TOBY
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Posted: Nov. 02 2010, 17:59 |
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| Quote (Ugo @ Nov. 01 2010, 19:55) | @ TOBY: you're right, the PSB themselves said that their music is pop that you can dance to and that they've always considered themselves a pop act. But you cannot deny that (1) a lot of the rhythm tracks they use come straight from the world of dance music; (2) some of the world's best dance remixers have done great remixes of their songs; and (3) of course they worked with great dance producers even on original versions of their songs. So they may not be strictly a dance act, but they've undoubtly got lots of connections with the dance world. And "Go West", in my view, still remains a dance anthem, whoever sings it.  |
Yup you're spot on with all of that Ugo. I wouldn't deny any of it (except perhaps Go West is a pop anthem to my ears rather a dance one, but that's splitting hairs)
While I'm here, its sad day for dance music as Groove Armada are calling it a day. In all my years of seeing pretty much all of the major dance acts live they were without a doubt the best live dance act I ever saw. They certainly brought the highest level of musicianship to live dance music and were streets ahead of their peers like Basement Jaxx and Faithless (the latter of which they actually shared a similar live line up of musicians for a time) They'll be missed. And their connection to our old friend Mike Oldfield is that Andy Cato of GA bought Mike's huge studio monitor speakers from him when Mike sold all his gear off. True story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgLtXyqvM-Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v....ndex=21
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