GEOGRAPHY AND DNB

[Lazarus]

I am doing a small presentation (5 minutes) about geography and music...I have chosen to do one about dnb...contrasting stuff like Full Cycle, Renegade Hardware, V-Recordings, etc. that I consider urban in their origin to Moving Shadow and Goodlooking stuff which seems more suburban/rural in its origin...I will be focusing on how certain elements of these different labels have made them popular with certain markets, who have an affinity or wish to one, with the different types of music...


Any suggestions will be highly valued...





Cheers...

[Tobes]

why are you doing this mate, is it a college thing?

[Oracle]

i think that could be quite a difficult presentation! Not sure about the whole Moving Shadow/GLO being more of a rural/suburban thing mate to be honest. If you look back into the history of these labels and where most of the music has been actually played by the artists you'll probably find that London area is the main area?


perhaps maybe look at a presentation on D&B within a global scale? Theres so much going on now across the globewith so many different labels that it almost seems that geography is no longer an important factor....tie that in with modern technology and communication and there literally is no more barriers. an artist can produce a track in Australia for example and get it released over in the UK without even visiting the shore line....


of course i have no idea on what you brief is for your presenation mate so apologies if this is of no relevance what so ever :smiley4:

[Tobes]

i have to agree and disagree with oracle, yeah definately, London was "was" the place for D'n'B, but that doesnt mean it was born there, but i think it played a big part in making the scene grow, but you would be surprised how many of these producers and dj's dont come fromLondon, i think the main attribute for the scene in London was pirate radio, they used to be the only places you could hear D'n'B if you werent in a club, as no-one else was willing to play it, but a lot of the raves were going on outside London away from the city, but the problem with London being such a big city is it will always be the best place to start a vibe.


so i think you will need to do a sh*t load of research there mate, but a rural, suburban thing im not sure about either, sorry dudehttp://www.itstooloud.com/smileys/smiley19.gifi think its a very clicky scene, it maybe easier now to pigeon hole then when the scene started, i defiantely think the scene has really changed now, and that it does atract a certain crowd depending on what style, but back in the days i think it was everyone raving. all ages groups and raceshttp://www.itstooloud.com/smileys/smiley14.gif

[Lazarus]

Basically I have gone back to uni after 3 years or so bumming about, I am doing a geography degree, one of the modules is based on cultural geography. On friday we have been asked to bring in music that is some way related to geography.


The first thing that occurred to me when asked was the sounds of Full Cycle, which to me sounds urban and very Bristolian, then Metalheadz which to me again has a very industrial sound to it....Contrast that with the sounds of Moving Shadow collections like Storm From The East 1 and 2 and Transcentral Connection 1 and 2 which showcased music from more rural/suburban locations slightly north of London and almost beyond its mighty cultural grasp, andyou can really hear the difference in the space the artists' seem to convey.


Whilst being of the same (roughly) BPM, the music from the likes of those mentioned in reference to the Moving Shadow Collections and the likes of Tom Middleton and Rob Haigh (spelt wrong), seem slower and seem to have much more timeless and spacey feel.


It's only afew minute presentationbut I really would appreciate any feedback as I'd like tomake a bunch of academics understand the relevance of the new art forms...





Cheers...

[tumbleweed]

I dont think the full cycle sounds bristolian at all (truth be known it all sounds crap IMO)You can tell its theirs in about 5 seconds!(their sounds doesnt seem to move on)I think the different elements of d n b come from the artist involved in the label not where there aaarrr!Its much too global now.I bet there is plenty of farmers daughters getting into metalheads & reinforced. Big up spacey!

[Lazarus]

I see...





Never mind...I'll have to do my dissertaion on the creation of cyber communities and collectives and its effect on creating schools of modern art....





Cheers for the feedback though:smiley4: