Go-go: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 03:25, 3 March 2025

Revision as of 20:04, 9 March 2025

Line 142:

Additionally, musicians from other genres of music have incorporated elements of the go-go aesthetic into their compositions and stage acts. Jazz/rock musician [[Mike Dillon (musician)|Mike Dillon]], leads a band called Go-Go Jungle, often playing long, non-stop sets that incorporate go-go beats and raps interspersed with other subgenres of funk, jazz, and rock. Another example is [[Bob Mintzer]]'s composition "Go-Go" from the [[Yellowjackets (band)|Yellowjackets]]' 2003 release, ''Time Squared''. Composer [[Liza Figueroa Kravinsky]] composed the ''Go-Go Symphony'', an original full orchestra symphony that incorporates the go-go and bounce beats. She founded the identically named Go-Go Symphony ensemble, which performs the Go-Go Symphony and other mashups of go-go and classical, sometimes in partnership with other full symphony orchestras. The February 21, 2014, world premiere of the fully orchestrated Go-Go Symphony and similar pieces, performed with the Capital City Symphony, received standing ovations and rave reviews.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/go-go-symphony-at-atlas-performing-arts-center-is-well-worth-a-listen/2014/02/23/b07d847c-9c9a-11e3-8112-52fdf646027b_story.html|title='Go-Go Symphony,' at Atlas Performing Arts Center, is well worth a listen|first=Stephen|last=Brookes|date=February 23, 2014|access-date=February 25, 2021|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|archive-date=February 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220222543/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/go-go-symphony-at-atlas-performing-arts-center-is-well-worth-a-listen/2014/02/23/b07d847c-9c9a-11e3-8112-52fdf646027b_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Gogo had also began evolving with the times. The creation of a new rhythmic pattern emerged from the Total Control Band aka TCB. Led by Polo, they coined this new style of gogo by calling it the Bounce Beat. This style uses the timbales and more syncopated bouncy rhythms instead of the traditional congos and “swing” that gogo was known for. The Bounce beat reigned supreme with the younger fans of gogo from 2003 to present day.

Eventually the Bounce Beat started to slow down in tempo and some bands would create even slower vamps in songs called Slow Bounces. All of these new rhythmic ideas inspired dances to accompany them. The faster bounce beat was paired with a style called Beat Ya Feet while the slower would be paired with Chopping, and/or Clapping as a common practice by women. This era of gogo is infamous and very niche so the popular bands aren’t spoken about in traditional gogo conversations. A few names of these bands are TCB, CCB, UCB, TOB, Reaction, New Impressionz, ABM, XIB, AAO, Renegade, N2L, Gameova and UEB.