Well count me in as a listener, but I don't really feel like I'm experienced enough with a variety of styles to be a dj yet. Maybe next time.

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Originally posted by Mr Game+Watch In! Genre: NY-style Hard House

I didn't specify in the original post (adding now) but is this too obscure of a genre? I'd like if someone else were to verify that this isn't too specific. I'm slightly suspicious.

I'll enter as soon as I think of a good genre I want someone to play.

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Originally posted by ziptnf I didn't specify in the original post (adding now) but is this too obscure of a genre? I'd like if someone else were to verify that this isn't too specific. I'm slightly suspicious.

I think the "NY" prefix is needed simply to distinguish the genre "hard house" a bit, as it can refer to somewhat different types of music in different regions of the world. In the UK, for instance, hard house is associated with Tidy Boys, Tripoli Trax and the rest of the church of Tony de Vit...



..whereas in the US, it's associated with the likes of DJ Bam Bam and Mark V & Poogie Bear, who pretty much only focused on beating the shit out of their 909s:



So narrowing the field a bit is definitely needed when suggesting "hard house".

I won't sign up to mix just yet, as I'm not quite sure if I'll have time to participate in the coming months.

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Sand Leaper - yup the examples you've shown of Hard House are more of the Chicago style (DJ Bam Bam, DJ Deeon)... the NY style is heavily tribal-influenced, though with more screeching divas and extended drum buildups. Junior Vasquez, Jonathan Peters, Razor N Guido - are the big names in this genre.

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Originally posted by Mr Game+Watch Sand Leaper - yup the examples you've shown of Hard House are more of the Chicago style (DJ Bam Bam, DJ Deeon)... the NY style is heavily tribal-influenced, though with more screeching divas and extended drum buildups. Junior Vasquez, Jonathan Peters, Razor N Guido - are the big names in this genre.

Heh, that's the first time I've ever heard the term "hard house" used about Junior Vasquez and all that Twilo-inspired percussion thwacking that TRIBAL America and Twisted put out. I always thought this was where the term "tribal house" first originated, but oh well. Goes to show how little I kept tabs on that stuff.

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Originally posted by ziptnf I didn't specify in the original post (adding now) but is this too obscure of a genre? I'd like if someone else were to verify that this isn't too specific. I'm slightly suspicious. I'll enter as soon as I think of a good genre I want someone to play.

it's obscure on this site that's for sure. I could count with only one hand the amount of people who dig NY Hard House on this site, and I was one of them. outside of TA, there's a ton of it on youtube and in real life, it was obviously huge in New York City back in the day. Based on his tracklist archive, Sasha played a lot of it circa 1994-1995 and featured Junior Vasquez's famous remix on Northern Exposure.

It should go without saying that a genre shouldn't be nominated unless a sufficient quantity of it is easily accessible online in digital format, and that should be demonstrated at the nomination phase.

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Fuck it, I'm in. Funky Breaks.

oh to add that to the discussion, NY-style Hard House is also synonymous with what is called Circuit. A term that comes from the Circuit parties that was popular in the gay community and the type of music was played there.

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Originally posted by Sand Leaper So narrowing the field a bit is definitely needed when suggesting "hard house".

did you miss this part?

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The Genre Challenge will consist of a 45 minute to 120 minute mix, left to your own interpretation of the assigned genre, which will be posted after sign-ups are over.

or this:

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Don't list a genre that is too weird, obscure, or specific.

y'all are posting some pretty specific things, that are not open to interpretation in any way. and adding any regional modifier to a genre is making it obscure AND specific.

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