HOUSE
House
culture is not really a culture that you can witness on the streets. The house
fans are not really a group with a political statement or different lifestyle
except for the fact that they go to parties often. At these parties, the music
is of course the main event. House music is composed and processed in studios.
Mostly by only one artist. At the parties there is no live music as opposed to
the rock parties. On a house party there is one DJ that plays all the music,
mostly only about one to two minutes of every track. Of course there is drug
and drink use on these parties but it’s not mandatory. People decide for
themselves and the drugs are never the main subject of the party.
Mostly the
people who go to these festivals and parties to house are young people who
often like to dress scarcely. Not really a definition for a fashion style but
it is really the only thing all their clothes have in common.
House has
evolved through the years and became more and more expanded. The music became
more full, gained more quality and the separate tracks became more and more
different from each other. Now the quality is pretty much comparable to real
life instruments.
The DJ uses
a turntable for the playing of the music. This is a deck with two to six CD
players or record players and one mixer in the middle to arrange which of the
players are actually producing sound and are being heard by the audience.
Nowadays they also often have effects like reverbs and loops on them and the
DJ’s now have the possibility to use different parts from different songs to
create one ongoing beat.
House has
really influenced parties nowadays, the lights, large speakers and dj
turntables are all very much improved or introduced to the public by the house
scene.
The main
reason house is so successful in The Netherlands is because the biggest DJ’s in
the world originate from there. Therefore it’s cheap to go to one of their
parties as they won’t have to be flown to the party and more people can get
access to these great artists.
BALKAN
Balkan
music originates from the southern Europe formally known as Balkan. Slovenia
isn’t listed as Balkan countries, but there is seen a large influence of Balkan
in Slovenian culture. There are many people that listen to Balkan music and as
a result they dress, act and live their lives under the influence of Balkan.
They are known for their aggression and for speaking their mind out loud. But
that isn’t always the situation there are a lot of people that love Balkan and
they aren’t so influenced by it. In the end we Slovenian people could be
recognised as Balkan people not by geographic and religious reasons but by the
youth culture.
