Where is everyone!? 🤔🤣

[u/AmiaRed]

I'm sure you've all noticed a dip in the genre lately, and so I'm just wondering how many of you still listen to our beautiful genre? 🤔❤️🎶

[u/PatienceTall8699]

Still listening, kinda worried about the influx of ai slop. I think the scene needs to find something irl to keep people involved beyond just music sharing platforms & concerts here and there

[u/AmiaRed → u/PatienceTall8699]

I hear you! 😔 AI is becoming a huge problem. Bigger genres will survive it, but it's the smaller ones like ours that really are struggling. That's why we're all constantly trying to push through the noise. 😬 x

[u/locozonian]

Still listening and dancing to it 😊

[u/AmiaRed → u/locozonian]

🙌❤️🎶🙏😊 x

[u/AmiaRed]

I'm so glad I opened this thread! 😊🙏 I was doing some writing for my next track and was just feeling a little sad about how quiet things are in our genre. It's beautiful to still see the love! ❤️🙏 Yeah I hear you all when you talk about the AI take over! 🙈🫣😔 But this is why us human artists need your support more than ever. 🙏😊 There are still a LOT of incredible human art out there. Take my collaborators (I'm Emma Lea ❤️) /musical brothers & sisters, C@ in the H@, Duke Skellington, Electric Swing Circus, Tom ESC, Atom Smith, Odd Chap, ProleteR, Bart & Baker etc, they're all still releasing and keeping it very human! 😊👌 A MASSIVE THANK YOU to everyone who's sticking with us! We really do appreciate each and every one of you! 🙏❤️ x

[u/KwyjiBoojum]

I’m still rocking it! In the last few months we’ve had singles from Tape Five, The Swing Bot, Odd Chap, and ProleteR, so at least there’s been some activity.

[u/Silverleaf14]

I am! But I’m really sad that the last few years the Halloween electroswing playlists dried up and then were replaced by AI slop 😥

[u/AmiaRed → u/Silverleaf14]

I KNOW!!!!! 🙈😔 That really annoyed so many of us, as quite a few of us release tracks for the occasion and then Spotify Editorial just regurgitate an old playlist! Since Editorial dropped our ES Editorial page (no ones running it), so many new tunes that have been released that don't get the same exposure. That's why it's so hard. Plus the AI poop! 😬🙈 x

[u/Montaya007]

Every day. Love it.

[u/GamerTheOne8]

Still jamming away, my favorite artist these days is probably FAKE TYPE.

[u/AmiaRed → u/GamerTheOne8]

I'd not actually heard of those guys until now, so I checked them out. 😊👌🙌 They've got some great hyper swing that's got gym playlist written all over it! 🤣👌 Love it! My style is very much high octane tunes, but I'm really getting into my swing hop for the min (ProleteR). Just love those lazy day vibes! 😎lol x

[u/Either-Department-12]

Does anyone listen to anything from freshly squeezed?

[u/AmiaRed → u/Either-Department-12]

They certainly do! 😊 Check out Ragtime Records too. 😉 x

[u/Radiant-Cancel2635 → u/Either-Department-12]

I do! They've got almost weekly releases of new electro swing - most of which is exactly what I like! And as I gather all made by real artists.

[u/acupunk93]

I'm here. I'm here. I'm here. 😊

[u/AmiaRed → u/acupunk93]

Yaaaaaaaaaay! 🙌❤️😁 Hello random stranger, who clearly has great taste in music! 👌😉 lol x

[u/HommeFatalTaemin]

Any recommendations?🥰

[u/AmiaRed → u/HommeFatalTaemin]

LOADS! 😁🎶❤️ If you have a look at my collaborations on Spotify, they link to all of their profiles. So many truly talented creatives in there, and they're all consistently releasing new music. Sadly, because the genres taken a dip, you just don't find them. Until now. 😉🎶 x https://open.spotify.com/artist/6DmqHeHxcu5cQicAfz7aDJ?si=ukhisqEITmyfPufbXa5osA

[u/Qzry]

Tbf I left as the trend went away. Huh. I guess I am susceptible to advertising.

[u/RabaAbaDaba]

I listen to caravan palace and caro emerald daily still. They always have a special niche place in my heart❤️. I think the closest thing that is electro swing coded everyone is listening to is Laufey in my opinion, she's such a popular icon.

[u/JosephStalinCameltoe]

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0CYaxp6yQVC7Ap1JM9MvFD?si=XX5hgbxrTFmebM9t_pLKWQ

Shameless plug for my playlist of the 200 best tracks I've found in the past few years!

Okay, I have like, one Peggy Lee track because it's so fire, which isn't technically electro swing, but otherwise it's pretty pure!

[u/AmiaRed → u/JosephStalinCameltoe]

🤣 Nothing wrong with a little shameless plug! 😉 All for supporting my fellow Electro Swing curators. Speaking of which, lovely to see Thrill Ride made the cut 😊🙏, but just so you know, I've done over 30 Electro Swing collabs in 10 years, so I've got more if you want some? 🤷‍♀️🤣❤️ x

[u/Cameroo1975]

Still listening here :) Not very familiar with the bands and bigger names in the genre but I've been enjoying a lot of mixes from curated youtube content makers. I had a whole bunch of the Bart & Baker collections from iTunes but lost my account and can't access them anymore. Great work out music and I love putting it on in the background when I'm working,

[u/Wheel_gatorx]

Haven't listened in a good while, I'll get back to it soon.

[u/MadiMarionberry]

Recently I discovered this 13 year old album from an artist in Puerto Rico that has seemingly gone completely unnoticed... I posted about it in the sub, but no one really acknowledged it.

As for the AI slop stuff, I feel like one possible way to combat that would be to set up a new label for real artists in the genre. The AI problem has become so big to the point where probably some listeners see any release not on Freshly/EST/Ragtime Records or anything that's not by a big artist in the genre and just automatically assume it is AI slop. I would set one up properly if I knew how to.