WMC Blows

[chuckc]

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Diggers and Sasha have lost it musically if you like the proggy sound that made them both famous. Digweed has gone way out on the electro/minimal blippy ticktock side .

i strongly disagree. digweed is on the top of his game and is far far above and beyond where anybody else is. just ask anybody who saw him play at vagabond.

[k3n3]

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Just wanted to chime in here...

First off, I'm a South Florida local, and have attended / particpated (in some capacity), every WMC since 1992. And I've gotta say it certainly doesn't have the clout and the overall pull that it once had. It used to be a respectable forum for exposing new artists, breaking new music, and (up until several years ago) WMC always seemed to include a rather impressive display of technique, talent, and technology. And now, well I won't say anything more than, it just isn't the same...

I could spend a day listing all of the well-known dance labels, who haven't sent a rep, dj, or artist to WMC in years. The networking and distribution aspect of WMC, just isn't the same; but then again, the industry and the distribution aspects certainly have changed over the 15-20 years as well...

So while Sasha and Digweed will continue to shine (they're both legends, hands down), and will continue to dominate the next several conferences, I wouldn't expect to see/hear anything new or earth-shattering at WMC next year. It's become little more than a vacation spot for the industry to get away from the cold, party for a week straight, and hear several hundred dj's, all pretty much playing the same music...

I still enjoy a few of the smaller, low-key events at WMC, as Miami nightlife (South Beach) usually sucks for about 50 or so weeks a year... Here most of the dj's play little more than booty-rockin breakbeats, 80's rock hits, cheesy hip-hop, or unbearable commercial / vanilla trance (i.e. Tiesto).

However, if next year rolls around, and you need to get out of the cold, work on your tan, and party with the Eurotrash; then you might just get lucky, and stumble across one of the handful of events that can truly change the way you think about music...

Just my 2 cents...

[cosmo]

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I'm liking this guy Marco Balcazar, from Mexico. His mixes are ill. Techy shiite.

[anthony1014]

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look dont get me wrong i still like digweed a bit but sasha sets for several years now are about as moving as an empty glass
ofcourse what do i know cause after all i am ideot

[gsgspi]

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Is it possible that there is many sets and Dj's with copyright in this Wmc's edition???

[AlexM]

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Digweed - Vagabond may well be up today ..... so we are informed.

[rossonera]

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april fool

[fabric8]

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april fool

thats right, its international Nonsense Day today

[twilo79]

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i cant stand this electro stuff anymore, is it me or is electro going to be the downfall of this scene like disco was the downfall of the 70;s.

[ganjamo]

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dunno why all the hate... music styles evolve, deal with it.

[|Thrax|]

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Uhhh Disco ruled.

[vinnie97]

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And After That I've Been To Hope Recordings Party There Nick Warren Played The Best Set I've Ever Heard

That's probably because he debuted all the hot new Jody/WOW material.

So....if what you say about it is true, shouldn't you be asking for this set instead? Sasha and Digweed worship is old hat and done in an overabundance already.

[Miroslav]

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i cant stand this electro stuff anymore, is it me or is electro going to be the downfall of this scene like disco was the downfall of the 70;s.

ironic you say that as that "downfall" of disco is what led to a lot of the electronic music we know and love today...

[robprunzit]

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ironic you say that as that "downfall" of disco is what led to a lot of the electronic music we know and love today...

Maybe even deeper than that, disco may have led to House genres, but not techno, which is part of electronica too. New Age music may have led to Ambient, Chill, and even Progressive. What did Rock lead to?

Just got me thinking here, hehe

[res0nat0r]

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house came from the paradise garage.
ambient came from brian eno.
rock came from blues music.