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Old 08-18-2010, 06:28 PM
holden
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Re: So what is the offiicial name of the genre?
Yeah, i fear it's "Dance". At your run-of-the-mill record store/big box, at least in the US, you will find maybe a meter-long shelf-space with everything and anything with programmed beats labeled "Dance". Or worse, "VArious Artists".

I think in 1997-ish, the same stuff would have been grouped as "Electronica".

Agree, in 1992 or earlier, it was "Techno".

But WE know that there are so many sub-genres, and it's not fair to place Daft Punk next to Technotronic, Moby next to Aphex Twin, Squarepusher next to Burial, etc. But heys, who buys CDs anymore?

(i do, but sadly most of the artists i like need to be ordered/imported anyway, because Best Buy doesn't exactly stock Underworld's back catalog, for example).
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