very few if any play the same records. it's not that way with prog, the top prog jocks play a lot of the same records, thats not news to anyone.
the reason why i got into was it's something new, something different. i got so flippen tired of prog and stangant state it's in, i needed something fresh. minimal tech and "electro" feature a lot of innovative artists doing a lot of cool stuff. a lot of it lending itself quite nicely to big rooms. i also (like any techno head should) love the acid lines. but too much acid can be a bad thing, a lot of these tracks feature acid lines, but use them properly and not excessively. thats what i like.
it took me a little while to get into it, but now - imho, the best producers are on this trip at the moment. it also has a very wide range of sounds, unlike many sub generes where most tracks sound very similar. i've also noticed since i started getting into this sound, i've become a lot more open to more obscure genres and my taste has expanded quite a bit. that makes me happy.