[Dancecult-l] liveness

[James E]

Anecodotal evidence from Baltimore earlier this month: Legendary rave 
promoter Ultraworld now includes live bands, both EDM and not, at its 
historically techno-rave summer event Starscape. My past experiences where 
"ravers" met "rockers" were typically tense, grating affairs with little 
mixing between crowds, snide comments, and sometimes - alluding to another 
recent thread - violence, but this past Starscape was different with most 
everyone seeming to check out different music genres and acting pleasant if 
not downright exuberant to join together. I chalk it up to the public 
growing bored with EDM formulas, something "liveness" mitigates. In other 
words, rave fought the rock and the rock won.

James E

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eliot Bates" <oud at berkeley.edu>
To: <dancecult-l at listcultures.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 12:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Dancecult-l] liveness


> About 4 years ago I noticed the sudden inclusion of live music acts during
> the outdoor rave parties in northern California. I'm not talking drum
> circles, but professional performing bands of all kinds (world, funk, jam,
> experimental, live drum 'n' bass, etc.) In San Francisco, live drum 'n'
> bass is quite popular these days, though it's not really necessarily so
> much of a dance music form when done live.
>
> That said, 2 of those parties I referenced above no longer have live
> music. I guess the fashion has/is already passing, at least in northern
> CA?
>
> -eliot
>
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> Eliot Bates
> PhD Candidate (Ethnomusicology), UC Berkeley
> Music of Turkey, recording studios, electronic music practices and 
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