Seems like decades ago since the unfamiliar bass driven sounds of Wiley's Eskimo braced the speakers of many youths across the UK. Prior to this, came GARAGE, formed in the mid-1990s and a direct development of its JUNGLE/DRUM & BASS forefather. Following this came GRIME, astronomical because it allowed many of us to produce music from our own yards. Grime brought us new talents such as Ruff Sqwad, The Movement, JME, Skepta and Chipmunk, and is definitely still an influential genre, not least by it's arguable links to violence. BUT...
I was just thinking today...
The momentum of UK music has since shifted into the Migraine Skank'in hands of FUNKY HOUSE/FUNKY/TRIBAL; not forgetting the intervention of DUBSTEP'S muddy basses and intricate drum patterns/melodies. All of which are moulding the UK as a dominant force concerning the progression of music itself; but as shown, 'in-fashion' genres change as often as this shit English weather and some day we'll all be skanking to a new, formulated and innovative sound. So i ask...
What's next?
Trust me. i wake up eevery now and again asking myself 'what am i gonna have to switch to next?'. Its madness. there will never be another reggae or blues era because before we even get a chance to establish one genre, another ones already trying to break through.
ReplyDeleteI think that Funky skanks n all that jazz are just a passing phase. Grime has been around for longer than i expected i must say which is mainly due to the emergence of people who are actually good =]. It's expanding and will continue to do so as more and more young people get into it. But I have no idea if I'm gonna look back to this era of music in 5 to 10 years time and think 'O gosh what on earth were we listening to'. How many older people do you know that cannot stand grime? I know lots......will we become those people? too many questions. I think grime will carry on and still be the style artists continue to write and people continue to listen to and the same with funky house. If not i think the next style will be toilet because some of the new styles people are creating are plain crap =]
ReplyDeletesorry for the long arse comment btw lol x
Jay, I couldn't agree more. Although as producers us man enjoy making new types of music to fit the ever-changing trend, it would be nice to think that one could stick around for a genuinely long time. What I ask is whether you think that will happen anytime soon.
ReplyDeleteLOL, Beccz, to be honest with you, no. I can't imagine being ashamed of grime because it will ultimately have been a part of my childhood/teenhood experience of life; not differing heavily from the impact that Motown would have probably had on our parents' lives. GRIME is evolving though...
ReplyDeleteBut we are hardly in the middle of a civil rights battle are we?
ReplyDeletemeaning?
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