Shuffle History

The Melbourne shuffle is a style of dance. The Melbourne shuffle originated in the late 1980s in the Melbourne underground scene. The basic movements in the dance are a fast heel-and-toe action with a style suitable for various types of electronic music. Some variants incorporate arm movements.

Known as "shuffling" to the Melbourne locals, the name "Melbourne shuffle" has been derived from overseas DJs, party goers, visitors and the media trying to describe this phenomenon. The Age referred to it as looking like "a cross between the chicken dance and a foot stomping robot" to the untrained eye^[1], but locals have simply called it the "shuffle" since 1992.

Some dancers sprinkle talcum powder or apply liquid to the floor beneath their feet, or put duct tape on the base of their shoes to help them glide more easily, some including 360 degree spins or jumps into their moves.

The Melbourne shuffle dance style has remained relatively underground since its birth in the late 80s and early 90s. The term "Melbourne shuffle" was recorded in the media when Sonic Animation's Rupert Keiller was interviewed by rage, an all night Australian music TV show^[5]. The interviewer asked Rupert what his unique style of dance was and the reply was "the Melbourne Shuffle". In December 2002 The Age, an Australian newspaper, made mention of the term in a front page article^[1], attempting to illustrate what the popular Melbourne Shuffle was for the first time to the mainstream public.

The shuffle has spread to Malaysia and in Brunei and there have been "Shuffle Competitions" and "Shuffle Meet ups" held in Malaysia and Brunei. ^[6]

Shufflers have taken their art form and self-expressive dance style overseas and are a regular sight to be seen at rave parties in the UK, Germany, Malaysia and also Thailand, where shufflers can be seen shuffling on the beaches of Koh P hang Ngan during the Full Moon Beach Party. The internet has also been a factor in spreading knowledge and interest in the shuffle.

A documentary on the topic entitled Melbourne Shuffler^[7] was in production during 2004-2005 and was recently released in late 2005 on DVD. Another huge contributor to the fame and popularity of the Melbourne Shuffle is Youtube. Every shuffler and shuffle crew found themselves able to support the Melbourne Shuffle and show off their own style and moves, these videos captured everyone's attention.

On 6 September 2008 Network 10 had started filming footage at the Hard Style Dance (HSD).^[8] Nightclub for an upcoming Documentry on the Melbourne Shuffle, although no other news has surfaced after the filming of the footage.

In November 2008, "So You Think You Can Shuffle" ^[9], an Australian YouTube-based video voting competition website was launched, where Shufflers from around the country can showcase their dance skills, comment, and vote on other videos.

Hardstyle Shuffle from Malaysia


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Hardstyle Republic Vs Melbourne Shuffle


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Electronics

Electronics is a branch of science and technology that deals with the flow of electrons through nonmetallic conductors, mainly semiconductors such as silicon. It is distinct from electrical science and technology, which deal with the flow of electrons and other charge carriers through metal conductors such as copper. This distinction started around 1906 with the invention by Lee De Forest of the triode. Until 1950 this field was called "radio technology" because its principal application was the design and theory of radio transmitters, receivers and vacuum tubes.

The study of semiconductor devices and related technology is considered a branch of physics, whereas the design and construction of electronic circuits to solve practical problems come under electronics engineering. This article focuses on engineering aspects of electronics.

Mixed Signal circuits

It is rare you will find a purely digital or analog circuit in our time. Even FM radios are reduced to integrated circuits that contain both analog and digital elements, and though personal computers are almost entirely digital, certain ways computers communicate with the outside world such as the D-SUB video port use analog. Many of the circuit elements previously mentioned are actually mixed signal devices and employ Analog-to-digital and/or Digital-to-analog conversion. These methods allow circuits to create binary (digital) numbers associated with analog values with varying resolution and approximate analog signals from digital numbers respectively. The Microcontroller is an example of a Mixed-signal integrated circuit which employs both analog and digital techniques. While the computing core is digital, the microcontroller can also deal with analog values by using analog-to-digital converters. Digital cameras are another example as the CCD (Charge Coupled Device) sensor used in most cameras are not digital, but rather analog. The digital portion of the camera is responsible for control, human interface and digital signal processing among other things.

source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronics

What is techno??

Techno is a form of electronic dance music (EDM)^[1] that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, USA during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988.^[2][3] Many styles of techno now exist, but Detroit techno is seen as the foundation upon which a number of subgenres have been built.^[4]

The initial take on techno arose from the melding of Eurocentric synthesizer-based music with various African American styles such as Chicago house, funk, electro, and electric jazz. Added to this was the influence of futuristic and fictional themes ^[5] that were relevant to life in American late capitalist society: most particularly the book The Third Wave by Alvin Toffler.^{[6] [7]}Pioneering producer Juan Atkins cites Toffler's phrase "techno rebels" as inspiring him to use the word techno to describe the musical style he helped to create. This unique blend of influences aligns techno with the aesthetic referred to as afrofuturism. To producers such as Derrick May, the transference of spirit from the body to the machine is often a central preoccupation; essentially an expression of technological spirituality.^[8][9] In this manner: "techno dance music defeats what Adorno saw as the alienating effect of mechanisation on the modern consciousness".^[10]

Music journalists and fans of techno are generally selective in their use of the term; so a clear distinction can be made between sometimes related but often qualitatively different styles, such as tech house and trance. "Techno" is also commonly confused with generalized descriptors, such as electronic music and dance music.^[11][12][13]

Detroit sound

George Clinton: Computer Games (1982)

In merging a European synth-pop aesthetic with the sensibilities of soul, funk, disco, and electro, the early producers pushed electronic dance music into uncharted terrain.^[18][19] The initial pioneers of the emerging genre melded the beat-centric styles of their Motown predecessors with the music technology of the time to create characteristically soulful grooves.^[20] The resulting Detroit sound exerted an influence on widely differing styles of electronic music, but also maintained an identity as a genre in its own right, one now commonly referred to as "Detroit techno." Derrick May famously described the sound of techno as something that is "…like Detroit… a complete mistake, it's like George Clinton and Kraftwerk are stuck in an elevator with only a sequencer to keep them company."^[21]

Minimal techno

Main article: Minimal techno

^references

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techno

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