Dubstep

[Jafs]

To continue the previous dubstep related topic with Burial for title (see here http://www.darktrain.org/dirty/forums/showthread.php?t=3552&highlight=burial)

Thoughts about albums from Scuba, Benga, Pinch,... ? Love the crossover between techno and dubstep with prime producers like 2562 or Peverelist ?

Let's share & discuss here !

[m.g.]

Mmm... well, taking the risk to be flamed here & it's just my opinion but I don't like dubstep, I don't understand all the noise & the buzz around it & I think Burial is one of the most overrated thing in the last year. Period.

[Leon]

Personally, I LOVE Burial. The thing with me is, I just don't take the time to get to know the genre, even though I've heard quite a lot of amazing stuff (both live and recordings).

[Jafs]

Back to july 2005, someone on another forum posted that first Burial album artwork which immediately attracted me. Listened to 3 samples on amazon and bought it immediately, and felt in love with this.

But after, when I was searching for more stuff, the other name I felt on was Vex'd and their Degenerate LP... the transition between the urban soul r'n b garage whatever soundscapes of Burial and the raw and industrial sounds of the duo was hard and totally unexpected :D

So I let this down for a while, till hearing Pinch's "Qawwali" for the first time, on the Last fm radio player. I was totally fascinated by this track, so melancholic, atmospheric, and those bass frequencies, hmmm... So I really started to wait for an album from the Bristol guy.

Since then I had loads of dubstep albums in my ears and on my shelves (less on the last than on the first I admit :p), and those I prefer are from Distance, Pinch, Benga, Boxcutter and Cyrus, and certainly the next to come in that dub/minimal/detroit techno crossover with the genre (2562, Peverelist, Appleblim,...).

[stimpee]

Leon: you need to visit Utrecht to the Dubstep-a-gogo parties. Theyre very popular here and the soundsystem is awesome. http://www.dubstepagogo.com/ last one was yesterday :p

[Leon]

Leon: you need to visit Utrecht to the Dubstep-a-gogo parties. Theyre very popular here and the soundsystem is awesome. http://www.dubstepagogo.com/ last one was yesterday :p

Actually, that dj Osiris is a classmate of mine, I know he organizes that shit (or some other parties) as well. I haven't had the chance yet, but I will visit one of those parties sooner or later.

[GforGroove]

ufff
i saw last night this kid called Flying Lotus. Is a dubstep DJ... with Wutang style That BLOWS your mind.

Is not burial of course. But he is amazing dubstep dj so listen to him.

[joethelion]

I'll def have to check 'em out...
I haven't really heard anything too exciting from the dubstep scene in a bit

I did, however hear that Burial is doing the next K7 DJ Kicks cd!

(btw - wtf happened to K7? they used to have stuff coming out all the time (and great freebie deals if you ordered from their website), like around '01/'02... and now - it seems they put all their eggs in one basket)

[thee carp dreamer]

most of it bores the fuck out of me, but i saw the bug live last year and he was amazing. really.

[Jafs]

The Bug is coming with warrior queen and others to a free festival near here at the end of june, I was planning to see that.

2562 has revealed the tracklisting from his upcoming album "Aerial" on Tectonic, june 2nd:

1. Redux
2. Morvern
3. Moog Dub
4. Channel Two
5. Techno Dread
6. Basin Dub
7. Greyscale
8. Enforcers
9. Kameleon
10. The Times

[BrotherLovesDub]

Dubstep Allstars Vol. 6 is incredible.

[Jafs]

mixed by Appleblim, right ? Where to hear this ?

[BrotherLovesDub]

yes, mixed by Appleblim.

[Jafs]

I'm listening to his Rinse FM podcast right now...

first part is filled with old school tunes, from IDM to old reggae, crossing by the Beach boys...

second part is more technoid, I suppose his DAS 6 is in the same range.

[Jafs]

Dubstep Allstars Vol. 6 tracklist:

Gather - Peverelist
Circling - Peverelist & Applebim
Get Up - Pinch
Moog Dub - 2562
Suburbia - Martyn
Action Potential - Jus Wan
Morvern Dub - 2562
Harajuku - TTG & Selector Dub U
Infinity is Now - Peverelist
Percression - Skream
Pretty Bright Light - RSD
Babylon - Mungo's HI FI
Bad Apple - Komonazkuk
Cheeky Herbert - Komonazkuk & Gatekeeper
Decisions - TRG
Put You Down (Ramadanman Refix) - TRG
Broken Hearts (Martyn's DCM Remix) - TRG
Reminiscing (Dubplate Version) - Geiom

[pafufta816]

i'm still confused as to what dubstep really is. does anyone know some good mixsets that might explain the genre, and not bore me too :P

[BrotherLovesDub]

2562 - Aerial LP is also very very good.

http://lowerdepths.com/mixes/martyn_skreamrinsefm230408.php

Martyn is a good dj.

[Jafs]

2562 - Aerial LP is also very very good.


no doubt about this... ordered my copy on Boomkat since it was possible :D

However, I've still not listened to Dubstep A.S. 6...

[kid cue]

a great deal of the good dubstep this year and the last feels a bit too slick and gentrified to me. i miss that murky vibe from 04-06, where the bassweight felt dangerous. i don't know how i feel about the techno crossover stuff. it can be quality, but also go overboard with fiddly nuances. for me, it slows the music down in a way.

Martyn has some very raw stuff (Shadowcasting!) and a lot of very polite stuff. it sounds polite when he plays it out, too, but maybe that's also a function of his DJing, which is also very proper & polite. i don't know.