Word: techno
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...uncharted territory, too much potential, not to keep exploring. So the style-that-dare-not-speak-its-name came to be known as house music, or simply dance music. Sampling and DJ culture immediately found refuge in early rap and hip-hop, and schism genres like dance-punk and techno emerged. From Prince’s “1999” and Madonna’s “Holiday” in the 80s, to Whitney Houston’s “I’m Every Woman” in the 90s, to Maroon...
...departure in this album, but what they need to realize is that listeners love them for what they already are. Their music is an adrenaline rush; like the band itself, it creates the aura of a raunchy, fun-filled night in Las Vegas. I can already envision techno remixes of these songs taking over dance floors everywhere. “Day & Age” might be soon forgotten in the wake of the next wave of catchy pop songs, but for now, I’ll be dancing...
...Mickeys may be a minority, but more and more clubs are turning to house or techno instead of live music. And radio and TV stations--all government-run--are playing less timba, the Cuban version of salsa. These are the multiple threats: rock, electronica and, the biggest danger of them all, reggaeton--the Latinized hip-hop that has infiltrated from Puerto Rico, New York City and the Dominican Republic...
...borders. Abraham Maslow, Teilhard de Chardin, Joseph Campbell, Carlos Castaneda and other counterculture standards blend into the mix with a healthy helping of contemporary psychologists, biologists and physicists. "Our brains are hardwired to know God," Chopra has said, in a characteristic splice of old-fashioned mysticism and modern techno-speak. In The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, he explains that "the physical universe is nothing other than the Self curving back within Itself to experience Itself as spirit, mind and physical matter ... The same laws that nature uses to create a forest or a galaxy or a star...
...piano line, and tight drum beat tell the listener in no uncertain terms that Q-Tip is still an excellent producer. On the closer “Shaka,” the jazzy shades of keyboard strongly evoke A Tribe Called Quest—at least until a squiggly techno-sounding synthesizer riff enters. It’s wonderful how Q-Tip combines disparate musical elements, both past and present, into one cohesive head-nodding unit. Lyrically, Q-Tip is in top form as well. What stands out on “The Renaissance” is not so much...