I'm one who enjoys and appreciates Americana, the blend of European melody and harmony with the Afro-Caribbean rhythms which in my opinion are more sophisticated. Culturally "white" European children learned rhythm via "Patty cake, Patty cake" rhythms which at least in the past, "black" children learned more polyrhythmic "Tom, Tom greedy…
I'm one who enjoys and appreciates Americana, the blend of European melody and harmony with the Afro-Caribbean rhythms which in my opinion are more sophisticated. Culturally "white" European children learned rhythm via "Patty cake, Patty cake" rhythms which at least in the past, "black" children learned more polyrhythmic "Tom, Tom greedy gut" rhythms. I consider it to be a wonderful blend. Does that mean we should reject unblended music from various sources because of where it came from? What a horrible idea. When the record labels came up with the "race music" classification it was a curse.
You might check out Juno Reactor, the inventors of the genre psychedelic trance, in their first album "Transmissions," which I always listen to on a plane taking off. The opening track samples HAL 9000 saying "You're gonna have a wonderful trip" (echoes)
Heavy Afro-Cuban rhythms, very dark, darker with each release. Probably the dance-music distant relationship isn't your cuppa tea but they are the only techno-derived music I still listen to.
I'm one who enjoys and appreciates Americana, the blend of European melody and harmony with the Afro-Caribbean rhythms which in my opinion are more sophisticated. Culturally "white" European children learned rhythm via "Patty cake, Patty cake" rhythms which at least in the past, "black" children learned more polyrhythmic "Tom, Tom greedy gut" rhythms. I consider it to be a wonderful blend. Does that mean we should reject unblended music from various sources because of where it came from? What a horrible idea. When the record labels came up with the "race music" classification it was a curse.
You might check out Juno Reactor, the inventors of the genre psychedelic trance, in their first album "Transmissions," which I always listen to on a plane taking off. The opening track samples HAL 9000 saying "You're gonna have a wonderful trip" (echoes)
Heavy Afro-Cuban rhythms, very dark, darker with each release. Probably the dance-music distant relationship isn't your cuppa tea but they are the only techno-derived music I still listen to.
Well done, but not my thing.