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| Ghettotech | |
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| Stylistic origins | |
| Cultural origins | Early–mid-1990s,Detroit andChicago, United States |
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Ghettotech (also known asDetroit club) is a genre ofelectronic music originating fromDetroit. It combines elements of Chicago'sghetto house withelectro,Detroit techno, andMiami bass.[1]
Former Detroit music journalist for theDetroit Metro Times, Hobey Echlin describes ghettotech as a genre that combines "techno's fast beats with rap's call-and-response."[2] It featuresfour-on-the-floor rhythms and is usually faster than most other dance music genres, at roughly 145 to 160 BPM. Vocals are often repetitive, crude, andpornographic. As DJ Godfather puts it, "the beats are really gritty, really raw, nothing polished."[3]
Ghettotech was born as a DJing style in the late 1980s, inspired by the eclecticism ofThe Electrifying Mojo and the fast-paced mixing and turntablism ofJeff "The Wizard" Mills. DJs would mix multiple genres includingjungle,ghetto house,hip hop,R&B,electro andDetroit techno.[4][3] The music of2 Live Crew is also cited as influential to the genre.[4]
A Detroit ghettotech style of dancing is called the jit. This dance style relies heavily on fast footwork combinations, drops, spins and improvisations. The roots of jit date back to Detroitjitterbugs in the 1970s.[5] Chicago's equivalent dance style is Juke, where the focus is on footwork dating back to the late 1980s.[3][6]
Ghettotech was an integral part of theDetroit Electronic Music Festival, an annual event. At this festival, Ghettotech serves to be between the techno and hip-hop scenes respectively and allow this younger audience into a side of electronic music not previously capable. This introduction of techno in a conventionally hip-hop centered festival allowed for otherwise unseen experiences for the festival-goers and allowed for more diverse experiences[7]and an in to a different branch of music entirely. As a genre, Ghettotech also proves to show the ability of genres to be ever-changing and the impact that location[8] can make on a genre as a whole as also seen throughSwing,Ragtime, and countless others that thrived on regional popularity.
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