But that covers a lot of stuff. The rhythm can be coming from a lot of places. I do like some dance music, especially more hip-hop direction stuff because this is unquestionably something to dance to, but I've been to the odd trance night and been left totally cold; what is there to dance to in stuff that just goes on and on with nothing crossing the beat stucture? That's dance music for people who don't want to have to think about dancing, to me.
If I'm doing the drum part for a song, I can't play it unless I could dance to it. There are a lot of ways I like to dance, of course, I've been seen dancing to ultra-slow doom, but it's to do with intent and the little extras that bring a beat to life rather than speed or sound.
But that doesn't exclude electronic stuff at all. I like Mouse on Mars a lot because all the little mouse-noises add themselves up into stomping great detail-packed beats, what more can you ask for? I'd be up for going to more dance clubs, but probably not the trance variety. Someone told me about a really good dancehall night the other week, now there's music expressly designed for it.
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I think my main criterion is a good beat you can dance to.
Date: 2004-11-26 04:58 am (UTC)If I'm doing the drum part for a song, I can't play it unless I could dance to it. There are a lot of ways I like to dance, of course, I've been seen dancing to ultra-slow doom, but it's to do with intent and the little extras that bring a beat to life rather than speed or sound.
But that doesn't exclude electronic stuff at all. I like Mouse on Mars a lot because all the little mouse-noises add themselves up into stomping great detail-packed beats, what more can you ask for? I'd be up for going to more dance clubs, but probably not the trance variety. Someone told me about a really good dancehall night the other week, now there's music expressly designed for it.