*One doesn't often see erudite pop-music critic Simon Reynolds waxing hilariously sarcastic.
http://blissout.blogspot.com/2010/04/blubstep-looking-at-april-17-malcolm.html
"This is the meme of the season, isn't it? I've lost count of the number of times I've read Ikonika say in interviews that her ambition is to make people cry on the dancefloor. And when Blake ("the new crown prince of electronic soul" according to NME) says "dance music has more to offer emotionally than just euphoria", he's chiming in with similar statements like one I came across the other day ("dancing is overrated. It takes more thought and effort to move people's emotions than it does their bodies on the dancefloor").
"What I'm wondering though is, what kind of MC-ing would go with this new approach to nuum-not-nuum DJing?
This one going out to the long face massive
And we're feeling absolutely glum and pensive in the place tonight (((this is the fourth time that reading this line has cracked me up)))
Big up ya chess
Get depress
Pull out yer hankie in the air
Biggin up the sniffles crew
The Kleenex crew
Wipe it on your sleeve crew
Get mizzy crew
The boo hoo crew
You know the coo
Absolutely rollin
Tears down your face
X-Amount of Snot
Boo hoo selecta! Reeeeeeeegret, weep and come again
(continues)
((((More: Sara Abdel-Hamid, also known as Ikonika. Born in London to Egyptian and Filipino parents. http://twitter.com/ikonika )))
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