so, i recently moved to a new apartment with two people i did not previously know. they're great, but one of my new roommates constantly and almost exclusively listens to house music- something i have not ever been inclined to explore and/or enjoy.

i suppose i can appreciate the appeal of going to see DJs and hearing this genre live and in the moment, but i really just don't understand why one would be compelled to listen to it on CD. i'm not annoyed as much as i am perplexed. it just seems so... repetitive- the same beats and sounds over and over. am i missing something? maybe he just listens to particularly bad artists and i wouldn't know? forgive me for the inherent ignorance of these questions, i'm very curious and hoping some of you could shed some light on the matter.

What like Orbital, Kaito kind of stuff? IDM? Basement Jaxx?

oh dear god i don't know- it sounds like a beat machine, like backing track for a jennifer lopez remix. and earlier there was a guy who like, spoke.

well 'House/Techno/ whatever' is almost as broad as saying 'rock' but that sounds like some crap Gatecrasher type shit, so you're probably right - he listens to bad artists. Any of the artists i posted (IDM is a genre) are good though.

Moby is a faggot.

i've heard the best of the best and can't fathom listening to it more than once or twice a month.

Find out who he's playing.

yeah find out what he's playing then namedrop something much cooler

no one should be forced to hear thump thump thump thump.

i lived with a house dj for a few months in chapel hill, and while i didn't really like the music i liked that HE liked it, and his friends were really cool.

In any particular musical genre everything sounds the same until you really listen to it.


That being said, a lot of generic house/techno is extremely repetitive.

exactly, that's why it's a genre


yeah but that doesn't mean you should ignore the good stuff. I mean there's a shit ton of generic indie (death cab, modest mouse et al) but that doesn't mean i don't still listen to the good stuff. Hip hop too, anything really has artists who are generic.

i asked him what genre he usually listens to, and he said house. i asked for specific names and he happened to be listening to a compilation with a bunch of different DJs, soo... i'm sure there is some really good stuff out there that i would probably like, but he's cool guy with otherwise good taste, and i guess i just can't see how the thump thump thump is enjoyable to anyone. at any rate, i don't really have a point anymore, so to each his own i suppose.

now how do i get him to start blasting music that i like...

just go wrap your hands around a couple of glow sticks and party proper

thats really what i meant

For me, techno is synonymous with a certain type of drug and once you've crossed that line, so they tell me, things make a lot more sense.

Cocaine? Ecstacy?

Which drug, really?

Crack? Acid? Shrooms?

House music all night long.

i won't lie
this is very true.

i went through a year or two romance with both trance, deep house and a certain drug.

never have done (and probably never will) e in congruance with house/techno/trance so maybe i'll just never get it.