----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephan Schumacher" <SSchumacher@gmx.de>
don´t you think that the reason for what most people like ´the mix´ not that much as the original recordings is that nowadays we are all a bit fed up with this (silly) four to the floor beat? today the electro roots celebrate a great comeback (at least on the dancefloors of germany or europe).
I don't think there's anything inherently "silly" about the 4/4 beat. I mean, it's been proven to work for over 20 years (or if you want to split hairs, you could argue it goes further back to Motown etc) and it still works like nothing else when it comes to providing energy for a dancefloor. The main word is "work" though, there's nothing clever about it, it just works. As for the electro comeback, I'd say that's more down to trends in music. The current dance music climate is totally obsessed with all things 80s, hence the electro revival. I don't think it's because everyone's fed up with 4/4. That will always be there. Talking about beats that work though, the classic electro beat ain't bad either. Erik