because, by the time you heard of it, it had been watered down for cash.TribeOfHǫfuð wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 4:35 pmBeyond a 4-to-the-floor, a repetitive umbada-umbada bass drone, some random phrygian arpeggios and farty effects, I had no living clue that Psy-trance had an essence. My bad.
I fancied old school goa as trance dance candidate. Had more exciting movements and cool phrygian themes in the bass.
im talking roots of, like the old squat parties, where for "reasons" minimal was the way, because when the rozzers were spotted, you wanted minimal unplugging and carrying.
in the uk at least, this is where dance music grew up, in illegal parties, because "repetitive beats" were actually made illegal!!! (in public) so it became something more than just a good time.
all this, as well as the music were intrinsic to the sound, because "rebellion"
now, obviously "musically" it's not rebellious at all, rarely, but a "scene" is more than just the records played.
and tbf, i don't really know about modern dance stuff, im a granddad. are there any underground scenes now? i bloody hope so, i want my grandchildren to have the same opportunities to "f**k you society" that we did