AUTO #003
What do you think this majority feel about dance music as a culture - or career, even?
My job is to be a DJ and make people dance so if people dance, I've done my job.” I think it's hard for many to imagine another way of being within techno, because there's too few demonstrations of it outside of the dance floor. And then, the examples we do have are not attributed much value because those artists aren’t on the cover of magazines: highly regarded and highly paid. It's unfortunate. Techno music has so much to offer, but if the people don’t take it seriously and aren’t interested in learning more, then it will stay as it is and eventually - die away, as we stop dancing.
"As we stop dancing".... I'm not sure if that's too extreme? You're right, techno has so much more to offer than a "night out", but surely dancing will always stay? Regardless of genre, taste, and so on?
I've been DJing for 30-something years now, and I can see that people are dancing much, much less than they used to. And what I mean by dancing is when someone can truly connect with what is being played, to the point that they can begin to manipulate their body movement. I've seen it gradually decline to the point where people just stand there and move their arms, like in hip hop. Eventually, I have to assume that techno will just be listened to. A slight move, if that.
What could change this? What could halt or shift this decline?
There may still be a need for the person in front of the audience, to enlighten, but the definition of techno (if we're lucky) will roll into something else. Something maybe more vivid and convincing. The recreation of an experience that you would like to have. Music is just a device to help you do that.
To be frank, I think we don’t dance as much because we don’t actually like it. We like being in locations where there's a certain type or number of people, with a certain type of atmosphere, where people are (in a sense) going for it, and the DJ is playing in a certain way and theres a certain aura to it all – that seems to be more attractive than actually dancing to music.
Hearing the sound system pumping, hearing a really good song – we're more into that than looking at others physically move, and becoming so connected that we begin to forget where we are. I think it'll become the case that we'll be able to put on something, take something, and "be there." If it's that convincing, I think people would prefer to do that than actually be around one another.
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