Halfstep

[chronicrecords]

yeah man its SO out there dude... like when the jump up shit goes crazy and wild and out there what with this lfo thing and then the big snare and shit , totally dude , its really out tehre!

compared to any other almost purely instrumental electronic music, yes it is.

just like the 2step stuff is so original and great. ohhh look bouncy random kicks with incredibly weak and random sounding snares and random 1shots HOW COOL and lets not forget the meditative bass that can take us all on ajourney man and those awsome ravey synths used inevery other genre of electronic music.

[mashmash]

yeah man its SO out there dude... like when the jump up shit goes crazy and wild and out there what with this lfo thing and then the big snare and shit , totally dude , its really out tehre!

compared to any other almost purely instrumental electronic music, yes it is.

just like the 2step stuff is so original and great. ohhh look bouncy random kicks with incredibly weak and random sounding snares and random 1shots HOW COOL and lets not forget the meditative bass that can take us all on ajourney man and those awsome ravey synths used inevery other genre of electronic music.

what the hell are you on about? 2-step garage is one of the main influences of dubstep. and what was so unoriginal about it? as you sarcastically say. it may be not to your taste as you don't like the "incredibly weak and random sounding snares" (funny stuff) so go listen to some retarded rusko shit or whatever you're into and be gone

[fractal]

^ah, but rusko loves the "2 steppy weak snare meditative bass" too!
worlds collide oh no!!!!


is it possible that both style have their merit? nothing sounds better than a well done switch up
need proof? go to dmz

[nousd]

Was reading thru, not noticing date but interested to see the original guys posting,
thinking wtf, why the debate about halfstep again, at this time?
Good dig Collige.

I'm starting to hear the light at the end of the tunnel of halfstep,
something fresh about the the basslines
and it's not all funky-influence.

[cheeba]

Drives me mad when you get magazine reviewers trying to dictate a sound to people.



just let the producers/djs get on with it and let the scene decide

Seems to many wonna be journo come Djs out and about.

[jolly wailer]

the topic is 4 years old brah

[laurent__duval]

is it not more to do with the dj's that are happy to play an hour of songs that basically sound the same? i dont mind a bit of half step now and again. but whole set is too much, same with the reggae stuff or the tear out bangers. personally i'd prefer variation from dj's, its what i try to do in my sets.

[fractal]

Agreed

[alexchuck]

double post

[alexchuck]

yeah bring on quarterstep

here's a snippet from an interview with Machinecode (aka Current Value + Dean Rodell, aka Underhill)

"The album Environments on Subtrakt is a collection of 'machinestep' and '1/4 step' – a more mechanical sounding dubstep, if you like. This vibe has allowed us to create more pressure and depth around the beats, especially with the 1/4 step tracks that really hammer down in all the new-found space.

Tracks like Machine Freak and In The Shell will definitely appeal to most of the techno/industrial DnB heads, but as the title of the album suggests there are plenty of varied soundscapes and ideas that have morphed many genres. In doing so, we've helped create new styles like 1/4 step."

[antipode]

Speaking of which I was expecting more from the Machinecode filthcast. CVs 1/4 dnb is ridiculous though.

[alexchuck]

Machinecode Filthcast was weak, indeed :\ maybe I just don't like their mixing style, it's too close to techno & raving. especially if Dean Rodell mixed it, which he probably did coz CV had his own episodes of the filthcast

[noam]

yeah man its SO out there dude... like when the jump up shit goes crazy and wild and out there what with this lfo thing and then the big snare and shit , totally dude , its really out tehre!

compared to any other almost purely instrumental electronic music, yes it is.

just like the 2step stuff is so original and great. ohhh look bouncy random kicks with incredibly weak and random sounding snares and random 1shots HOW COOL and lets not forget the meditative bass that can take us all on ajourney man and those awsome ravey synths used inevery other genre of electronic music.

im not even the biggest fan of the garagey sound but look at it this way, listen to the Hatcha 10year Dubstep mix, the one thing i noticed most about it was how most of the tracks flowed nice from one to the next

all the way through there was a rhythm and a coherency, it wasn't some magical bass journey, it wasn't some gun-finger pointin garage rave thing, it was a slick selection of dancey, deep, beat-driven bass music... then he dropped Skream – Cut Like A Buffalo and it all went to shit.

ya cant keep makin shit like it used to, but that filthy style has to go.

and its not out there, its exactly the same as what happened to drum n bass, which got all 'wall-of-soundy' and mid-rangey, the jump AND the darker styles... to the point where you cant tell the difference between them anymore!

dances/nights whatever end up sounding flat from the beginning cos theres no scope for the sound, a jump up dnb night starts at 1000mph and doesnt stop till the end

and i might sound up my own arse and pretentious but really, it just comes down to the dj's having a wider selection of sounds that they can draw on to make people dance.

[Masocre]

im not even the biggest fan of the garagey sound but look at it this way, listen to the Hatcha 10year Dubstep mix, the one thing i noticed most about it was how most of the tracks flowed nice from one to the next

all the way through there was a rhythm and a coherency, it wasn't some magical bass journey, it wasn't some gun-finger pointin garage rave thing, it was a slick selection of dancey, deep, beat-driven bass music... then he dropped Skream – Cut Like A Buffalo and it all went to shit.

ya cant keep makin shit like it used to, but that filthy style has to go.

and its not out there, its exactly the same as what happened to drum n bass, which got all 'wall-of-soundy' and mid-rangey, the jump AND the darker styles... to the point where you cant tell the difference between them anymore!

dances/nights whatever end up sounding flat from the beginning cos theres no scope for the sound, a jump up dnb night starts at 1000mph and doesnt stop till the end

and i might sound up my own arse and pretentious but really, it just comes down to the dj's having a wider selection of sounds that they can draw on to make people dance.

[fractal]

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