FuzionDubstep wrote:Sorry to upset all you narrow minded people who won't listen to anything other than sub & drums cos your so cool but yeah Scary monsters is the most 'famous' its got more views which kind of does represent how many sales a song gets..
It could be a location thing. Most people here are from the UK where Skrillex isn't as big, so they don't hear about him as much. Over here in the US just about everyone listens to Skrillex. I hear tons kids in school talking about him every day. And the USA represents a much larger demographic than the UK.
I'm from the UK and I can definitely say I hear Skrillex's name more than Skream, Mala, Coki whatever.. not saying I like Skrillex but he is more known than the other artists now.....
Can I ask, how old are you?
From my experience it's always Nero, Chase & Status and Magnetic Man that get named off the bat when Dubstep comes up in a conversation. Not being an condescending arsehole or anything but I think for anyone over 18, in the UK at least, Skrillex is too obnoxious to be well received. Even at the worst nights/events I've been to, that 'Scary Monsters' has never been played out, Bass Cannon/Sweet Shop/Louder yeah, but nothing as 'bro' as Skrillex.
I've got a feeling his demographic is predominately 13-16, but I could be wrong.
haha, i've never heard his name mentioned outside of dsf
i've been to tons of nights and never once heard any skrillex shit, thank fuck...
LumiNiscent wrote:
btw before I was active on DSF I didn't even know who the fuck krillex was
innit?
round here almost no one knows him, except for teenagers and people heavily into dubstep/dnb, most of whom are not really fond of him i might add.
however everyone and their mother knows burial, and remember radiohead is the most listened-to band of all time on last.fm for example -> thom yorke + burial -> omgwtfbbq
even people i know who don't like electronic music at all, whether its cause they're indie hipsters, heavy metallers or just too old to be into any electronic stuff that came out in the last 10 years still know burial and many own his album.
there definetly are others who are bigger in the scene but none of them have such a widespread audience.
oh and +1 to the guy saying skillets isn't dubstep
The last party I was to where they didn't play Skrillex was in July. It was my own fucking party so playing his tunes never even came up.
Anyway, he's pretty big here, atleast in my agegroup.
Sparxy wrote:but when you're comparing him to someone like Skream, there is one fundamental difference. In 10 years I will listen to Midnight Request line and it will sound as sick as the first time I heard it. I probably won't even remember what "Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites" is.
I could tell you what was probably a Skrillex track by the way of obnoxious high pitched sounds but couldn't name a specific one, apart form the Cinema remix.
Skrillfag doesn't count tho he doesn't even come close to sounding like dubstep even if throws in a couple wobbles on top of all that random noise my vote goes to Digital Mystics - Haunted
Haunted the most famous dubstep track? Come on now, I love it but its not even close. Ignoring brostep for a moment, I'd say Night is the most famous 'true' dubstep. That synth is infectious and instantly recognisable, people who don't even know the name of the artist or track start humming along to it when they hear it and it goes off on any dancefloor.
Moving into more bro territory, I don't think Swagga by Excision & Datsik has been mentioned yet. I'm pretty sure that was the first dubstep tune I heard, and pretty much everyone knows it at least here in Australia (and I'm sure moreso in the US). And yeah, unfortunately Mt Eden and Skrillex have to be mentioned here...
If your talking strictly populairty through strength of numbers then skrillex is by far the most popular!
As sine69 pointed out earlier his tunes are being bought in the same numbers as guetta and beyonce
The fact that i think his tunes are shockingly bad along with (probably) the majority on here means nothing 100 times that amount of people love up his stuff
Sayin Midnight Request line is more popular simply isn't true unfortunately
A few years ago you could argue a case for
Midnight Request Line
Night
Eastern Jam
26 Basslines
etc etc
Parallels can be drawn to other genres of music like garage
Unfortunately this in terms of pure numbers is more popular
than this
For the purpose of this argument
Feel my Love = Midnight Request Line
Skrillex tune - MOnsta boy im sorry
All the heads that had been in it since the beginning would place feel my love in their top 5 garage tunes ever whilst sharon an tracey who hit the local oceana every weekend havent heard of feel my love and know all the words to monsta boy
There are more sharons and traceys (like whatever is cool/bandwagon jumpers) than real heads
Using garage music as an example the popularity of shit like monsta boy was the beginning of the end for garage that time round! (A lot of the talented producers jumped shit and started making something else)
Maybe Loefah was thinking the same thing?? lol Discuss
do you want your special underground goodies to be popular? My honest answer would be yes. I love it when my taste clicks with that of a fuck-ton of other cats, without having to be dishonest with myself. I like it when venues and promoters can (profitably) push the sounds i like more, so i can enjoy an amazing night on a perfect sound system with a big crowd, and not on a monday night (cielo, nyc)!! i couldn't care less what's mainstream or underground... id rather meet more people. but i'm not going to some night called the "Filthy Womp" or some bullshit for it and i don't even wanna meet those people.
Dmz twis up
Dmz hanted
Dmz anti war dub
Loefah goat stare
Skream midnight request line
Coki benga night
Rusko jahova
Anything "popular" after that is prob shit
my vote goes to Digital Mystics - Haunted
