"Skream, and the perils of going pop" - The Guardian

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Re: "Skream, and the perils of going pop" - The Guardian

Post by pompende » Tue Dec 06, 2011 5:09 am

bobsabarker wrote:i have respect for skream RELEASING these "older" sounding tunes to satisfy the original fans, but what good is that if when you go see him play out and you hear nothing but brostep trash? those tunes rarely get a play. i passed up seeing Benga here in Orlando for that very reason. the scene here is getting pretty bad. i remember a time when mala and starkey came through, now its nothin but filth.
it doesn't have to sound like the old stuff, necessarily.
did i completely dream the history of this scene? wasn't it once the home of a myriad of diverse, original, and gripping sounds? wasn't it once the paradigm for a new model of audience-performer interaction? for fucks sake, skream called it ghetto folk once.

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Re: "Skream, and the perils of going pop" - The Guardian

Post by skream » Tue Dec 06, 2011 10:41 am

I havent ever said I signed to a major or changed my style of music for money...

I said I made 'Anticipate' for my son....

Not too sure where this money argument has come from...

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Post by pete_bubonic » Tue Dec 06, 2011 11:43 am

skream wrote:I havent ever said I signed to a major or changed my style of music for money...

I said I made 'Anticipate' for my son....

Not too sure where this money argument has come from...
Because there's always a couple of spengs who assume too much than they can possibly know. Don't pay it any heed.
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Re: "Skream, and the perils of going pop" - The Guardian

Post by kay » Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:51 pm

skream wrote:I havent ever said I signed to a major or changed my style of music for money...

I said I made 'Anticipate' for my son....

Not too sure where this money argument has come from...
It's because some people always have to have something to complain or be holier-than-thou about, they'll even start making things up in their own minds. The phrases "money" and "sell-out" are often associated with comments like that.

As long as you enjoy what you're doing and you're not hurting anyone, *shrug*

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Post by blinx420 » Tue Dec 06, 2011 1:57 pm

This track is just nuts hope you make more of this stuff someday :h: :Q:
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Post by bassrael » Tue Dec 06, 2011 2:57 pm

Molzie wrote:
JBoy wrote:i'll always have big respect for skream.
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Post by codeStep » Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:07 pm

I guess people say that because lt appeals to a bigger audience and therefore more people will buy it.

You should probably stop reading now - bound to be more stnuc ready to post

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Post by brasco » Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:36 pm

bassrael wrote:
Molzie wrote:
JBoy wrote:i'll always have big respect for skream.
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Post by antipode » Sun Dec 11, 2011 10:30 am

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Post by TheTornado » Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:14 pm

Out to Skream, will always have mad love for him. Seeing him at Smart Bar back in '09 is one of my favorite gigs ever. When 'In For The Kill' was just on dub and it was nuuuuuts when he dropped it.

One of the most diverse producers in any scene as well, and always has time for the fans. Big ups.
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Re: "Skream, and the perils of going pop" - The Guardian

Post by didi » Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:40 pm

the fact that skream has just announced that phatty drummer/gritty is coming out on deep medi musik shows that he still loves and wants to cater for the old dubstep sound

i don't care if he makes pop. i won't buy it, but then again that sort of record isn't meant for me.

as long as he leeps on releasing tracks like phatty drummer and exothermic reaction alongside his pop tunes then nobody has the right to complain. man's just making some money doing what he loves doing- producing
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Re: "Skream, and the perils of going pop" - The Guardian

Post by jsml » Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:00 pm

the problem with anticipation isn't that it "isn't dark", it's that it's shit.

sorry skream. Still looking forward to phatty drummer whatever the case.

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Post by Phyalow » Sun Dec 18, 2011 1:43 am

jsml wrote:the problem with anticipation isn't that it "isn't dark", it's that it's shit.

sorry skream. Still looking forward to phatty drummer whatever the case.
I on the other hand enjoy them both thoroughly. Biggup skream, looking foward to catching your set at Rhythm

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Re: "Skream, and the perils of going pop" - The Guardian

Post by nousd » Sun Dec 18, 2011 5:04 am

Not many guys can anticipate the perils of becoming a pop
(including the financial & ego demands)
but I would've thought our down-to-earth Skream
was above a Jacko-like (blanket) declaration of love for us fans.
(our mothers don't love some of us!)
What's next...plastic surgery & gold-plated decks?
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Post by the_disconekt » Sun Dec 18, 2011 6:03 am

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Re: "Skream, and the perils of going pop" - The Guardian

Post by codeStep » Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:50 am

Can I please ask, what will the music on the radio 1 show be like? The stuff you play on the monthly show or stuff you played on stella sessions?

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Re: "Skream, and the perils of going pop" - The Guardian

Post by um4mi » Sun Dec 18, 2011 12:08 pm

I used to like Skream... until - »»───Knee───►

i kept expecting that article to have more of a point to it in the end but the author seemed more interested in his elaborate character profiling of various groups of people.. and simultaniously being a 'great story teller'.

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Re: "Skream, and the perils of going pop" - The Guardian

Post by apmje » Sun Dec 18, 2011 12:34 pm

First time I saw Skream is also my last. Shame, really.

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Re: "Skream, and the perils of going pop" - The Guardian

Post by ariosa » Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:43 pm

A lot of the time when producers can show they have a wide variety of production ranges, especially if they are great at what they do, they can bring new people into the genre as a whole, which i definitely don't think is a horrible thing. when people get excited to hear dubstep and they start looking back into skream's past releases they'll definitely hear an assortment of all types of different tunes. I wouldn't call it selling out so much as having a diverse catalog/audience. reason why i preordered gritty/phatty was not because i love all of skreams tunes and have to buy them all, but because they are really fucking good tunes..

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Re: "Skream, and the perils of going pop" - The Guardian

Post by antipode » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:32 am

At the end of the day Skream can do whatever the fuck he wants. He doesn't owe anyone anything.
Try putting yourself in his position having people trying to dictate to you how to write music.
Some of it's not my cup of tea, but I'm not going to take it personally.
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