Dubstep finally makes the beatport top 10 chart!

[youthful_implants]

Scrillex is sick!

[WatchYourStep]

Holy fucking dog, 4 of the songs in his EP now have places in the top 10! I've never seen that before in my life

[Masocre]

Holy fucking dog, 4 of the songs in his EP now have places in the top 10! I've never seen that before in my life

Since when did Sonny Moore come into such fame?

[qwaycee_]

this thread is jokes.

i won't 100% hate on beatport, i copped some sick tunes from that place (xi and subeena) to name a few.

but for the majority of dubstep...nah son.

i enjoy digging through their downtempo and nu-jazz sections. always gems in there.

[volcanogeorge]

Mr Oizo got it right on twitter the other day:

beatport is like a huge bag of human shit. you need gloves to dig. after 2 hours, you finally find a piece of dog shit, and you're happy.

[hellfire machina]

Am I wrong in thinking that it's not an easy feat to get a new label on beatport these days?

[WatchYourStep]

Holy fucking dog, 4 of the songs in his EP now have places in the top 10! I've never seen that before in my life

Since when did Sonny Moore come into such fame?

No effing clue. One day I hear an Alejandro remix in a bar, the next my friends are telling me we're going to see him on tour.

I think that a lot of electro fans and also his emo fanbase that followed him through his transition have combined to create instant hype surrounding him, likely far larger than all of dubstep's collective fanbase put together.

[jam1]

His tunes are shit

inb4, etc.

See, nobody can use it quite like Thinking! Good effort though...

[mortalgrey]

Am I wrong in thinking that it's not an easy feat to get a new label on beatport these days?

It's pretty difficult these days. I went through an aggregate to make it happen, after our first application was rejected. Even then, you have to hit a minimum amount in sales per year (or maybe quarter?) to stay on.

I think they received enough complaints that there was too much rubbish to dig to find anything of value, so they made it harder to jump on board. Just my guess.

[WatchYourStep]

It also doesn't hurt that Skrillex has a personality, and doesn't just blankly stare at what he's doing the entire time like some kind of calculus substitute teacher in high school.

[fractal]

who?

[WatchYourStep]

who?

An emo singer-turned-electro artist.

Lots of people like the tunes he's making right now.

[Pistonsbeneath]

in the uk?

ive never heard of him

[kingGhost]

so i went and listened to the skrillex tracks on beatport. yup, why is that called dubstep? waste (IMO). then again it's on deadmau5's label... not to judge a book by it's cover but hmmm

[pompende]

I think that a lot of electro fans and also his emo fanbase that followed him through his transition have combined to create instant hype surrounding him, likely far larger than all of dubstep's collective fanbase put together.

add to that having his cd released by the worlds most popular dj...

It also doesn't hurt that Skrillex has a personality, and doesn't just blankly stare at what he's doing the entire time like some kind of calculus substitute teacher in high school.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_1ogrKvSNM

you're right he looks really invested in what hes doing.

[MUT3]

guilty pleasure tbh. better than alot of the brostep out there.

[decree]

Skrillex rules, congrats to him on making that!


Noisia remix

[bRRRz]

Nice one, mate!

[WatchYourStep]

It also doesn't hurt that Skrillex has a personality, and doesn't just blankly stare at what he's doing the entire time like some kind of calculus substitute teacher in high school.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_1ogrKvSNM

you're right he looks really invested in what hes doing.

Sorry, can't tell if you're being sarcastic, but yeah, what I was referring to is the brand that he puts forth. It's much more in accordance with a rock star (ie: the shaved head, the pierced lip, the attitude, the high performance energy), and such, I think people are more likely to treat him like a rockstar.

I'm just hypothesizing as to his sudden rise to fame.

[MUT3]

Dont forget the skin tight leather pants