oh dear! pendulum are going dubstep

bright maroon · Post by **bright maroon** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:51 pm

Hi Moldy!

about the topic,
I never really followed Pendulum because I think, at that time I was watching things more aligned with the Subtitles label..

..But I was going to say that they really need to change their kits up..they've been hashing those same sounds for a long time...but then I looked and saw that they are a band...? They still need to switch up and get more sophisticated or go full on into that trendy new rave trash and leave the dubstep alone altogether..

just my opinion..I've never made a tune so I'm worth about 1/12 of a dime, really.

jah wobble · Post by **jah wobble** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:02 pm

oh no the preshus dubsteps is being ruined!

this tune is not bad. it's not good. so what? if it had someone else's name on it, it would probably be big upped by a lot of people.

joe muggs · Post by **joe muggs** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:16 pm

jah wobble wrote:if it had someone else's name on it, it would probably be big upped by a lot of people.

Spot on. I don't think it's bad as cheesy 'upfront' dubstep goes, could do with tougher snares but most of the sounds are good IMO. Shame there's no metal guitars though

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On the more general point, though: people should have more faith in dubstep. There's no rule that says success and attention from outside the scene = fail. D&B might've fucked up when the world came knocking but that's because a) it happened very quickly and b) the main players were total dog-in-a-manger about the whole thing, over-protective about 'their' sound and allowed it to go shit.

I've said this before: there's no reason that dubstep shouldn't follow techno instead, and more gradually branch out from its local roots into something global which continues to evolve over years and produce new subsets of its sound. Yeah lazy producers might've flooded the market with a billion ripoffs of Jeff Mills in the 90s, or Hawtin & Villalobos in this decade, but techno as a whole has thus far been able to backtrack from those creative dead ends and occupy new sonic territory...

quaide · Post by **quaide** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:36 pm

fuck off peeendulum

time · Post by **time** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:42 pm

psyolopher · Post by **psyolopher** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:48 pm

The tracks are ok, not really feelin them badly!

subframe · Post by **subframe** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:18 pm

my god that sounds bad.

moody g · Post by **moody g** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:53 pm

Utter shite......

leave that kind of sound to those who can actually do it, like 501 for instance, who came over from DNB to make some good tracks in that kind of sound.

Going through the motions they are. Gsus. Bad. Really.

moody g · Post by **moody g** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:56 pm

hackman wrote:
Tomity wrote: yeah, i agree it is inevitable, look at 501 dubz, not saying i dont like his stuff, but dub you is pretty much how i thought pendulum would do dubstep before i heard this
also don't even compare this with rusko, rusko has alot more goin on

Thats the thing though, even if 501 comes from DNB and makes tracks that may sound a bit DNB, it is quality, trust. The guy is spot on and a great bloke who really feels dubstep, not just making tracks in dubstep to make tracks in dubstep.

nousd · Post by **nousd** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:08 am

Bet Pendulum would laugh at this brouhaha. They're just musicmakers that a lot of people go to see...young Cliff Richards. They've found a niche and made moula...get bored and fuck around with stuff they're hearing...make flash versions.
They're STARS! No threat to the earthling dubstep community, it's aesthetic or it's good vibes. If it aggravates ya, think: Rolf Harris doing Stairway to Heaven.

Grass gets greener after a storm.

tekton naggar · Post by **tekton naggar** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:09 am

but they'll still be shit..

do you still listen to them now? if yes, why?

if you hate them fuck them.. you don't have to listen to their new output any more than their old stuff... and at the end of the day the sort of nights that'll have dj's playing pendulum dubstep your already know will be student waste nights so nevermind.. let the trustfund kids have their fun and get on with doing what you do... its no stress things get more popular and as they do theres a lot of bandwagon jumping shit.. but you don't have to bother with it.. there will always be good music in the genre, if you have to look harder, so be it..

nousd · Post by **nousd** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 2:00 pm

Anyone can dabble in ds but not everyone will feel it as a core experience to be shared joyfully with other steppas...poor fuckers, feel sorry for em!

danny bwoy · Post by **danny bwoy** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 3:03 pm

gravious wrote:Not really feeling it at all. However, it sounds like plenty of other dubstep i don't particularly like, and which seems to be popular, so probably a bit harsh to single them out

robotic wrote:some ppl on here are sounding like they have some deeply personal issues with these guys... which is just hilarious!!

no more words needed. pure waste of time & energy.

dopelabs · Post by **dopelabs** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:37 pm

well id have to say 16 pages of bad reviews would def make me reconsider releasing anything 'dubstep'

lol

chamclowder · Post by **chamclowder** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:39 pm

They called it "Rusckoesque" which should tell us that it sucks.

chamclowder · Post by **chamclowder** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:41 pm

two oh one wrote:I think if some established head had made this, rather than Pendulum, people would be jizzing all over it saying it's teh great.

Apart from that shit vocal, obviously.

Established head: I made this. Check it out!
People: It is teh awesome OMGZFG! Can I felate you?
Established head: Nah mate, just kidding LOL it's Pendulum, you shithead.
People: Um, yeah, we are kidding too! It's rubbish! It's unscene! Pendulum are shit and ruined teh Drum 'n' Bass and now they're ruining Dubstep!
Established head: Nah mate, just kidding. It's me. LOL!
People: Sounds good, though. It's got some pace to it.
Established head: LOL. It's not. It's Pendulum and you're a homo for liking them.
People: Um.

Yep.

fractal · Post by **fractal** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:37 pm

chamclowder wrote:They called it "Rusckoesque" which should tell us that it sucks.

Tomity wrote:
also don't even compare this with rusko, rusko has alot more goin on

roytr0n · Post by **roytr0n** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 8:49 pm

If pendulum didn't make this,

and someone else did,

would you be saying the same thing?

von · Post by **von** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 9:16 pm

roytr0n wrote:If pendulum didn't make this,

and someone else did,

would you be saying the same thing?

little boh peep · Post by **little boh peep** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 9:57 pm

I don't think there's anything wrong with Pendulum doing dubstep. Good tunes are good tunes no matter who wrote them, and likewise with completely shit tunes.

oh dear! pendulum are going dubstep

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