Pitchfork 2008 End of Year round up...

[d-code]

Good read as always Blackdown!

I cant help but feel there are so many other artists in Dubstep that should get mentioned

yeah i think this article may be slightly one sided, good read anyhow.

big up blackdown!

[slothrop]

Because your article, though great in many respects, is a bit long on how dubstep is going to hell in a handcart if people don't Do Something About It, but a bit short on what we the punters can actually do beyond wring our hands and complain...

wordcount on the lows in dubstep in '08 = 340
wordcount on the highs in dubstep in '08 = 1009

True.

and anyway what people can do is what people have been doing in DIY scenes since time immorial: write their own beats

Working on it.

Lack of talent proving to be something of an obstacle...

[t-woc]

Dub wonk

[t-woc]

on another note, when are the grime heads going to sort out proper distribution for the Ish, can't get that Dot Rotten anywhere and postage on ukrecordshop is

[jred]

seems to me there are more tunes around then ever both good and bad
im hearing just as much deep/musical stuff as i am wobbly bangers

whats the problem



anyway i love em both when done well

[ikeaboy]

Because your article, though great in many respects, is a bit long on how dubstep is going to hell in a handcart if people don't Do Something About It, but a bit short on what we the punters can actually do beyond wring our hands and complain...

wordcount on the lows in dubstep in '08 = 340
wordcount on the highs in dubstep in '08 = 1009

and anyway what people can do is what people have been doing in DIY scenes since time immorial: write their own beats, start their own radio show, pick different tunes to DJ with, start their own night, release their own tunes, go their own way.....

The word count may not reflect it but it did come across a bit negative ( by the way I enjoy your writing). I happen to like dubstep across the entire spectrum (Allstars 2 is the one for me). Sometimes reading articles like that and some of the threads on here you feel like your committing some sort of crime if you also enjoy intense music or something a bit aggressive as if this automatically equates to lack of imagination (although perhaps more tracks lacking imagination are created to be intense to cover their short comings, I don't know because I tend to focus on what I'm fairly sure I'll like from past form and recommendations, and theres more of that than I can afford). I understand that its just a clash of what people want and expect from dubstep and I understand things aren't the same since the smoking ban came in.

[danoldboy]

And i've not heard the Scuba or Matty G albums and have this minor rule of not recommending or writing about things i've not heard

Massive oversight in my opinion.

[nesslei]

I wouldn't be surprised if dubstep kept going successfully, but I think a lot of the first/second/third (whatever) generation of heads are probably going to lose interest if they haven't already.

people (not particularly you Corps), need to have a serious think about the implications of this for dubstep, while replacing the word "heads" with "A-list producers," because the list of A-list producers who say to me privately "oh you know, i havent made much recently because i'm not really feeling most dubstep right now..." is getting worringly long.

interesting, because this implies that even the 'a-listers' as you call them require inspiration from others to be creative themselves...

[setspeed]

I wouldn't be surprised if dubstep kept going successfully, but I think a lot of the first/second/third (whatever) generation of heads are probably going to lose interest if they haven't already.

people (not particularly you Corps), need to have a serious think about the implications of this for dubstep, while replacing the word "heads" with "A-list producers," because the list of A-list producers who say to me privately "oh you know, i havent made much recently because i'm not really feeling most dubstep right now..." is getting worringly long.

interesting, because this implies that even the 'a-listers' as you call them require inspiration from others to be creative themselves...

of course, everyone does! even A-listers were bedroom producers at one point...