garethom wrote:Like if somebody in the distant future says to me "What was dubstep, but I only have the patience to hear one album, no singles", I'd play My Demons.
Probably unpopular but i'd play them Nomad. My Demons is to rock influenced to play to that theoretical person, imo.
by that logic you shouldn't play nomad either cause it's too techno influenced
Is it? I know nothing about techno..
I just feel Nomad encapsulates what 'Dubstep' means (I suppose just to me, thinking about it) better than My Demons does. I mean, guitar riffs and shit is, by and large, fairly unique to Distance.
fair enough
lifeform is pretty much a dub techno tune to me. i love nomad, but i wouldn't say it's the dubstep album
garethom wrote:Like if somebody in the distant future says to me "What was dubstep, but I only have the patience to hear one album, no singles", I'd play My Demons.
Probably unpopular but i'd play them Nomad. My Demons is to rock influenced to play to that theoretical person, imo.
by that logic you shouldn't play nomad either cause it's too techno influenced
Is it? I know nothing about techno..
I just feel Nomad encapsulates what 'Dubstep' means (I suppose just to me, thinking about it) better than My Demons does. I mean, guitar riffs and shit is, by and large, fairly unique to Distance.
It's not so much the exact elements of it (cos of a lot of albums would fall foul of catering to one specific area too much), it's more just the mood around it. To me, dubstep was not necessarily overly dark, but tinted, moody, space-y, bass-y, head nodding riddims, and My Demons hits those spots most precisely imo. Clubroot comes close too.
Also, because of the dungeon backlash, I think bods have forgot how good Kryptic Minds - One Of Us is.
ultraspatial - I wouldn't necessarily say it's the dubstep album either, but if I played it to the interested party and they didn't like it i'd fuck them off instantly
garethom - I am not one of those people. One of Us is somewhere in my top twenty or top fifteen albums OAT
garethom wrote:Like if somebody in the distant future says to me "What was dubstep, but I only have the patience to hear one album, no singles", I'd play My Demons.
Probably unpopular but i'd play them Nomad. My Demons is to rock influenced to play to that theoretical person, imo.
by that logic you shouldn't play nomad either cause it's too techno influenced
Is it? I know nothing about techno..
I just feel Nomad encapsulates what 'Dubstep' means (I suppose just to me, thinking about it) better than My Demons does. I mean, guitar riffs and shit is, by and large, fairly unique to Distance.
It's not so much the exact elements of it (cos of a lot of albums would fall foul of catering to one specific area too much), it's more just the mood around it. To me, dubstep was not necessarily overly dark, but tinted, moody, space-y, bass-y, head nodding riddims, and My Demons hits those spots most precisely imo. Clubroot comes close too.
Also, because of the dungeon backlash, I think bods have forgot how good Kryptic Minds - One Of Us is.
Laszlo wrote:ultraspatial - I wouldn't necessarily say it's the dubstep album either, but if I played it to the interested party and they didn't like it i'd fuck them off instantly
garethom - I am not one of those people. One of Us is somewhere in my top twenty or top fifteen albums OAT
"Secure Lost" is an amazing tune. Proper sets me on edge listening to it. When I first heard One Of Us, in my head it was what the death of dubstep would sound like, proper frayed, rough, dark stuff. Didn't realise it would actually sound like brostep and house.
if someone asked me to show them one album to teach them what dubstep was, probs Circadian by old jack sparra
also nomad is a good choice because it shows that its not all about 140 half time snares n shit, its just about the vibe of the sound
TopManLurka wrote:FTR, requirements for being a 'head':
-you have to be youngsta
-you must have been in that infamous room of ten people.
-a DMZ release is preferable but not necessary.
-please note that being youngsta is mandatory.
Surely a mix (file/CD?) would be the way to go recommendations wise? I couldn't honestly recommend a single album as a defining statement of the whole genre.
there was a lot of garbage pretty soon afterwards, still a lot of quality that got lost in the mix tho.
Shum wrote:Surely a mix (file/CD?) would be the way to go recommendations wise? I couldn't honestly recommend a single album as a defining statement of the whole genre.
that new uprise audio cd is actually fairly sick, would be a decent one to show people what dubsteps all about. can be a bit dungeony tho...
TopManLurka wrote:FTR, requirements for being a 'head':
-you have to be youngsta
-you must have been in that infamous room of ten people.
-a DMZ release is preferable but not necessary.
-please note that being youngsta is mandatory.
