Re: electronica double standard?

[breakz@hom.net (David Ferguson)]

what in the hell is electronica-is it pop but not heavily guitar based?
I know the term popped up around the time Chemical bros last lp was 
released.
I have been in to Jungle, Drum and Bass, Techno, acid house, detroit 
electro,
goa, for several years and people were into it far before me and guess what
 people who listen to this kind of music have heard the hell out of
Funky drummer and Amen as well as many other highly abused patterns
these do recieve heavy criticism
 Does anyone think electronica is just a silly marketing ploy

daniel

>Interesting... You might make the same observation about any number of
>non-electronica bands that play essentially recycled or nostalgic music
>(Porcupine Tree, for example.)  It's kosher in music criticism to knock
>bands that sound too much like older bands, but
>electronica/sampling/remixing is seemingly exempt from that criticism?.  I
>don't think I understand why that is.  Anyone?