It’s about time Toronto had a movement. We’ve got so much talent that gets overlooked globally. I believe it can be done considering the scene. I can only hope.

i see what your saying. kinda like drum n bass and the amen. but drum n bass has more definable qualities than that break i would say. so if this new genre is just house music with some bongos i dont think its really anything new. and the fact that someone is chopping apache just isnt that interesting to me. is the fact that he chopped apache more interesting than someone who played the bongos or chopped it from a noname record? i think that regional styles are mostly going by the wayside in every form of art. i think the only purpose for making up some subgenre for your cities sound is marketing, like “no man, he doesnt make house he makes Teedot, its like house but it has bongos and is blowing up the clubs!” -> next conversation ” yea house was big last year but this year is all about Teedot.”
actually maybe we should do that…
i guess genres are just stupid anyways
there shoudl only be 3 genres: listening music, dance music, and fightn music

Hey Doug,

You pretty much summed it up in a nutshell. I just didn’t realize it sounded so douchey until you put it into context. I was fascinated by the fact that Baltimore got put into the dance music history books by mass producing house music that sampled the same three drum breaks over and over. To me it sounded so simple and I couldn’t quite understand it’s mass appeal. Jungle and the amen was a movement that I really understood, but when B-more became so popular I was like “shit, Toronto could do the same thing.” I chose The Incredible Bongo Band because well, I love that fuckin’ album and there is something about that “Apache” break that makes people, including me, lose their shit on the dance floor. As Douchey as you made it sound, I still don’t think it’s a pretty good idea. Toronto needs a movement. Something that doesn’t get lumped in with sounds coming out of Paris, Brooklyn, Montreal, London, Miami or Detroit. Right now it seems that there are enough fantastic producers in this city capable of creating great dance tracks of all different styles and genres, but there is nothing coming out of this city that is different enough to be considered the Toronto “Sound.” Suggesting the proliferation of a drum break, much like B-More did with “Funky Drummer”, and “Think”, seems like the most logical way to do it.

Thanks for discussing this with me. You’ve helped me realize exactly why I wrote this article in the first place. I just hope, if my suggestion is taken seriously, it won’t ruin the “Apache” break for me. I’m sure it won’t because I still love to listen to “Funky Drummer” and “Think” even though I’m not really a fan of B-More.

P.S. I know you were quoting some film or something but, may I suggest adding Loving music and Fucking music to your list of genres.

Peace

Splattah

Good call. I couldn’t agree with you more. So, I’ve decided that I’m buying a sampler and I’m gonna’ start sampling Incredible Bongo Band as much as possible and create some dance moves to go along with it. I’m also going to invent a new type of visual art that compliments the album and start dressing in a style that compliments all of the above. That way I can start my own movement and culture and call it Splattermonkey. I can also be proud of it because it’s mine.
Then I will later grow to detest it when everyone starts getting into it and the corporations realize that it is profitable and the media distorts it and makes it seem like it was all about the money when, really, it was all about the Bongo Band!
Seriously.

BTW I’ve always associated Chicago with Blues culture. Big City Blues as opposed to Blues Country which I associate with the Mississippi Delta and Gay culture with San Francisco. Although Toronto is slowly becoming more gay than Frisco which I am very proud of even though I’m not gay. I guess that makes me shallow. Either that or a closet homosexual.