is dubstep too serious???

shonky · Post by **shonky** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:12 pm

Stenchman wrote:nice cross section of views, i agree with what has been said about over use of horror samples, mind you they are effective tho! did anyone have a listen to that who moved my cheese tune thats on my profile? see if u reckon its just too silly to be droppable

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So no

boomting · Post by **boomting** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:35 pm

2 words

"ruff lovin"

unempty · Post by **unempty** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:13 pm

There's plenty of non-serious music that can still be heavy.
Especially in Dub you have plenty of inspirational examples right there.

I think alot of dubstep tracks are positively humorous too. I mean, who the hell would take 50kW seriously, as an example? It still can't be denied as a tune.

Intentionally writing humor or "lightheartedness" in music is hard though, especially in instrumentals. Do it badly, and it slides off into cheese real fast.

I dunno, I think when it gets "serious" it also gets just as cheesy too. It's just too emotionally and intellectually easy to go the angsty emo route, use scarface samples and gun sounds, y'know.

Zappa, Tom Waits and Mike Patton are always good for perspective. Check out Clutch too. Closer to home, I think pretty much anything by RDJ/AFX or Venetian Snares is in good spirits.

And always keep locked to the roots, coz that's where it is.

marsyas · Post by **marsyas** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:49 am

people take it too serious.

Jennifer · Post by **Jennifer** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 1:55 am

your face is too serious

dj slums · Post by **dj slums** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:46 am

Hungry_Man wrote:i know where you're coming from....i think its inherited that from DnB

its important to remeber that tunes can be happy without being cheesey. it all comes down to choice of chords and the perception of the listener

The dubbier tunes often use happier chords. a lot of dub coming from people like iration steppers sounds very close to dubstep, downright heavy and can also be happy and uplifting

iration steppers kick ass.

kenneth sulu · Post by **kenneth sulu** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:33 am

Who cares? As long as people are happy to listen to it.

corpsey · Post by **corpsey** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:43 pm

It's serious music- allowing it to go silly is opening the door to Lighthouse Family refixes shottying down dancefloors

incyde · Post by **incyde** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:03 pm

Jennifer wrote:your face is too serious

damnit thats what i was about to write

horse · Post by **horse** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:39 am

clownstep dub

edit:

soundbwoy wrote:Darkest dubstep tracks without vox, head over to the techno side: Stamp Release and Anstam kill it.

just checked stamp release on boomkat

holy fuck i just actually wet my self its so good

seen · Post by **seen** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:15 pm

soundbwoy wrote: Darkest dubstep tracks without vox, head over to the techno side: Stamp Release and Anstam kill it.

its a too much that stamp release, wasnt it an old berlin techno label restarted again recently

thehovsep · Post by **thehovsep** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:24 pm

if you ask me, tracks like Burnin' and Shattered aren't dark or serious at all.
Burnin' is just a banging track about pot.
Shattered is as close as dubstep has gotten to crunk.
and we all know crunk = crazy partying and good times.

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