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> If you had no music experience, snuck into a club, impersonated a DJ, and just pressed play on this, I think even without touching it, no one would notice any

> If you had no music experience, snuck into a club, impersonated a DJ, and just pressed play on this, I think even without touching it, no one would notice anything's amiss. If you messed around with it occasionally, you'd probably get hired back Some sufficiently intoxicated people will dance to anything, though a good dj feels an obligation to make sure the thing being played is of good quality, regardless. As to who gets hired, that's more a matter of networking than musical talent.

stinos 5y ago
Sufficiently intoxicated people will dance to anything I've heard this sentiment before and I always wonder whether it has been given enough thought or whether it's really true for you and the people you know. I mean, me and me friends have left more than one party because we'd rather stroll around the neighbourhood than endure the music the DJ was playing. Admittedly that happened more when not using drugs but it's not like drugs suddenly just make you accept anything. Not even MDMA, which is the one which has plenty of potential in that direction.
- sideshowb 5y ago
  You have taste in music :-) I should have qualified that statement slightly more.
- bzzzt 5y ago
  > Sufficiently intoxicated people will dance to anything There's an urban legend saying Richard D James (Aphex Twin) threw a microphone in a kitchen blender at a concert and people were dancing to that sound...
  - sideshowb 5y ago
    I was once at a Plump DJs gig where the fire alarm went off and it took everyone a minute to realize it wasn't part of the tune. I've also heard of people dancing to a generator when the hardtek stopped. To be fair to the people concerned, both examples actually match the style of the music in question.
    - PoachedSausage 5y ago
      Reminds me of the hardcore raver Tyres from the sitcom Spaced (genius British comedy): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfSndZPynQk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfSndZPynQk Saying that I have had a similar thing with tracks that have police sirens in them when listening in the car, it takes a moment to realise it isn't an actual emergency vehicle.
  - Mediterraneo10 5y ago
    Those people need not even be intoxicated, because noise music is its own genre, and some of the people enjoying RDJ will probably be responsive to it; RDJ has had a few moments when he approached the Japanese scene. Indeed, when artists like Merzbow perform at festivals, it is clear that the noise stimulates some people's dance reflexes.
  - thinkingemote 5y ago
    I was at one of those gigs before several years ago. Possibly because the volume was too loud, or the music generally too discordant but about 85% of the crowd went upstairs to the chill out room for the majority of the set. I remember a distinct "nope" feeling. The artist himself was off stage twiddling his knobs too. Those who remained were selling merch, behind the bar, or stood at the back with arms folded.
  - _joel 5y ago
    Fanzatia NYE93, people outside dancing to a car alarm (quite a famous video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rYXcmVSeBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rYXcmVSeBU
    - yboris 5y ago
      This is a classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WFsIskJ05I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WFsIskJ05I (20 seconds - worth a watch)
    - samstave 5y ago
      Wow - I was going to raves in SF during this period. I've seen these types of people before. Lots of stories from those days.
      - _joel 5y ago
        They caught up with the two people in this recently, they're still doing well (albeit not much raving nowadays :) )
    - tweetle_beetle 5y ago
      And I'm sure there's an anecdote about the fire alarm at the Hacienda, and I've heard something similar from someone who worked at Fabric.
  - stinos 5y ago
    Sounds like a typical noise gig.
  - polypodiopsi 5y ago
    theres a whole genre working with these methods of analog aleatory sound generation (harsh noise)
- coldtea 5y ago
  >I mean, me and me friends have left more than one party because we'd rather stroll around the neighbourhood than endure the music the DJ was playing. Was it because the music was bad though, or because you were opinionated against it? E.g. "me and my friends, we don't listen to 2-step garage". >Admittedly that happened more when not using drugs but it's not like drugs suddenly just make you accept anything. You'd be surprised...
  - stinos 5y ago
    Was it because the music was bad though, or because you were opinionated against it? One may not like certain music, but like with other art it gets into tricky territory to objectively call it bad :) Anyway: yes, it was because we found the music not good. Or not up to par with our expectations. Or not matching our current mood. I don't have strong opinions against music styles anymore since I went through puberty, the only period in a lifetime where that can be forgiven. Haha, I was one of those idiots who thought metal was the only true music and anything with an electronic beat under it had to die and rot in hell and fans thereof needed to be actively made fun of. Of course life is so much better if you just listen to literally anything and decide based on what you hear. Which didn't take long to realize. That being said, there are a lot of genres which usually don't do anything at all for me, i.e. which don't make me feel a thing. And others which I almost cannot stand listening to. Most of the time individual songs though. Completely normal, but not the same as being opinionated against it.
- polypodiopsi 5y ago
  I feel like kodwo eshuns early writing on the drug tech interface is relevant to this conversation: http://ccru.net/swarm3/3_abducted.htm http://ccru.net/swarm3/3_abducted.htm

