Does Deep House Belong on the Dancefloor???

Out of all the various house, techno, dnb, breakbeat sets that I have seen in the past several months at clubs, weeklies, parties, etc... the set that got me dancing the most was Danny Howells, and NO he wasn't spinning techno that night. Deep prog. house all the way baybee. I rarely dance, only when the music REALLY is calling to me, but myself and everyone else in the club was dancing nonstop all night. With alot of other sets, theres more standing around and head-nodding going on.
Excuse me if I've grown up a little and realized that hopping up and down as fast as I can to the music, stomping my feet on the dancefloor, is not only a rather unattractive dance style, but fucks with your ankles and knees hardcore (you'll see... in a few years you'll see...). I'm not saying one style of music is better than another (unlike you), I love most genres of music, electronic and otherwise. I'm just saying that YES deep house absolutely belongs on the dancefloor, without a question. Sure you can hop around "like a chipmunk on crack" as someone said... but its so much more fun to groove. :)
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I dunno a lot of its preference. But to be honest, for having been partying and dancing for a decent amount of years now, I actually find myself being drawn towards the deeper stuff. (I mean mind you there's quality and crap with every genre). I find I really get down to the groovy / deep shit. I don't just bop my head and talk. I think it depends on the club and the people too, not always the music. I find dancing to something deeper i can dance longer.
Depends on mood really... set placement, execution sure. But i highly doubt its just the music totally to blame for what you see, im sure it has a lot to do with those other variables as well (setting, people, dj, etc.).
When i first started partying i liked the happier stuff, then the harder stuff. But by now i see the wisdom in slow and deep music as well. It all has a purpose and scene. I like it all, but at this point in my life, partying sober most all of the time, i have really come to appreciate the mellow/deeper/groovier shit for sure.
I liked the "trance" that began to form from around '93 until about '95-96. Although that was all a bunch more progressive and house sounding then what you hear "trance" to be now any ways. Ive grown much more of an appreciation for house. I think it just depends on your mood, the atmosphere, etc.
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I dont really like house, but i recently went to a live Tiesto set, and he ran like 3 hours of electro house, and it was the most amazing thing ive heard. It pumped me up like nothing could. Mr. Tiesto had something to do with it to......but since then, Ive given house a chance.
 
Here is my input.
I spin more then one genre of music. I spin disco/funky/techy faster stuff and I also spin deep house. I have an appreciation for both types. I think calling one a piece of crap is completely wrong but I guess each person is entitled to their opinion. For instance my opinion on Progressive is that its ok in the car but I hate hearing it on the dance floor.
Now as for Deep house being on the dance floor I think of it as very atmospheric music. I love going to day parties and dancing to it but get me in a party at night and I'm usually not in the mood. I do understand the movement and how deep house tracks can fill someone up with as much energy as a faster track, because this happens to me all the time.
I basically agree with previous statements that you just have to know when to place it and judge what the crowd is in the mood for.
 
I have more fun dancing to thick deep/deep progsve house than pumping progsve house. It's puts a bigger smile on my face when dancing to it, it's like I've got an extra degree of freedom to work with.
 
If you jump on the trance, hardcore or hard house trains, in the end you will be pulled towards one of the following final destinations: Quality House, Warp Records or Detroit Techno. Its inevitable.
You can only chug along for so long before you want something deeper, weirder or funkier.
You'll see the station now far off in the distance and you'll think its old slow and boring, once you get there you'll appreciate it. Normally after gaining an intolerance to amphetamines, tolerance of mdma and a significant other demanding something they can actually dance to.
Jason
 
I used to think deep house was the most boring shit on earth.
Now I'm sick to death of the Tiesto's and Armin Van Burren's of the world. I hope to see more of guys like Gabriel Rene, Miguel Migs etc.
So yes it does belong on dancefloors, just for different people.
 
What type of music do you consider North Atlantic - Lights out (lemon 8 remix)
That is one of the best grooves i've ever heard. And i think that grooves are the best. I really don't like hard high bpm stuff.
If anyone else has heard of this track, can you recommend some others that are similar?
 
Hi, just came into this thread, haven't read the whole thing yet (3 pages!) but I feel like posting already...
When you guys are saying "Deep" House, you are mostly thingking along the lines of the US styles, but what about French stuff like Motobass and Etienne DE Crecy -- Yellow Records, that kind of thing -- most of it is very deep but still has that bang to it that I think a skillful DJ can make work even at 5am (peaktime where I'm at!).
I got into DJing through drum and bass and hard house clubbing, but I guess I too am getting more into dancefloors where the music isn't non-stop hardness all night, but if the vibe is right and the system is big enough, I think you'll just dance becasue you want to!
 
I vividly remember dancing my ass off and seeing many, many others doing the same to Slater Hogans early morning deep house sets - back when parties were still "legal" in Indy. Also, first Saturday of every month @ Eden in there are hundreds of Deep Heads gettin down to some of the finest deep house DJ's/ producers in world! Does it "belong" on the dancefloor? FUCK YEAH!!!
 
Originally posted by bdreligrrl:

Excuse me if I've grown up a little and realized that hopping up and down as fast as I can to the music, stomping my feet on the dancefloor, is not only a rather unattractive dance style, but fucks with your ankles and knees hardcore (you'll see... in a few years you'll see...).
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Alot of you guys seem to live in extremes... on the one end there's deep house... and the other end it's "140BPMs" or "hopping up and down as fast as I can"...
Hello...?
There's that nice mid-range 127BBPM-130 that is perfectly fine... and if THAT is too fast, then you ARE too old...
My point, and it could be simply a geographical situation, is that dancefloors across Clubland USA (maybe just Clubland Midwest) seem to be delving into the prog/deep realms. And the energy levels on said nights are noticeably dif't than when someone comes in there and throws some techno up in there.
So, maybe the issue isn't the music -- rather, the Djs playing the music.
Someone mentioned Slater. Slater Hogan is a good example b-c he WILL throw a tekno track in there like some quirky DBX record or a Hyperactive MISSILE beat track or SPASTIK. Guess what? Those aren't deep house tracks. And those tracks, when he delves into something harder, ALWAYS jack the crowd. And that's the point of the Dj... to take it to the next level.
Maybe every deep house and prog DJ should be required to buy at least 1 jackin' house track and 1 tekkie track each time they buy more than 5 records. :-)
-physix
 
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there would be no light without dark, no good without evil, and no intense peaks or "higher level" rush without building progressions. a good set, no matter what genre the DJ is spinning, should take the listener on a journey of highs and lows, joy and pain, searching and revelation. if this makes no sense to you and you think the entire party should be one big peakin' orgy, then i pity you for you have not experienced the enlightenment music can bring.
and whoever says doc martin does not belong on the dancefloor has never experienced a sunrise in the SoCal mountains with 25,000 people dancing in unity to his music!
 
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