Airfixx
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(Fair do's.... My sense of humour often dissapears when touching upon the topic of music. LOL)
It's music for heads AND feet (*).
Techno, more often than not, was always made for people to dance to although it wasn't/isn't necessarily it's sole concern (unlike a genre such as disco). You certainly don't need lyrics and traditional songwriting values to convey emotion.
(*When done well, admittedly.)
As per your example of rap music (aside from my pedantic side desperately wanting to rant about how rap, specifically, isn't a style of music! LOL), personally, I refuse to let poor derivatives cloud my view of what is the true essence of a style or sound.
What makes a good metal, hiphop, techno or whatever track will not change.
(For example: IMO all the diamond encrusted gangsta bullshit on MTV is NOT HipHop .)
It's music for heads AND feet (*).
Techno, more often than not, was always made for people to dance to although it wasn't/isn't necessarily it's sole concern (unlike a genre such as disco). You certainly don't need lyrics and traditional songwriting values to convey emotion.
(*When done well, admittedly.)
As per your example of rap music (aside from my pedantic side desperately wanting to rant about how rap, specifically, isn't a style of music! LOL), personally, I refuse to let poor derivatives cloud my view of what is the true essence of a style or sound.
What makes a good metal, hiphop, techno or whatever track will not change.
(For example: IMO all the diamond encrusted gangsta bullshit on MTV is NOT HipHop .)