RE: Dungeon Sound Labels

[Sykes]

I wanna start compiling a list of as many of the labels pushing this sound as I can so I can keep follow the sound a bit better, and know who to send my tracks off to! Anyone got any labels they are feeling at the mo?

[Herbimore]

Black Box & Box Clever kinda goes without saying

[redfire]

Orientis
Methodology
FentPlates
Chestplate

[dj seizure]

Orientis
Methodology
FentPlates
Chestplate

Fent Plates? Dungeon? Really?

This dungeon malarky is so stupid.

It's called Dubstep.

[AllNightDayDream]

Sub Lab

[arktrix45hz]

Sub Lab

We're not a dungeon, or even strictly dubstep label for that matter...

[ARNOK]

[hifi]

hahahahaha

[AllNightDayDream]

My bad if this is directed at me, I dig your tunes and the ones you put out. Collision's bits are some of my favorites as of recent. Didn't mean to pigeonhole you or anything, just wanted to spread the word.

[wobbles]

lol

[ARNOK]

My bad if this is directed at me, I dig your tunes and the ones you put out. Collision's bits are some of my favorites as of recent. Didn't mean to pigeonhole you or anything, just wanted to spread the word.

Nah, I was definitely not directing that towards you (or anyone specific). To be honest, I'm just generally upset with the whole 'dungeon sound' trend...If you feel a need to put these style of sounds into a box, why not call it 'dubstep' if anything? Personally, I just love music and art just for what it is...And if it was up to me, SUB LAB would not classify any of our releases into 'genres'.

No hard feelings

[redfire]

Orientis
Methodology
FentPlates
Chestplate

Fent Plates? Dungeon? Really?

This dungeon malarky is so stupid.

It's called Dubstep.

true true... but would u recommend Circus/Play me etc??? theyre "dubstep" labels......... i know we shouldnt "pigeonhole" etc, but for the sake of the threads title, i made a list of dubstep labels that he might like..... i would havve given the same list if asked for my fav. dubstep labels, or indeed, my favourite music labels

[NickUndercover]

ICU Audio ?

[garethom]

All the people getting worked up over the name of the Dungeon sound thread, saying why not just call it dubstep? We're on dubstep forum, look how varied dubstep has got, if I started a thread called "The Dubstep Sound" thread, how would anyone know that I wanted "dungeon" sounds. It's just a name that a lot of people know what it's associated with so know what to find in there. Don't stress it.

[belalala]

lol quality gif from the man they call arnok

[belalala]

as for subgenre classifications, i see the good and bad in these newfangled descriptions of art and music-
from the beginning language has strived to create new and better ways to specifically describe what one means to say, so as to more clearly be able to share thoughts. coming up with different identifications for colors--red, yellow, blue-- as well as different colors within those colors -- maroon, fire engine red, mustard, neon yellow, navy, sky, turquoise, etc.--for example, allows one to say, 'i saw this lovely magenta dress with mustard trim today' rather than 'i saw this lovely dress today.' adjectives and classifications allow one to paint a more brilliant picture with words.

i don't think subgenres are evil all around because they do allow people to more precisely and descriptively share sounds and interests with others. how many times (especially in the US, i think) have you told someone you like 'dubstep' and they ask you what your favorite doctor p track is, when really you tend to fall more on the black box/tectonic/whatever other highly esteemed label end of the spectrum? pigeonholing is a different problem entirely--saying sub lab is a 'dungeon sound' label shouldn't mean that it is ONLY and FOREVER a dungeon sound label--but maybe we should ease up a little bit and let ourselves share what we mean without all the subgenre paranoia