jonattonyeah Yeah there was a ton of overlap and I’m not really sure why one is defined as (A) but the other, which sounds the same, is (B)

my theory is that the people labeling with these genres don’t know the history of the music well enough, so they “mis-label” stuff creating confusion and masses of sub-genres that aren’t really necessary. or it’s just marketing. i’m not really sure and i care way less about it than i did 20 years ago.

    Reckon the genres are waves to be ridden, bandwagons to be jumped on etc. Wish they had some sort of meta tagging on all the tracks, so a track could be in ‘Indie Dance’ but also then be searchable by tags such as acid / 303 / energetic / laid back / vocal / moody / uplifting etc.

      Amps Reckon the genres are waves to be ridden, bandwagons to be jumped on etc.

      Agreed and I think it’s also an issue of visibility. Digging through Indie Dance I found quite a few breakbeat tracks. But they don’t want that tag as I doubt many people even bother looking at that genre. The line between Leftfield House, Electro, and Breaks is often also marginal at best. I guess one is “cool” whereas the other is “not.”

        Seen some stuff tagged “Juke / Footwork” on Beatport recently. It sounds like music for wankers.

          That’s Dave’s favourite genre on Beatport.

          Didn’t realise there were so many!

          Organic house lol!

          vegan house next

          The Horror. The Horror. Great work, glad you survived.

          I would have ranked Deep House higher but it’s based on the top 10 alone.

            sbando ranked Deep House higher

            Yeah as a “genre” (as loose as that seems to be) it’s right up there for me personally. But the Top 10 is just so boring. The likes of Terry Lee Brown Jr., Circulation, Timewriter, Larry Heard, DJ Qu, et cetera, are nowhere to be found.

              jonattonyeah Hard Techno
              This was Trance in 1999

              I’ve been pointing this out to you guys for aaages, but you’re now all too busy sat in your armchairs tapping your slippers to 126bpm snooze-fests.

                  mono-stereo Seen some stuff tagged “Juke / Footwork” on Beatport recently. It sounds like music for wankers.

                  Sshhh…

                    hugopal

                    Hey I put Organic House and its 126 BPM bore-a-than at #18. I consider myself in the know.

                      Is organic house the burridge style ploddy plinky plonky nonsense?