This is a great movie about the fourth generation of house music. Anyone who believes that House music was created in LA is sadly mistaken. House music was developed in the houses, garages and clubs of Chicago and Detroit, not Los Angele,s and it was produced for local club-goers in the "underground" club scenes, rather than for widespread commercial release. As a result, the recordings were much more conceptual, longer than the music usually played on commercial radio. House, techno, electro and hip-hop musicians used analog synthesizers and sequencers to create and arrange the electronic elements and samples on their tracks. House music "humanized" the new electronic instruments by combining live traditional instruments and percussion and soulful vocals with preprogrammed electronic synthesizers and "beat-boxes".
The second phase occurred when New York started to create house music. The style of New York house was a little more polished and got the attention of Europe. Italy and the UK started some brilliant house music and then game Germany and Techno.
Techno took the sound and perverted it by increasing the BPM count into something that was not enjoyable to anyone not on X. I used to throw some of the original raves in South Florida and it started becoming more about the drugs and not the music. House was in a bad funk for about 10 years. In recent years, starting in the late 90's, DJs and artists such as Miguel Miggs, Blue Six, Aya and others have brought back melodies and rhythms to house. Along with labels such as Hed Kandi, Lazy Dog and others they have ushered in a new and strong fourth age of house.
The second phase occurred when New York started to create house music. The style of New York house was a little more polished and got the attention of Europe. Italy and the UK started some brilliant house music and then game Germany and Techno.
Techno took the sound and perverted it by increasing the BPM count into something that was not enjoyable to anyone not on X. I used to throw some of the original raves in South Florida and it started becoming more about the drugs and not the music. House was in a bad funk for about 10 years. In recent years, starting in the late 90's, DJs and artists such as Miguel Miggs, Blue Six, Aya and others have brought back melodies and rhythms to house. Along with labels such as Hed Kandi, Lazy Dog and others they have ushered in a new and strong fourth age of house.
