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SITE OF THE DAY mtmjrmrzx zzm mmmmm http://www.raadonna.f arte lub, com / ; JOHN LYONS Features Editor Hey all you rock dogs out there, get that old AC/DC album out of your tape deck and start dancing. XT- T>__ x x _ 11 1_ _ x xl. i>o, i m not taiKing aooui me houae music they play in all the clubs, and I'm not talking about disco. Fm talking about a, new wave of electronic dance music, and if you want to be on the cutting edge of this new scene, you need to check out the Wednesday Night Shag on WUSC-FM 90.5. The show, which airs Wednesdays from 10 p.m. to midnight, features a variety of styles of dance music. The show's two hosts, the Illbient Kid and DJ Skippy, focus on underground dance music that has not been accessible for American listeners. "Our show is a homogeneous cornucopia of drum'n'bass, jungle, trip hop, illbient and dub," the Illbient Kid said. Contused? Don't worry, it should become clear as you read on. "We focus on anything that has good beats and an interesting style," he explained. "Basically, you can swing your butt left and right to what we're playing." But the show features more than music to dance to. It focuses on cutting-edge styles of dance music that, despite their popularity in other countries, have not been appreciated in America. The American dance music scene created many styles of dance like breakbeat and hip hop, but it really embraced house music," the Illbient Kid said "And so our show is basically bringing a progressive, alternative flava' to a more traditional house dance scene." If you took the test today, how would you score? Come find out. Call today to reserve your seat! Sat, Feb. 8,9 am Gambrell Halt Tickets $5.AII proceeds to Golden Key.Seating limited! 1 -800-KAP-TEST www.kapian.com 'COURSE NA^S are registered trademarks of their respective owners Buy A ^ For Your S Co st: $3.0 On Sale Feb. b and Feb. 7,10, Office or CaR L?? El The F D 1 W E DJ Skippy added that while house has been the most successful dance scene in America, it is not very diverse compared to the house scenes ir other countries like England. "My personal opinion," she said "Is that very few Americans, oi Americans in the South, have beer exposed to a variety of house music But that's not the case in England The difference is that the FngHsV culture is based on club life. Whatever type of music, it's all remixed to be played in a club, whereas Americar culture is based on rock'n'roll anc beer." And the Wednesday Night Sha^ tries to rise above this American cull of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll. To do this, they play cutting-edge music by artists like DJ Food, Funk) Porcini, Goldie, Howie B., Meat Beal Manifesto, Alex Reece and manj others. Never heard of these artists? Don'1 worry, most people haven't. And the styles of music they plaj are also relatively unknown ir America. When was the last time you were VALENTINE'S' mm LARGE METAL 14D?" (L0205, L2823, L2846, L2821) mm > ROUND METAL (SELECTED GREAT COLORS!) W CATS 1000 (SELECTED GREAT COLORS!) Val-o-grar ? ~ yfk t% choice ot 0 Hershey's Val tin >- 6 in front of th &11 in the Resk 777-8188 to pla Sponsored by ti * rc. ON MONDAY The Faculty Ar 171 mjl m D 1 E S q * at your favorite dance club and they followed up you're favorite house remix of Barry Manilow's "Oh, Mandy" with some trip hop? How about drum'n'bass, dub, illbient or jungle? Well, if your answer is 'no' it's 1 not a surprise. However, these styles of music are slowly catching on in America the way they have in other countries, and it may not be long 1 before all the kids down in Five Points are dancing to a whole new groove. So, lefs start from the beginning. Drum'n'bass started in the mid80s and developed into two branches. J The slower of the two evolved some but is still called drum'n'bass, and it features slower, groove-like beats ? and ambient overtones. This style ^ of music has exploded in England to the point where it has overcome house music. Around 1991, artists like Goldie and L.T.J. Bukem started adding 7 fester, random beats to drum'n'bass at a club called Speed. As this sound developed into if s own genre it was called jungle because of the wild, uncontrolled qualities it possessed. Electronic dub,on the other hand, developed in