If all these divergent sounds and
influences are to both be considered house music, we need a common
denominator. Chords and melodies won't do, nor will production
techniques; both of these get caught in the tidal shifts of
technology, societal trends and the interests of capital.
Intrinsically, the only single essential element to house music is
the 4/4 electronic kick drum with a ride cymbal on the off beat. Even
then, these rules are broken on numerous occasions.
Once these rules get broken
consistently, the variations spawn into their own unique genre. In
some cases, the differences become so profound and sounds so
established they themselves develop into a parent genre such as
Techno or Trance. As a genre they come with with their own rules;
rules which become broken, and so evolution progresses.
This continues to the point where the
end products seem so far removed from the point of origin there seems
to be no semblance of continuity between them. Yet, without house,
there is no Acid. Without house (and synthpop), there is no Techno.
Without Techno, there is no Trance.
Indeed, with so many variations on the
theme, and so little consistency between themes, we could easily head
down the social constructionist route. House is nothing more than an
unwritten agreement between DJs, dance floors and record producers;
it is a temporally and socially specific sound.
House music is nothing more than what
we are told house music should sound like at any given time. Perhaps
this is true. Either way, Hysteric Ego – Want Love is a classic
house record, one which should be selectively reintroduced to
contemporary house dance floors.
Hysteric Ego - Want Love [EGO 001] by dcp84
Hysteric Ego - Want Love [EGO 001] by dcp84
Hysteric Ego – Want Love
[Ego : EGO 00]
(1996)
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