stinos 5y ago

Sufficiently intoxicated people will dance to anything I've heard this sentiment before and I always wonder whether it has been given enough thought or whether it's really true for you and the people you know. I mean, me and me friends have left more than one party because we'd rather stroll around the neighbourhood than endure the music the DJ was playing. Admittedly that happened more when not using drugs but it's not like drugs suddenly just make you accept anything. Not even MDMA, which is the one which has plenty of potential in that direction.

sideshowb 5y ago
You have taste in music :-) I should have qualified that statement slightly more.
bzzzt 5y ago
> Sufficiently intoxicated people will dance to anything There's an urban legend saying Richard D James (Aphex Twin) threw a microphone in a kitchen blender at a concert and people were dancing to that sound...
- sideshowb 5y ago
  I was once at a Plump DJs gig where the fire alarm went off and it took everyone a minute to realize it wasn't part of the tune. I've also heard of people dancing to a generator when the hardtek stopped. To be fair to the people concerned, both examples actually match the style of the music in question.
  - PoachedSausage 5y ago
    Reminds me of the hardcore raver Tyres from the sitcom Spaced (genius British comedy): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfSndZPynQk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfSndZPynQk Saying that I have had a similar thing with tracks that have police sirens in them when listening in the car, it takes a moment to realise it isn't an actual emergency vehicle.
- Mediterraneo10 5y ago
  Those people need not even be intoxicated, because noise music is its own genre, and some of the people enjoying RDJ will probably be responsive to it; RDJ has had a few moments when he approached the Japanese scene. Indeed, when artists like Merzbow perform at festivals, it is clear that the noise stimulates some people's dance reflexes.
- thinkingemote 5y ago
  I was at one of those gigs before several years ago. Possibly because the volume was too loud, or the music generally too discordant but about 85% of the crowd went upstairs to the chill out room for the majority of the set. I remember a distinct "nope" feeling. The artist himself was off stage twiddling his knobs too. Those who remained were selling merch, behind the bar, or stood at the back with arms folded.
- _joel 5y ago
  Fanzatia NYE93, people outside dancing to a car alarm (quite a famous video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rYXcmVSeBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rYXcmVSeBU
  - yboris 5y ago
    This is a classic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WFsIskJ05I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WFsIskJ05I (20 seconds - worth a watch)
  - samstave 5y ago
    Wow - I was going to raves in SF during this period. I've seen these types of people before. Lots of stories from those days.
    - _joel 5y ago
      They caught up with the two people in this recently, they're still doing well (albeit not much raving nowadays :) )
  - tweetle_beetle 5y ago
    And I'm sure there's an anecdote about the fire alarm at the Hacienda, and I've heard something similar from someone who worked at Fabric.
- stinos 5y ago
  Sounds like a typical noise gig.
- polypodiopsi 5y ago
  theres a whole genre working with these methods of analog aleatory sound generation (harsh noise)
coldtea 5y ago
>I mean, me and me friends have left more than one party because we'd rather stroll around the neighbourhood than endure the music the DJ was playing. Was it because the music was bad though, or because you were opinionated against it? E.g. "me and my friends, we don't listen to 2-step garage". >Admittedly that happened more when not using drugs but it's not like drugs suddenly just make you accept anything. You'd be surprised...
- stinos 5y ago
  Was it because the music was bad though, or because you were opinionated against it? One may not like certain music, but like with other art it gets into tricky territory to objectively call it bad :) Anyway: yes, it was because we found the music not good. Or not up to par with our expectations. Or not matching our current mood. I don't have strong opinions against music styles anymore since I went through puberty, the only period in a lifetime where that can be forgiven. Haha, I was one of those idiots who thought metal was the only true music and anything with an electronic beat under it had to die and rot in hell and fans thereof needed to be actively made fun of. Of course life is so much better if you just listen to literally anything and decide based on what you hear. Which didn't take long to realize. That being said, there are a lot of genres which usually don't do anything at all for me, i.e. which don't make me feel a thing. And others which I almost cannot stand listening to. Most of the time individual songs though. Completely normal, but not the same as being opinionated against it.
polypodiopsi 5y ago
I feel like kodwo eshuns early writing on the drug tech interface is relevant to this conversation: http://ccru.net/swarm3/3_abducted.htm http://ccru.net/swarm3/3_abducted.htm