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by pete_bubonic » Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:47 am
I think one of the wonderful things about Drum and Bass, especially from about 96-2002, was that it was a fusion of all the different sounds that were prevalent around the producers, whether it be the surge of disco influenced music, the swathes of techno influences, the invasion of latin american guitars and alike. It was when followers, producers and labels started saying they were only doing a very specific sub genre did things start getting really boring. Neurofunk, drumfunk, clownstep, skullstep or whatever other ridiculous names there are, inter breeding, instead of extra breeding. In fact it might well have been my favourite aspect of Drum and Bass, that it could meet head on with a new sound and consume it's influences and reflect that in it's own music.
IMHO, some of the larger jump up names like Reso, Borgore, Datsik etc are boring to me because it sounds like they have based they're music on what other people are doing in the same scene rather than push new sounds. Reso's 'If you can't beat them' seems like a milestone to me where he said to himself and everyone else, 'I can make the most mind bending brilliant tunes (which he can), but I'm making this jump up stuff to get on the party circuit'. And in all fairness it worked, Reso is near the top league for sure. Regular bookings and travelling everywhere.
To say the heavily techno, house or whatever genre influenced Dubstep isn't Dubstep only ever comes down to personal preference. I found both 2562 albums boring generic Techno. Whoever many people I know, love and respect call them some of the best Dubstep albums released. There's always the grey areas. And there will always be people to argue what side of the fence certain tunes fall on. But to me, it's to do with the crowd that receives the music well. This is why James Blake, Mt. Kimbie and alike are usually classed as Dubstep. Because that's where their audience is and where they grew out of. This is why 'Footcrab', 'Work Them' and countless bizarre Untold tracks are classed as Dubstep, because it's them pushing their formula's forward with integration of new sounds.
Also, only on a personal front, but I believe if someone releases their music to the public, they have to accept the consequences. You can't be complete fassies and never mention names otherwise misunderstanding will be rife. But treat it with respect and not pointless, so and so's shit because he says 'your time' in a posh english accent. It makes you look like a tnuc, not them.
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pete_bubonic on Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:53 am, edited 1 time in total.
I make music as Forsaken, you can DL all my unreleased (and a couple released) bits here.
tracks about riddum ftw.
