Dance music fans - what do you reckon of this track?!!

[eastlondonseagull]

This is my brother-in-law's latest record, 'Unt Meter'. He's in an electronica group called Nautic Dive, and I really rate it (obviously I'm biased). But I need the learned dance music buffs off NSC to rate it, too. The vid was shot by my cousin-in-law, so it's a proper family affair!!

Wotcha reckon?

Cheers all!

YouTube - ::NauticDive:: - Promo video

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[NMH]

I would hate to be expected to dance to that. Imagine, Cheryl Cole walks across a club floor and takes your hand - and over the speakers comes 'Nautic Dive'!
Well, in actual fact I'd probably score with her out of comedy-value, as wimmins love a dude who makes 'em laugh, better than trying like a total WALLY to really and actually dance to that. Far better to deliberately be a spazzer and get her laughing uncontrollably at how much of a plonker you are secure about making yourself look.

Alright eastlondon, the bottom line is that I don't see how on good Buddha's earth that can be called a dance track. Or music. The video isn't comfortable to watch either, and you should NEVER cut on the beat - so it seemed so random that I doubt the vid-maker was syncing with the music at all (so the cuts to beat are probably unfortunate co-incidences)

 

[NMH]

Redeeming afterthought though; if your bro-in-law keeps the track and uses it as a background to another piece, I reckon that could well fly!

 

[eastlondonseagull]

Alright eastlondon, the bottom line is that I don't see how on good Buddha's earth that can be called a dance track. Or music. The video isn't comfortable to watch either, and you should NEVER cut on the beat - so it seemed so random that I doubt the vid-maker was syncing with the music at all (so the cuts to beat are probably unfortunate co-incidences)

NO!! It's a tune! You've just got to learn to dance, NHM

Fairplay, mate, cheers for the thoughts. Maybe I should've headlined the thread 'Breakbeat or drum & bass fans' instead!

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[Billy the Fish]

One for the D&B fans I think. Just listened to their other stuff on youtube which explains why they are an 'electronica' group. All sounds very european, they love all that stuff.

 

[NMH]

NO!! It's a tune! You've just got to learn to dance, NHM

Fairplay, mate, cheers for the thoughts. Maybe I should've headlined the thread 'Breakbeat or drum & bass fans' instead!

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Fair play to you then, for accepting the rough end of opinion, respeck.

I'm serious though, about the second thought - the track could really work as a backing to a proper rhythm. What most artists tend to do is make a track that's purely based on a leading tune, or go off on weird tangents that are too industrial for mainstream or club airplay.
I can't think of many that superimpose a valid rhythm on top of an abstract one. Take Jesus Jones for instance - the reason they probably faded, was that they played their hand in the first place, then tried playing a similar hand over and over without surprising their audience. On the other side of the coin are bands like Can or Chrome, who stayed on the outside of mainstream, avoiding anything tangibly touchable and feelable, commercially graspable.
Discomforting a listening audience is a desirable affect, but it should still have them reaching out towards something they are trying to associate with - not withdrawing from. An artist HAS to have an appreciation of commercial 'appealingness' of music, where a listener can have common ground with them and relate to what they're doing. Not so much that they can predict or file it away as a known entity, been there done that - but something that simply stimulated their imagination, that makes them think of hearing it more, like there are things they might have missed, or want to be familiarised with again and again.

Take Wire '154'; there's an album of songs that are constructed using unusual sounds, instruments that make tangential noises while still maintaining the rhythm a listener can relate to.

Anyway, taking otherwise commercial tunes and putting twists to them that disturb the listener's ideas of what they think they ought to be hearing, is what keeps the art of music interesting and hopefully not passe.

Here's Chrome, with 'New Age'
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Colin Newman (of Wire) 'B'
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Wire 'Ahead'
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[SJ's Love Monkey]

Not in the LTJ Bukem class but it was a fairly good d 'n' b tune EL. Can't see it finding it's way into a Richie Hawtin or Adam Beyer set but as i said not bad at all.

 

[bristolseagull]

Not in the LTJ Bukem class but it was a fairly good d 'n' b tune EL. Can't see it finding it's way into a Richie Hawtin or Adam Beyer set but as i said not bad at all.

i saw richie hawtin last night at i love techno.....

 

[eastlondonseagull]

Sadly, I didn't really understand much of that NMH, but you clearly are a proper muso! Crackin' old stuff you've unearthed on YouTube, there, though

I beg to differ about tune and video, though. That type of music doesn't conform, and imo, works really well. But I'm obviously biased. But if I heard that track in a d&b club, it would get me dancing straight away. I think the vid's fab, too. It's the first thing my cousin-in-law has EVER shot / edited, so I think he's done a brilliant job.

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[Billy the Fish]

i saw richie hawtin last night at i love techno.....

So you got a ticket then. How did it go?

Ritchie Hawtin is playing at the end on 27th December.

 

[eastlondonseagull]

So you got a ticket then. How did it go?

Ritchie Hawtin is playing at the end on 27th December.

LOVE Ritchie Hawtin. His stuff as Plastikman is awesome

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[Taybha]

Unqualified music buff here but i hated the track but kinda liked the vid

 

[bristolseagull]

So you got a ticket then. How did it go?

Ritchie Hawtin is playing at the end on 27th December.

yeah, got one late friday- paid a hundred for it- but well worth it, wicked night, dave clarke was insane.

struggling a bit today though.....

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Not in the LTJ Bukem class but it was a fairly good d 'n' b tune EL. Can't see it finding it's way into a Richie Hawtin or Adam Beyer set but as i said not bad at all.

....why would Hawtin play a D&B track?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

So you got a ticket then. How did it go?

Ritchie Hawtin is playing at the end on 27th December.

Worth remembering. Saw him and Villalobos last New Year's Day...awesome.

 

[eastlondonseagull]

....why would Hawtin play a D&B track?

Good point

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[vitusvivi]

I don't know what this shit is but it isn't house... what's wrong with you man?!

 

[eastlondonseagull]

I don't know what this shit is but it isn't house... what's wrong with you man?!

Who said it was house?! You nutter

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[dannyboy]

drum n bass has to be hard in my opinion
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