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Slowed down drum n bass

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 12:55 pm
by nicemarmot
If one more tnuc suggest to me that dubstep just sounds like dnb slowed down I'll fucking brain them.

Idiot - What you listening to at the moment?
Me - Dubstep - it fucking rules, you should try some
Wanker - Oh, that's just slow dnb isn't it
Me - Have you heard any? Skream? Mystikz? D1? Kode9? Burial? Loefah?
Fuckwit - Err, no
Me - why do you think it sounds like dnb then?
Shitforbrains - err, I just heard that it does
Me - Open your fucking ears. In fact, I'll do it for you *grabs baseball bat*

Agrajsdfkhjasdkjhaksd

/end of rant

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 1:04 pm
by dubweiser
There's actually some tunes like like sun that do sound like slowed down dnb...

/hides -t-

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 1:57 pm
by metalboxproducts
It does kinda sound like slowed down d&b. But the stuff from about ten years ago. Not all of it though. Calm down

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 2:23 pm
by broken silence
Coming from a jungle background, im not so fussed when people liken it to dnb, even tho its obviously not. I guess people need to throw tags at it when they cant find a proper term for describing what they are hearing, maby its just to new for em.
What turned me off dnb was that it got too obsessed with speed, it all became about the drop rather than the progression of the tune.
What buzzes me about dubstep is that, at a slower tempo, you can pack so much more into a song. You get a real groove going, you build up tension and atmosphere, and you can reach sub bass lows that would just fuzz out if they were any faster.
Know what you mean tho, it pisses me off when people just disregard dubstep from what they have read or been told, rather than what they have heard. If one more cat tell me dubstep is just garage im gonna wing em (and no mr clark im not forgetting dubsteps obvious garage roots :wink: ).

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 2:26 pm
by boa
they said the same thing about 2step 6 years ago... just lazy that's all...

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 2:53 pm
by drsh
i was driving home with some drumnbass heads yesterday and we were listening to loefah´s root/goat stare and one of the idiots asked me: "what is this? one-armed drummer?"... so, you know ... some people just dont get it!

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 2:57 pm
by dj $hy
No No No No No No No

Have you ever slowed down DnB lol jokes aside tho, I can see why to the ignorent ear that is does but that ear is attached to an idiot so never mind.

Can you tell I dont agree

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 3:06 pm
by hate recordings
i swear i dont think it sounds like dj screw playing hardware plates from 97 *hides* :|

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 3:16 pm
by nicemarmot
Broken Silence wrote: it pisses me off when people just disregard dubstep from what they have read or been told, rather than what they have heard.
That's it exactly. I get well Vex'd.

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 3:40 pm
by batfink
vexed is the word.

i was in bristol for a long weekend when the last subloaded was on and on the night we were meant to go my non-dubstep mate said "i dunno about going id rather go to Meat Katie with everyone else". gash.

None of my bristol mates will even LISTEN to any dubstep as they just say it is shit. Neither would they consider subloaded.

So i let them go and stayed home and smoked weed. No way in hell im listening to some boring ass MEat KAtie derivative breaks bollocks. Its agonisingly dull.

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 4:01 pm
by hate recordings
meat katie is okay i guess.

there's worse. at least he didn't say tiesto or boy george.

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 4:08 pm
by threnody
Are Meat katie anythng to do with Meat Beat Manifesto? I remember a sick track about never taking acid again a number of years ago....

I used to mix slowed down dnb with early plasticman/mark one stuff + a few other (garage/grime/dubstep) bits. Not everything worked but a lot was heavy!

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 4:15 pm
by subzer
or is it dub with sum electronic peppers in its ass!

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 4:22 pm
by numaestro
Some stuff is like slow dnb - think of the breakstep gear. Please dont start arguing about the definitions too much though!!

imho too many peeps form opinions about music based on what they've heard other peeps say about it - or what they've read about it - or seen on fucking tv and tings. Just listen to the music. If your mates dont get it thats their problem - dont stress yourself.

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 4:22 pm
by batfink
Hate Recordings wrote:meat katie is okay i guess.

there's worse. at least he didn't say tiesto or boy george.
Yeah but i don;t go to see a DJ cos i think they're "ok". I go to see them cos i think they're worth the effort of getting off the sofa. :D

I played my mate the Burial "album" mix by Kode 9 and the DMZ essential mix to try and convince him but no joy. He then played me some meat katie sets which i thought were total wank, like most prog breaks wibble. Just totally soul-less and uninspiring. :|

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 4:24 pm
by numaestro
horses for courses and all that

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 4:34 pm
by bunzer0
threnody wrote:Are Meat katie anythng to do with Meat Beat Manifesto? I remember a sick track about never taking acid again a number of years ago....

I used to mix slowed down dnb with early plasticman/mark one stuff + a few other (garage/grime/dubstep) bits. Not everything worked but a lot was heavy!
Absolute no link between Meat Beat and Meat Katie !!
Meat Beat aka Jack Dangers has been essential in the development of electronic music... Not Meat Katie imho ;p

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 4:36 pm
by threnody
BunZer0 wrote:
threnody wrote:Are Meat katie anythng to do with Meat Beat Manifesto? I remember a sick track about never taking acid again a number of years ago....

I used to mix slowed down dnb with early plasticman/mark one stuff + a few other (garage/grime/dubstep) bits. Not everything worked but a lot was heavy!
Absolute no link between Meat Beat and Meat Katie !!
Meat Beat aka Jack Dangers has been essential in the development of electronic music... Not Meat Katie imho ;p
Safe BunZero.

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 4:38 pm
by duck
I kinda think "who cares" if people think it's slowed down d&b. In fact I used to play slowed down d&b on the radio many moons ago anyway!

but seriously, there's enough people completely head over heels in love with dubstep for there to be decent nights, I don't think it'll appeal to everyone. Not until it's in the superclubs in a few years time and it's all washed out.

:wink:

dammit, I *know* i'm the shizzle next to some fool that thinks d&b is slowed down drum and bass, so there's no need to get angry with the poor deluded fools.

ha ha

Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 4:43 pm
by bunzer0
threnody wrote:
BunZer0 wrote:
threnody wrote:Are Meat katie anythng to do with Meat Beat Manifesto? I remember a sick track about never taking acid again a number of years ago....

I used to mix slowed down dnb with early plasticman/mark one stuff + a few other (garage/grime/dubstep) bits. Not everything worked but a lot was heavy!
Absolute no link between Meat Beat and Meat Katie !!
Meat Beat aka Jack Dangers has been essential in the development of electronic music... Not Meat Katie imho ;p
Safe BunZero.
Man, Jack Dangers is god on earth for me ;-)
Seriously, this guy has not enough recognition... It's a shame !!!!
U can find a lota infos about him here : http://www.brainwashed.com/mbm/ and here : http://www.tinocorp.com/
His famous track "Radio Babylon" is a total breakstep track, using the Amen and a phat sub... Recorded in 1990 !!!!
http://www.brainwashed.com/common/sound ... abylon.mp3