I don't think its right to give up on the idea of being original, what i was trying to say was that to produce a track which flatly ignores all the previous innovations of dubstep - purely for the sake of avoiding any form of similarity with other producers - is effectively putting an obstacle in the way of creativity. By realising certain concepts work well gives a producer a head start in further innovation, its up to their discretion to determine what works for them then attempt to take things further.Blackdown wrote:i dont think this is too much to ask, i have a lot of faith in dubstep and have seen too many amazing producers come through, to ascribe to the view that we should all give up trying to be original and find new ways and just settle for the same few styles.narcossist wrote:It's a bit much imo to expect everyone coming through to find their own culture specific take on dubstep esp if their surroundings feature no particular culture of note.
El-B said on his recent breezeblock appearence that he wanted to take dillinja's dark aesthetic into the garage template. His tracks are percieved as seminal. If a dubstep producer were to take several already existing strategies [from whichever genres] and arrange them in a new way would that not be just as innovative? Or is innovation measured by the level of obscurity from which ideas are sourced rather than their application?
