Pitchfork: D1, Beezy, Cyrus, Bashy and Wiley
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:58 am
New Pitchfork column for Feb. Link on my blog...
worldwide dubstep community
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have emailed pitchfork to amend to the Get Darker link.DAF wrote:Good read! The Beezy link has expired, though
Agreed. It's just going to take a certain amount of risk taking by promoters, producers and DJs.boomnoise wrote:Especially liked the point about DJs having to craft their own sound. The emergence of solid producer led dj sets is vital. But the opportunities for these DJs to play out still need to be created, their talents showcased on a big system. Red Star is excellent for this imho.
Again, agreed. But won't this will 'fracture' the scene as it currently stands? And is this a good or a bad thing?boomnoise wrote:The dubstep power base still remains with a select few but really given where dubstep is at now new producers need to harness and create opportunities to present their sound. The club context is key for me.
i really think though, that the chance is there right now for newcomer producers to master their technology, pioneer their own vision and therefore make themselves big players.boomnoise wrote:The dubstep power base still remains with a select few...
The scene has always had fractal movements within it.Pangaea wrote:Again, agreed. But won't this will 'fracture' the scene as it currently stands? And is this a good or a bad thing?boomnoise wrote:The dubstep power base still remains with a select few but really given where dubstep is at now new producers need to harness and create opportunities to present their sound. The club context is key for me.
Exactly. Just what the current big players have all done to a greater or lesser extent.Blackdown wrote:i really think though, that the chance is there right now for newcomer producers to master their technology, pioneer their own vision and therefore make themselves big players.boomnoise wrote:The dubstep power base still remains with a select few...
now thats somethin im hyped about though!Blackdown wrote:Speaking of vision, Random Trio have completed work on their album for Tectonic, deliciously entitled "From the Shadows". It drops in April. The triple vinyl isn't finalised but the CD tracklist is "Gutter", "Mind Games", "Paradise Dub", "Rasta From", "Dirt", "Bounty", "Calm Before the Storm", "Watcher", "Indian Stomp", "Dark Future", "Crying Game", and "From the Shadows". It should be heavy like the DMZ soundsystem.
Give me a few days to come up with something that resemble's a semi intelligent responceboomnoise wrote:Especially liked the point about DJs having to craft their own sound. The emergence of solid producer led dj sets is vital. But the opportunities for these DJs to play out still need to be created, their talents showcased on a big system. Red Star is excellent for this imho.
Also interesting with regards to this is the possibility of producers doing Ableton Live sets. Elemental has been pioneering this and i would like to see more, especially from the talent on this forum.
Not that i'm advocating or predicting a move away from dubplate culture but i totally agree that now new DJs have to really differentiate themselves, have a key point of difference. We're passed the stage where people just want to hear the last anthems week in week out. Dubstep needs to be presented as the sonically varied creature it is. But internet radio / downloads can only provide this function to a limited degree.
I don't think that the exclusive producer-dj relationship can last for very much longer at all. Given, as you say, how the sound is being propagated. I think this has defined Youngsta's sound but it has also introduced some problems in terms of lack of variety, predictability etc.
Thinking in terms of gatekeepers, sound shapers etc is very interesting. The dubstep power base still remains with a select few but really given where dubstep is at now new producers need to harness and create opportunities to present their sound. The club context is key for me.
Would be interested to get your thoughts on this Metalbox, given what you said in the other thread about perception / inclusion of new producers.
Also i'm now overly hyped for the d1 release.