finally, after hours and hours of reading, i came to the end of this thread (so far, cos im sure it'll keep growing like mad)......
im not sure that separating leftfield dnb from the norm is a good thing.
we all come from the same kinda roots back in the 90s, thats how i see it.
everyone takes his own views and influences into dnb, be he producer/dj or what not. thats what always made dnb so great.
recently (say, especially since 2000) it became so formulaic, that even ppl like Digital and Photek dont really move me anymore, save a tune now and then.
what i do think are good points mentioned so far in this thread are
1) pushing this sound, in your own circle, in your own scene.
i know im doing this, im part of a crew here in the Netherlands, and im hte only one playing this stuff. i dont care what other djs are on a night with me, i played breaks in front of Aphrodite, i will play stuff again 16th of may in front of a technoid dj.
2) operating under one name/flag as suggested.
there are so many differences, even in this little tiny cozy subgenre, as already pointed out, that you might not want this TERM to become a GENRE/SCENE name. i would more like to see such a thing as a trademark, some kind of qualitystamp you can put on a certain product (yeah im talking ISO-intelli certification of these labels people )
would be great to have this NAME/LOGO on all things from the parties involved starting from here on (after some census is agreed on on WHAT it should be)
3) CDs
CDs are always selling more than vinyl, i agree. and it would help much to get a cover cd on something like Knowledge, with some labels contributing on it.
4) shared advertising
great thing imho, you see other lables/sublabels do it too.
im getting woozy now, ill be staying tuned in and trying to contribute as best as i can.
thanks to Naphta for hauling me in, and ASC for the general support :P
i know who my daddies are LOL
PS : Dice we should really try to work together, since we're geographically not that far away from eachother.
im not sure that separating leftfield dnb from the norm is a good thing.
we all come from the same kinda roots back in the 90s, thats how i see it.
everyone takes his own views and influences into dnb, be he producer/dj or what not. thats what always made dnb so great.
recently (say, especially since 2000) it became so formulaic, that even ppl like Digital and Photek dont really move me anymore, save a tune now and then.
what i do think are good points mentioned so far in this thread are
1) pushing this sound, in your own circle, in your own scene.
i know im doing this, im part of a crew here in the Netherlands, and im hte only one playing this stuff. i dont care what other djs are on a night with me, i played breaks in front of Aphrodite, i will play stuff again 16th of may in front of a technoid dj.
2) operating under one name/flag as suggested.
there are so many differences, even in this little tiny cozy subgenre, as already pointed out, that you might not want this TERM to become a GENRE/SCENE name. i would more like to see such a thing as a trademark, some kind of qualitystamp you can put on a certain product (yeah im talking ISO-intelli certification of these labels people )
would be great to have this NAME/LOGO on all things from the parties involved starting from here on (after some census is agreed on on WHAT it should be)
3) CDs
CDs are always selling more than vinyl, i agree. and it would help much to get a cover cd on something like Knowledge, with some labels contributing on it.
4) shared advertising
great thing imho, you see other lables/sublabels do it too.
im getting woozy now, ill be staying tuned in and trying to contribute as best as i can.
thanks to Naphta for hauling me in, and ASC for the general support :P
i know who my daddies are LOL
PS : Dice we should really try to work together, since we're geographically not that far away from eachother.