Loving Dubstep in America

[cyrusfx]

Did anybody mention Beats Antique?



a very original take on dubstep. I like all the eastern-tinged tracks as well.

[cyrusfx]

TBH it's weirder seeing Americans dance to house and techno.

even though house was basically born here?

and techno. and not basically, they were.

[mikeyp]

TBH it's weirder seeing Americans dance to house and techno.

even though house was basically born here?

and techno. and not basically, they were.

even better

[Shum]

Sure, the US bought both genres into this world but they were nurtured in the UK/Europe IMO.

[Sexual_Chocolate]

Sure, the US bought both genres into this world but they were nurtured in the UK/Europe IMO.

[Devry_Kaneda]

Sure, the US bought both genres into this world but they were nurtured in the UK/Europe IMO.

not really the point. all of this seems like just a struggle to gain some legitimacy to the idea that we 'mericans can enjoy our electronic music like the rest of yous guys....

now excuse me. I need to go milk my cows. making some fresh ice cream for tonight's hoedown

[AesopTwin]

This isn't meant to be dickish at all or like.. on some unamerican shit. But I've come to associate modern day edm so much with Europe.. especially shit like dubstep and hardcore/crossbreed.. it's still a surreal thought to me that Americans have dubstep nights.. that they GO to and dance at and have fun at.

It totally makes sense that they would and that they'd love it, but still, it's mad weird.

'tsall good, doe!

why is that wierd ? sounds to me like you have a very narrow view of americans. stop believing what you see on tv...

Of course someone just had to jump in and get pissy and play victim because life is just a bit too boring. No matter how incredibly inoffensive I tried to phrase it because I knew otherwise someone would get their panties in a bunch. Never mind my American ex-girlfriends too. Ugh. It's like seeing a bunch of cowboys dancing to Greek music, that's why it's surreal. Oh no, I said 'cowboys', an American stereotype, somebody call the wambulance. Uhhh, a bunch of Sumo wrestlers then, happy?

I already fucking said it made _sense_ for them to be into it. But dubstep's cultural signifiers are European. So it's kinda like a piece of 'Europe' in America. Obviously, I only believe this because I have a narrow view of Americans.

Don't worry bruv. Iz all good. There's quite a difference between the UK and the US scene. We don't often have "dubstep nights" like you guys have in the UK. Most of the time, it's just producers that are touring through the USA playing at clubs or venues. We have somewhat of a rave scene that attracts a good amount of kids to parties, but unfortunately they are into more brostep and dirty electro, because that's the only type of stuff that sounds good on a crappy soundsystem. I know NYC, Denver, and San Francisco are more open to the deeper vibes, but out here where I am, I feel like we're the midrange capitol of the world. Heck Bassnectar just announced a show at a pretty big venue, and tickets sold out within 6 hours of going on sold. (I'm guilty of purchasing two. )

I think what's most disappointing, is that there a good amount of people here in the US that don't want to educate themselves in the culture or history of the music. There's a good amount that aren't even going for the music, but to party with friends, get drunk, and do drugs. Imagine my frustration when I tell some I like dubstep here in the USA, and I get the response "SKRILLEX RULES! DID YOU KNOW HE INVENTED DUBSTEP?"

Luckily, there's also a good amount of people here in the USA who were really into Skrillex & Midrange in general, that are starting to transition over to the deeper UK sound. Thus hopefully soon enough, the UK sound will get enough respect as the US sound does. Tornado's definitely getting the ball rolling by throwing loft parties dedicated not only to dubstep, but the UK Garage scene in general. I've said to my friends, the French Electro and Midrange dubstep explosion is just a fad that will fade in probably the next 4-6 years. The deeper sound is gonna stick around long after the former has disappeared.

So I can understand why it might seem weird to here some Americans talk about their love for UK sound. But believe me, I'm a Yank that can skank. Big time.



@Clean: I wish there were more clubs I knew about that did. Smartbar is really the only one I've noticed that books quality peeps. But yeah, look on FB and the like. I'm sure you've already found about Tornado's loft parties he throws on occasion. As of lately, The Mid has started some quality Techno/House (Seeing Carl Craig & Adam Beyer there this weekend) acts, so I'm hoping that maybe they might consider doing a wednesday night of quality sound in the future.

