half-step

keith p · Post by **keith p** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 4:45 pm

Half step is fucking amazing. Aside from Said the spider alot of Darqwan/breakstep style tunes haven't done it for me. I don't mind a mix as some of the vex'd stuff is a faster tempo and bordering on the darqwan sound. I feel with half step though, that the bass has more room to breath and the producer has more room for creativity as he's not overly concerning himself with beat structure. Thats one of the main faults I took with Dn'B. There was too much of a formulaic pattern and a focus on rinsed break patterns b/c its what the listeners were comfortable with.

PLUS there's a general feeling from "half step". The bass lines tend to pervade all the space in the tune while at the same time reaching down into your stomach and almost inducing vomit. I love it!

rickyricardo · Post by **rickyricardo** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:01 pm

Halfstep is the best music to lift weights to.

It makes you feel like you're Hulk Hogan, even though your pumping 70, tops

logos · Post by **logos** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:52 pm

I like no-step!

r33lc4sh · Post by **r33lc4sh** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:34 pm

imho it's much harder to make innovative sounding breakbeat than to make innovative half-step

everything was said in case of breaks
but halfstep is still kind of a musical terra incognita
freedom of work and space u have gives u much more for your experiments than 140bpm rolling breakbeat

m2j · Post by **m2j** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:57 pm

HALF STEP DEFO AINT DULL. YOU CAN GET SLIGHT ALTERATIONS OF A HALF STEP BEAT (TOASTY BOY-THE KNOWLEDGE/SKREAM LIGHTENING DUB AGAINST THE LIKES OF LOEFAH-HORROR SHOW/COKI-OFFICER)

SAME AS YOU WOULD GET SOME MORE STRIPPED DOWN BREAKS (VEX'D-GUNMAN) AND MORE FULL OUT AMEN (DARQWAN-BIGGER TIMES)

dubmugga · Post by **dubmugga** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:19 am

Chef wrote: I dare anyone to try and make a beat like Ruffige or Mud that sounds as good.

...so have you heard our beat "the dead truth " ???

a halfsteppa like nothing else...

logos · Post by **logos** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:24 am

dubmugga wrote:
Chef wrote: I dare anyone to try and make a beat like Ruffige or Mud that sounds as good.
...so have you heard our beat "the dead truth " ???

a halfsteppa like nothing else...

You're not short of confidence I'll give you that

thc · Post by **thc** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:41 am

pretty much all other styles of electronic music are uptempo, not half-step. i dont see why anyone insists that dubstep be uptempo like everything else.

mestizo · Post by **mestizo** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 3:02 am

......

blackdown · Post by **blackdown** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:34 am

from anti war dub to mud, the rhythmic diversity is what makes dubstep strong.

dubmugga · Post by **dubmugga** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:39 am

Logos wrote:
dubmugga wrote:
Chef wrote: I dare anyone to try and make a beat like Ruffige or Mud that sounds as good.
...so have you heard our beat "the dead truth " ???

a halfsteppa like nothing else...
You're not short of confidence I'll give you that

...then tell me if you've heard anything like it ???

http://s1.ultrashare.net/hosting/fs/cb05d809a5b8603c/

more step less dub...

spherix · Post by **spherix** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:47 am

RickyRicardo wrote:Halfstep is the best music to lift weights to.

It makes you feel like you're Hulk Hogan, even though your pumping 70, tops

hahahahha so gould!!

doomstep · Post by **doomstep** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:51 am

http://s1.ultrashare.net/hosting/fs/cb05d809a5b8603c/ wrote:This file doesn't exist or has been removed.

dubmugga · Post by **dubmugga** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:23 am

^^^now that is strange

cos i just uploaded it, then downloaded it before i posted it to check and i sure as fuck didn't delete it...

...been having problems with yousendit as well

try this...

http://s1.ultrashare.net/hosting/fs/7c2c18bb7fb62a9c/

dj heny.g · Post by **dj heny.g** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:32 am

Half step or not, cant knock a good tune!

luke.envoy · Post by **luke.envoy** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:51 am

o dear

doomstep · Post by **doomstep** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:59 am

dubmugga wrote:^^^now that is strange

yeah maybe they thought it was tooo subversive and it would damage us if we heard, damn that 2nd one worked ...

... yes quite steppy untill the jazz soloing starts, but eerrr wheres the hook ? your beats are alright ringo but thinking you've arrived somewhere before you've finished packing is, as luke says, not helping you any ...

chef · Post by **chef** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:05 pm

Dubmugga, dont mug yourself. lol

joseph-j · Post by **joseph-j** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:06 pm

Whether its your preference or not, half-step is healthy for the scene for different reasons - it breaks up a dance, so you havent' got the same tempo all night.

Also it gets the scene away from going down the Harder, Faster route that dnb went down, meaning that hopefully dubstep will have more longevity*. I guess it means people have to be more inventive when constructing a track, cause anyone can bash together a 4/4 riddim.

*real word? Ah, ya know what I mean.

doomstep · Post by **doomstep** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:16 pm

nail on the head Mr. Joesph-J ... I think Loefah made the point in his interview with blackdown that thats precislly the reason it works ... cos an uptempo tune mixed into a half-steppa is HEAVY innit ... the same as how a 4x4 beat mixed into a 2-step or half-step riddim will smash up the place as well.

half-step

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