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I really don't understand tempa's output.
most of the music they release is good, but it completely lacks a direction.

you have the spacy, dubby horsepower stuff, the coki tracks which are too fucked up for any other labels, the dark shit by kenzo, and then popstep from skream.

obviously labels don't need to have a grand artistic vision, but this output confuses me.

that is all.

You must be on that other shit

Devry[Kaneda] wrote:I really don't understand tempa's output.
most of the music they release is good, but it completely lacks a direction.

you have the spacy, dubby horsepower stuff, the coki tracks which are too fucked up for any other labels, the dark shit by kenzo, and then popstep from skream.

obviously labels don't need to have a grand artistic vision, but this output confuses me.

that is all.

lol, just be grateful they make releases such as ruffhouse/therapy possible

also the classics Trust Nobody/Future has to be one of the biggest releases ever (imo)

no i def feel u on that i dont get where they are going with their releases

wobbles wrote:no i def feel u on that i dont get where they are going with their releases

me too. not that they're bad releases (most of em are fucking great) but it's just sorta random

IMO tempa's direction is to put out quality dubstep tunes, regardless of the flavor. They've been nailing it for years! I can understand why smaller labels like to stick to one style but tempa's releases are in the sixties at this point. Labels like mu, warp, etc put out an even wider selection of tunes/genres and do it well also. I couldn't imagine a label releasing so many 12's of just one flavor nahmeen?

Exactly, I don't think Tempa would have lasted this long if they had've stuck to just one sound for all these years. Besides, maybe its just cos I tend to picture the album/single artwork in my head while I'm listening to tunes by habit, but Tempa releases have this undefinable quality that unifies them in my mind. Like, something about Coki's Tempa releases just sounds more 'Tempa' to me than his others, particularly Boomba.

Hmm, who prefers the releases on Tectonic over Tempa? anyone? I'm not saying I do, but I'm just curious to see others opinions.

The artworks are fresh as fuck too

why does it need a direction? surely appeals to more people by throwing different styles in there?

Nope, they should exclusively release Horsepower Productions tracks from 2000-2003. They can release the same ones again as far as I'm concerned.

garethom wrote:Nope, they should exclusively release Horsepower Productions tracks from 2000-2003. They can release the same ones again as far as I'm concerned.

they might be repressing murderous style

Tempa have always done everything and done it well.. none of skreams tunes are 'popstep' on tempa....

Widowmaker wrote:none of skreams tunes are 'popstep' on tempa....

Erm...

http://www.chemical-records.co.uk/sc/se ... k=TEMPA063

Widowmaker wrote:Tempa have always done everything and done it well.. none of skreams tunes are 'popstep' on tempa....

Where You Should Be? Anticipate?

tempa's a 'unique' label...with the variety of artists music they release on the label, each release just sounds like 'tempa'...i don't know what it is but it has a vibe of its own


and i thank the lord that it exists because I can't see anyone else having the balls to put out 'boomba' (i still believe that's a top 10 track this year, i don't care what anyone sez)

Don't understand why a label needs a direction

slanguage wrote: and i thank the lord that it exists because I can't see anyone else having the balls to put out 'boomba' (i still believe that's a top 10 track this year, i don't care what anyone sez)

computerface wrote:

Widowmaker wrote:Tempa have always done everything and done it well.. none of skreams tunes are 'popstep' on tempa....

Where You Should Be? Anticipate?

Anticipate's out on OWSLA afaik, and where you shold be is a bit poppy, but a fairly good tune.