[Devry_Kaneda]

I'm a Yank that can skank. Big time.

I'm a Yank that can skank. Big time.

I'm a Yank that can skank. Big time.

I'm a Yank that can skank. Big time.

I'm a Yank that can skank. Big time.

I'm a Yank that can skank. Big time.

I'm a Yank that can skank. Big time.

I'm a Yank that can skank. Big time.

[baseband]

Sure, the US bought both genres into this world but they were nurtured in the UK/Europe IMO.

It wasn't the US as a whole, it was a few cities in the US. And those few cities have kept things moving forward quite nicely.

You're right though. Europeans have made huge contributions to push the sound forward in the past few years: David Guetta, Swedish House Mafia, DJ Fartpop MacFishtix, Afrojack, Avicii, etc

just jokes, obviously

[cyrusfx]

One of the first CDs I ever bought was Copeland's greatest hits. Actually he got me into Emerson, Lake & Palmer (and eventually all of progrock), because they covered that song.

And let's not forget dude, let's NOT forget the other freeform dance(able), sexy-time musics that came from America:

Swing
Blues
Jazz
Rock n Roll
Hip Hop

Kenny G

Though I'm pretty sure Brian Eno gets credit for inventing elevator music.

[Devry_Kaneda]

One of the first CDs I ever bought was Copeland's greatest hits. Actually he got me into Emerson, Lake & Palmer (and eventually all of progrock), because they covered that song.

And let's not forget dude, let's NOT forget the other freeform dance(able), sexy-time musics that came from America:

Swing
Blues
Jazz
Rock n Roll
Hip Hop

Kenny G

Though I'm pretty sure Brian Eno gets credit for inventing elevator music.

the first dc I bought was a melly furtado one.

[cyrusfx]

the first dc I bought was a melly furtado one.

Well the very first one I bought was Michael Jackson's "Dangerous," followed by Weird Al's "Even Worse" and Genesis' "I Can't Dance."

[Anne Droid]

I live in chicago, there is a great scene here if you know where to go

although i love that mid range stuff you arent a fan of

[TheTornado]

Gotta big up Deemaric and Pandar on the loft parties, as they do a lot for the cause.

[tacospheros]

This isn't meant to be dickish at all or like.. on some unamerican shit. But I've come to associate modern day edm so much with Europe.. especially shit like dubstep and hardcore/crossbreed.. it's still a surreal thought to me that Americans have dubstep nights.. that they GO to and dance at and have fun at.

It totally makes sense that they would and that they'd love it, but still, it's mad weird.

'tsall good, doe!

why is that wierd ? sounds to me like you have a very narrow view of americans. stop believing what you see on tv...

Of course someone just had to jump in and get pissy and play victim because life is just a bit too boring. No matter how incredibly inoffensive I tried to phrase it because I knew otherwise someone would get their panties in a bunch. Never mind my American ex-girlfriends too. Ugh. It's like seeing a bunch of cowboys dancing to Greek music, that's why it's surreal. Oh no, I said 'cowboys', an American stereotype, somebody call the wambulance. Uhhh, a bunch of Sumo wrestlers then, happy?

I already fucking said it made _sense_ for them to be into it. But dubstep's cultural signifiers are European. So it's kinda like a piece of 'Europe' in America. Obviously, I only believe this because I have a narrow view of Americans.

nah , it sounds to me like you just projected your own emotions onto my response. it's actually hilarious how worked up you got over it. are you even serious with your response? how did you get all of that out of my 3 sentence fragments? youre crazy bro. "get pissy and play the victim" ? where the fuck did you even get that? i said you have a narrow view of americans. thats it. and i don't back down from that. no matter how nicely you tried to preface your first comment, it's still a narrowminded view of the world. we've been raving since day one. why would it be wierd for us to be into any kind of EDM ? gwan wit dat bullshit

[wobbles]

i love dubstap

[Devry_Kaneda]

i love dubstap

*dabstup

[garethom]

i love dubstap

*dabstup

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[Devry_Kaneda]

i love dubstap

*dabstup

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[garethom]

Dedicate this 2 thd udnerground



I told u

EDIT: "I toad u"