There is a fixation with in the dance scene for the newest sound, the freshest cut, the latest dub plate.
Has anyone ever thought that the new sound may just be scale? I keep thinking about how dance music exploded during the early nineties from small crowds of 300 to the biggest Raves NZ has ever seen with 9000+ people.
What was it that exploded the audience in such a short space of time? How did it go so big at time of no-name Dj's, limited local music and a fair amount of dodge mixing?
Personally I think its because of the sonic scale that dance parties provided. There are large scale events today, but few of these offer the sonic experience like that of a dance party. Rock n roll sound, left & right of stage has been the same since stereo was invented. Dance music abandoned this format and went for multiple stacks surrounding the audience. Dance sound also cut the treble and doubled the bass producing a new scale of sound that we had never heard before.
This immersion in bass heavy sound was a new experience, an exciting event. Today the opportunity for this experience is being reduced, compressed and driven back into small club systems & bad venues. The dance experience which is primarily a sonic experience has been neglected and suffered.
The kicker is that you need collaboration to support large sound systems, you need a common interest in a common goal. It takes 9000+ people wanting it, to get it. I'm ready! that's one.
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