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by covalent » Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:37 pm
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by Tombones » Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:47 pm
thanks for posting that. i was lookin for some footage of that night just the other day. counting down til Benga!
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by covalent » Thu Jan 24, 2008 2:24 pm
Benga is gonna be quality, intimate affair. Can't wait!
Klaxons remix killed it that night, not everyones cup of tea, but a tune that makes dubstep accessable to a wide range of people. I like bootlegs and rmx's for this.
Thanks for the replys guys!

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by feasible_weasel » Thu Jan 24, 2008 2:28 pm
Covalent wrote:Benga is gonna be quality, intimate affair. Can't wait!
Klaxons remix killed it that night, not everyones cup of tea, but a tune that makes dubstep accessable to a wide range of people. I like bootlegs and rmx's for this.
Thanks for the replys guys!


i like how u heard some people saying the song was shit in the crowd, when the mc was chattin about rwd.
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by covalent » Thu Jan 24, 2008 2:52 pm
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by ytee » Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:03 am
I actually really liked that song....maybe I should start listening to trance and popping e's on the reg.
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by polho » Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:17 am
That blend would have slayed me if I were attending. Delicious dissonance.
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by lkewis » Sat Jan 26, 2008 9:02 am
I feel like im part of a small select few that really doesnt like this track?
The world really can do without this Nu-Rave culture which borrows elements of every other scene to sell them out to MTV kids in Shoreditch, just watch Nathan Barley if you dont understand my point.
It started out with really bad Electro remixes of popular Indie tunes, and I thought Dubstep out of any genre would not go there. I was shocked when I heard Dubstep in the tv series Skins, which usually depicts groups of spoilt rich parent poorly dressed London teens taking heroin in derelict buildings with loads of flashing lights and Dubstep playing (I really hope this doesnt actually go on). The Skream track stops me dead in the middle of a skank when I hear it on the dancefloor, guaranteed it usually gets the crowd going as its one of the more commercial tunes, but its usually my key to head to the bar and fill myself with liquor!
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by feasible_weasel » Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:13 am
lkewis wrote:I feel like im part of a small select few that really doesnt like this track?
The world really can do without this Nu-Rave culture which borrows elements of every other scene to sell them out to MTV kids in Shoreditch, just watch Nathan Barley if you dont understand my point.
It started out with really bad Electro remixes of popular Indie tunes, and I thought Dubstep out of any genre would not go there. I was shocked when I heard Dubstep in the tv series Skins, which usually depicts groups of spoilt rich parent poorly dressed London teens taking heroin in derelict buildings with loads of flashing lights and Dubstep playing (I really hope this doesnt actually go on). The Skream track stops me dead in the middle of a skank when I hear it on the dancefloor, guaranteed it usually gets the crowd going as its one of the more commercial tunes, but its usually my key to head to the bar and fill myself with liquor!
you took the words out of my mouth....or out of the brain to my fingers going to type.

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by boy_arena » Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:56 am
Great video, edited really well.
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by godspeed_120 » Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:55 pm
I feel like im part of a small select few that really doesnt like this track?
The world really can do without this Nu-Rave culture which borrows elements of every other scene to sell them out to MTV kids in Shoreditch, just watch Nathan Barley if you dont understand my point.
It started out with really bad Electro remixes of popular Indie tunes, and I thought Dubstep out of any genre would not go there. I was shocked when I heard Dubstep in the tv series Skins, which usually depicts groups of spoilt rich parent poorly dressed London teens taking heroin in derelict buildings with loads of flashing lights and Dubstep playing (I really hope this doesnt actually go on). The Skream track stops me dead in the middle of a skank when I hear it on the dancefloor, guaranteed it usually gets the crowd going as its one of the more commercial tunes, but its usually my key to head to the bar and fill myself with liquor!
firstly it seems a bit rich to criticise nu rave on the basis of borrowing elements from different scenes as dubstep is surely based on a pretty wide basis of influences and is praised for it, unless its the fact that the popular media (the nme more appropriate than mtv in this case surely) has championed it that constitutes nu raves downfall (again how does dubstep differ?)... maybe its that i dont understand your point...
also dubstep has been a 'trendy' sound for a while now, hence its use in skins to convey cool, although where do people with rich parents get off associating themselves with cool or dubstep anyhow (cant test a bit of class antagonism eh)?
not really into the slewing of the track just on the basis that its a remix of a commercial tune either...
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by jim » Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:58 pm
Oh god, not another thread about this

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by dz » Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:31 pm
fucking bollocks & wank.
great tune. I hope it hits the charts so people can whine even more on here.
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by Tombones » Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:51 pm
its not my favourite either but considering the original Skream's an alchemist.
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by lkewis » Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:04 pm
godspeed_120 wrote:
firstly it seems a bit rich to criticise nu rave on the basis of borrowing elements from different scenes as dubstep is surely based on a pretty wide basis of influences and is praised for it
not really into the slewing of the track just on the basis that its a remix of a commercial tune either...
Sorry if I sound like im having a rant, you haven't fully understand my point. Dubstep encompasses different styles to add variance to the genre which is more of a tribute to the other genres, whereas Nu-Rave sells out on providing a mainstream with bits of Indie / Electro / Drum n Bass and currently Dubstep for people that generally wouldn't be involved in these scenes if it wasn't for the remixes of popular tunes (which when done properly actually tribute or develop on the original tunes without selling out). I hate Nu-Raves whole Nu culture of people that think raving is about going to big clubs and having glow sticks. I am heavily involved with the Freeparty scene in the North of the UK, get yourselves out in fields and support local soundsystems and talent!!
Also im not slating the track purely because its commercial, I just really don't like it compared to all the quality upcoming Dubstep artists work. Skream is spot on and continues to release awesome tunes, but the last few times I have seen him, I was more impressed by the supporting DJ's especially the lesser known ones which are trying so hard to perform and get known.
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by covalent » Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:46 am
Thanks boy_arena!

Im having fun, hopefully more to come.
Great debate. I agree with much of what has been said, please though, great debates about commercial remixs (which would sit in the one for the ladies spot in my record box) must not take over this thread. Make a new thread if there hasnt been one called "Cheesy Remixes, lovem or hatem?" Most people I THINK have the whole love/hate thing going on with these sorts of tunes. Over the last 12 years DJing ive seen genre after genre having a go and dropped plenty, i have to confess.... if its done well, i love a banging remix of a commercial tune and so do crowds. They are though just a bit of fun, arent they? Everyone loves a bit of fun!:D
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by djstandfast » Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:22 pm
big video! big tuneee! big up skream!
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by thinking » Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:51 pm
wicked vid, nicely done.
if anyone wants to chat breeze about the nu-rave or the klaxons skreamix, do it one of the mammoth threads that already exists, like this one:
http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=22479
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by covalent » Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:07 pm
Many thanks dj standfast and ThinKing!

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