CANADIANS

Jesse Somfay · Post by **Jesse Somfay** » Fri Dec 03, 2004 9:33 pm

plaster wrote:it's the end of the world as we know it...kanada is taking over in house music..u'll see!

We know how to get our groove on

Shake that booty! Haha.

Rich · Post by **Rich** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 1:10 pm

It is weird, isn't it? My friend's wife is Canadian, and she just listens to sh!t rock music all the time. She hadn't even HEARD of Hawtin/Plastikman (unbelieveable...). Seems that Canada has a strange mixture of extremely successful, talented techno/house artists, and boring, stereotypical country boys who just listen to rock music. Is techno still very underground in Canada or what? What's the story?!

Jesse Somfay · Post by **Jesse Somfay** » Tue Dec 07, 2004 7:49 pm

Teknorich wrote:It is weird, isn't it? My friend's wife is Canadian, and she just listens to sh!t rock music all the time. She hadn't even HEARD of Hawtin/Plastikman (unbelieveable...). Seems that Canada has a strange mixture of extremely successful, talented techno/house artists, and boring, stereotypical country boys who just listen to rock music. Is techno still very underground in Canada or what? What's the story?!

It's still quite underground. And a lot of people, world wide, don't know who Richie Hawtin is

We all have different preferences. When I'm just listening, not playing music, I like to listen to epic cinematic rock like Explosions in the Sky, Godspeed you black emperor...shoegaze bands like Slowdive...I listen to non-electronic music just as much, if not more, than I do electronic music. And I'm very comfortable with it. I prefer to stay as open as I possibly can for new things. To me, it's the best way to get inspiration for my own music when I produce or play. As for stereotypes and whatnot, I'm not a 'countryboy' as it were. I'm a minimalist. I'm modern, contemporary, etc. But I still listen to music outside of electronic music. Frankly, my life would be boring if I had only electronic music to listen to. Diversity is what Canada is famous for, and it has it. Every single kind of music anyone could imagine can be found here. A lot of it is underground, a lot of it is not. That's just the way it is here.

Aron · Post by **Aron** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 2:58 am

Jesse Somfay wrote:
Teknorich wrote:It is weird, isn't it? My friend's wife is Canadian, and she just listens to sh!t rock music all the time. She hadn't even HEARD of Hawtin/Plastikman (unbelieveable...). Seems that Canada has a strange mixture of extremely successful, talented techno/house artists, and boring, stereotypical country boys who just listen to rock music. Is techno still very underground in Canada or what? What's the story?!
It's still quite underground. And a lot of people, world wide, don't know who Richie Hawtin is We all have different preferences. When I'm just listening, not playing music, I like to listen to epic cinematic rock like Explosions in the Sky, Godspeed you black emperor...shoegaze bands like Slowdive...I listen to non-electronic music just as much, if not more, than I do electronic music. And I'm very comfortable with it. I prefer to stay as open as I possibly can for new things. To me, it's the best way to get inspiration for my own music when I produce or play. As for stereotypes and whatnot, I'm not a 'countryboy' as it were. I'm a minimalist. I'm modern, contemporary, etc. But I still listen to music outside of electronic music. Frankly, my life would be boring if I had only electronic music to listen to. Diversity is what Canada is famous for, and it has it. Every single kind of music anyone could imagine can be found here. A lot of it is underground, a lot of it is not. That's just the way it is here.

I think, though, that Dutch house is much more mainstream.
Therefore it falls prey to commercial thinking, which kills a lot of the spontinaity (spelling?) that (techno-)music should carry.

Jesse Somfay · Post by **Jesse Somfay** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:06 am

Aron wrote:I think, though, that Dutch house is much more mainstream.
Therefore it falls prey to commercial thinking, which kills a lot of the spontinaity (spelling?) that (techno-)music should carry.

Yeah. Electronic music in Europe in general seems to be much more popular than it is here in North America. So I suppose it would lose a lot of its spontaneity because of that. Here it's just the opposite.

Rich · Post by **Rich** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 7:05 pm

Which probably results in better quality and more underground music. Nice situation you got there!!

(Jesse - I wasn't dissing Canadians by saying "steroetypical" mate. Just that this girl told me she used to go drinking in truckers bars, which were full of big burly guys with beards, wearing check shirts and listening to rock music!)

Jesse Somfay · Post by **Jesse Somfay** » Wed Dec 08, 2004 9:27 pm

Teknorich wrote:(Jesse - I wasn't dissing Canadians by saying "steroetypical" mate. Just that this girl told me she used to go drinking in truckers bars, which were full of big burly guys with beards, wearing check shirts and listening to rock music!)

I know. I just thought I'd point out all of us...well...most of us are different. But I know you weren't being offensive. Although there are some burly guys with too much hair wearing flannel shirts and listening to rock, hehe. I keep as far away from them as possible though. A tall skinny guy like me with feminine style would not be welcome near them

plaster · Post by **plaster** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 12:23 pm

i want to visit canada so badly...i will visit canada one day!