an effort to fill space on records. Dub is a style of reggae | Bxjsct) t tomb 50% OFF SELECTED SUNGLASS STYLES EXPIRES 2*30*97 MlfifiMTIK f IIE IVVwHIKV Mil RETAIL $105.20 $52.60 $161.60 $80.80 $97.40 $48.70 oday! us include: i 11 '; Mimiwn Valentine Bag ' : ' ; r e Russell House ience Education ice orders. le Residence Hall Association t Exhibit at McKissick Museu ,yNI music that was incorporated into the music to make B-sides that would give an even amount of space on both sides of a record, and these mixes became so popular that electronic dub developed into its own genre. And then there is trip hop. This genre is by far the most confusing because it seems like everyone has a different opinion about what trip hop is. And on top of this, very few artists have accepted being classified as > trip hop artists. (| Possihlvthe n a j_ . ^ - -- - uur siiuw is i most apt description cornucopia c of trip hop comes jungle, trip h from a description 4 of DJ Shadow's music as "urban classic music." Wbie However, DJ DJoftheWedn Shadow has spent Show on W much of his interview time ^ insisting that his music is just hip hop. The Illbient Kid said that he considers trip hop to be rooted in hip hop and urban culture. "Trip hop is hip hop music with no rapping and lots of experimenting done to it," he said. The genre started with people playing b-sides to rap music. There's an urban vibe to all music of this type," he said. "People back on the farm just don't get into it. There is a sense of claustrophobia and desperation that's so apparent in metropolitan life today." 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And you have artists that are becoming mainstream like Tricky, Prodigy and Future Sounds of London." College radio has already embraced electronic music to a certain extent Artists like DJ Krush, DJ Shadow, Nightmares on Wax, the Orbital and Underworld all experienced success on college radio reporting charts, and compilations like "Logical Progression" and the Trainspotting soundtrack were also well received. DJ Skippy said this college radio support for electronic music through !y Valei hance to wish your loved one a Hap a very special offer for you. Buy a Va : for $5 and get a FREE four-line cla: Step 1: pick one of our two Valentine 1 Happy Valenti H To: From: Your special two sL will be placed he Valentine's Day \ 1 ifj il two-line message ed here. Step 2: nessage to that special person. T1 typed and placed into your card 7ft-y&u 14 q(m&4I~ 04 eo4y 04 lovinft '8>u lon&y humy! Step 3: message to Student Media Adver of Russell House (accessible by t rocess your card order and your cl re information, cal 77 44 [Decaying is] not as easy as people think. It is as difficult, but different, as playing the guitar. Dlbient Kid DJ of the Wednesday Night Shag Show on WUSGFM 90.5 VV shows like the Wednesday Night Shag is probably just the beginning. "Look at the 'rave kids,'" she said. They're the next to be in college. A lot AHG people are going to be interested in deejaying. And that means more than just playing music. That's mixing and experimenting, because it is an art form. "It's not as easy as people think. It is as difficult, but different, as playing the guitar. And to shut out electronic music because you I like rock'n'roll is I kinda close-minded" And what it all boils down to is very simple. Beyond terms like drum'n'bass and jungle, the experimentation and meaning of the music takes it to another level. This is music to dance to, but it can also be more than that. "Ifs like groove music," DJ Skippy said If s gotta good bpm (beats per minute), and you can dance to it. But it's not limited to that. This is that can provide a backdrop. "You can listen to it while you drive your car or while your walking down the street. This is music you can dance to or listen to while you're doing homework." So if you've got homework to do, or you just want to shake your butt from left to right, check out the alternative dance music on the Wednesday Night Shag on WUSC. itine! ipy Valentine's Day! lentine card to be printed in Feb. ssified ad. Here's how it works... "Cards." ine's Day 14ine message re. ^ 1 le message will be iffci get I ? fho nnirtf. VI IV rising Department he elevators and lassified ad. 7-1184 10it (Samecock J ififPB I H ^ I I mJmmmaUmmM