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Expand and talk about it - for the same cause, why there are different fruits, and when the choice between fruits is selected, why "writing" becomes that priority. From the perspective of writing, our (author and operation) thought that since readers who had agreed to ask questions when was the first to introduce Major Lazer on WeChat public platform N years ago, we should talk about what the Major Lazer Soundsystem is, what is the difference, and why it always appears in posters, then we should be responsible for our commitment.
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from the perspective of not writing, that is, this topic has been delayed for too long, and it has lost its timeliness to some extent. Some readers already know what's going on in , while the other readers don't care why the suffix "Soundsystem" is suffix. But in the end, it is obvious that we still chose to "write" . Even if the traffic of may not necessarily be very high, there may not be many people who care about it. , but since it is buried, it must be filled in!
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"Four" into the theme. Everyone should be familiar with who is Major Lazer, right? Especially for fans who like new reggae dance music (general term, the content will be formally refined later), the new African dance music , and the combination of EDM and reggae/African/ethnic/world/race music, Major Lazer has its own characteristics, and this feature may not be limited to the scope of "electronic reggae".
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If you are not familiar with them, it doesn’t matter, you can search and read the historical news of "Electronic Music Information"; of course we will briefly introduce a few sentences - Major Lazer is a DJ/producer group composed of Diplo, Walshy Fire, and Ape Drums, while DJ/producer/songwriter and audio engineer Switch and Jillionaire are past members, and they continue to work in a solo manner after quitting the group.
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Major Lazer's music will EDM, ("EDM's") Electro House, ("EDM's") Progressive House, (EDM) Trap, Pure House and other electronic, dance music, Dancehall, Reggae, Ragga (Raggamuffin), Hip-Hop, Moombahton, Moombahcore, Reggae Fusion, Soca, Rocksteady and more reggae music sub-genres are combined.
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Whether in the recording studio or on the stage, the three members can perform their duties and control, control and play the functions of DJ, MC, producer, and multi-instrumental player. In terms of instrumentalists, they have also made their works appear as various World Music and Global Dance Music.
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Because Major Lazer is this kind of superstar group that integrates engineering, even if others imitate engineering, most music fans still prefer to pursue this representative trio, not to mention that their material package (sample package, Sample Pack) also has positive feedback that affects many imitators or fellow music styles.
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What is Major Lazer?The question now is, what is Major Lazer Soundsystem? Why do we always see Major Lazer Soundsystem in posters, social media, and new media performance copywriting?
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In many cases, it is not harmful to disassemble something from the literal direction, or in most cases the benefits outweigh the disadvantages; but in some cases, nouns cannot be analyzed literally, especially some abbreviated nouns, and may not necessarily be able to be expanded and interpreted literally. Major Lazer Soundsystem belongs to the former.
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Yes! The difference between Major Lazer and Major Lazer Soundsystem is just the Soundsystem with the suffix. What is Soundsystem? Soundsystem can also be written as Sound System, which is the mainstream/popular culture in Jamaican music and reggae music. To put it bluntly, this is a very popular form of performance! It can even be said that this is one of the DJ Set modes and forms.
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Sound System performances are usually composed of DJs, MCs and sound engineers, playing various reggae music. also swept the rock "circle" in the late last century. At that time, some rock bands adopted the street performance mode of Sound System. This also had a great influence on other Jamaican music, which later was not limited to reggae music.
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came earlier than hip-hop street performances! Sound System performance originated in the 1940s. DJs and MCs placed TVs, huge speakers, and old turntable record machines on trucks, and then started the street culture Sound System party heat wave. The Tom The Great Sebastian party founded by Chinese-American Jamaican Businessman Tom Wong is the first Sound System party to achieve great business achievements.
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Don’t miss a detail. The statement of DJ (Disc Jockey) was proposed in 1935, and it only began to become popular in 1940. Then these DJs and MCs brought it into the mainstream by building this party layout. For example, in the United States, Sound System performances also emerged, where DJs played blues and RB scenes; Later, with this cultural globalization, there were also Sound System activities of thousands and tens of thousands of people in Jamaica, making forward-looking profits through ticket sales and stalls.
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. So the later Sound System form is really not limited to reggae. folk and various folk dance music are also a wide range of mainstream benefits. Then there are also some combinations that add the Soundsystem suffix to their names. For example, the LCD Soundsystem of the United States in this century is a dance music punk, dance music rock, electronic rock, Electronic rock, Indie rock, Indie rock , art rock, art pop and alternative dance music, alternative rock band.
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, but unlike LCD Soundsystem, Major Lazer did not choose to directly use Major Lazer Soundsystem as their name! For Major Lazer, they only use the name Major Lazer Soundsystem for offline performances, as mentioned just now, such as posters and social media operation copywriting.
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so...Major Lazer Soundsystem actually means "Major Lazer's Soundsystem Set", Major Lazer's Soundsystem performance; If nothing unexpected happens, all Major Lazer performances will be called Major Lazer Soundsystem, , and when they release music, they still use the name of Major Lazer.
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Although in most cases, Major Lazer does not really lay the stage into the shape of Soundsystem (and explain it in turn, occasionally they will really put the stage into the shape of Soundsystem), for them, Major Lazer Soundsystem is the Major Lazer's Soundsystem Set as the name suggests, and the DJ Set of Reggae of Major Lazer. music, feeling and atmosphere are in place, and this performance artistic conception is available.
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