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kaiori breathe wrote: I'm usually diplomatic about music because I understand it's about taste, and everyone's different, but when it comes to KODE 9 I change, and it stops being about taste and starts being about who's taste is developed enough to realize his music is shit and who's taste is crippled and diminished and needs to be corrected...
Have you ever thought you might be narrow minded, and your taste is not developed enough for his music.
Kode 9's music might not be as amazing as some others, but in the right setting, and frame of mind his music is great imo.
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Sure_Fire wrote:By the way does anyone have the stems to make it bun dem? Missed the beatport comp and would very much like the ego booster of saying I remixed Skrillex.
I see how you feel but can't help but suggest you look at yourself before you get high and mighty towards people who've innovated the scene you write music too. I doubt without Hyperdub (which started off as a platform for Kode9s own music, don't forget) dubstep wouldn't of gone in that weird and wonderful direction and open more doors for us as producers to push so many boundaries.
Yes, you might not buy his music or like it but being so rude to someone (with or without kode9s kind of influence) is damn right obnoxious and yes, ive deleted about 20 obnoxious things while typing this - cause I don't believe in hanging your dirty washing out for other people to see but ranting and getting carried away or not - you've lost a lot of my respect.
This coulda been about anyone and I would said the same thing, for the record.
Soulstep wrote: My point is i just wanna hear more vibes
kaiori breathe wrote:
KODE9 is probably the most offensive audio garbage I've ever had to share the air with, knowing that at any given time KODE9s amusical wank is vibrating in the air somewhere genuinely pisses me off. He's like a 4 year old child in a room with priceless ornaments, a big balloon hammer and no supervision. The only tunes he makes that are anywhere near even remotely good are his remixes, and even they make me want to take a cheese grater to my ears in the hopes that I can render my ability to hear useless before the track ends.
It pisses me off that everyone thinks he has some cool little penchant for dissonance and it's all a part of who he is as a writer. He doesn't, he's just musically illiterate, he's just an idiot with no actual knowledge of how to write music and good production value (I wouldn't launch a tirade against his production value because in fairness this is the only redeeming feature of his 'music').
He shows as much aptitude for writing music as Gary Glitter does for being a normal functioning member of society, he's picked up bits and pieces over the years like structure and arrangement (although, even those at times he seems to disregard) but it just pisses me off when you see somebody who hasn't invested the time into learning how to actually write getting away with it.
I hate KODE 9 with an almost intolerable and cancerous bile that at times feels like it's going to burn through my insides and seep into the world around me, kinda like when you shoot Alien and acid blood sprays all over your face. It seriously just aggrivates me so much knowing that you can make a reputation in music WITHOUT ACTUALLY KNOWING HOW TO WRITE MUSIC simply because the public's understanding of music is pretty much zero. I'm usually diplomatic about music because I understand it's about taste, and everyone's different, but when it comes to KODE 9 I change, and it stops being about taste and starts being about who's taste is developed enough to realize his music is shit and who's taste is crippled and diminished and needs to be corrected...
Oh and I hate the "he's just a marmite musician" argument. He's not. Marmite musicians usually display an ability to write, to be a 'marmite musician' you need to actually be a musician. He's not. He can't write.
Good producer, worst musician of all time. If you like KODE 9 I'm sorry but there is something wrong with you and you need to be corrected.
Those are my views, sorry if they offend.
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I would love it. kode9 is a madman, so much feeling in his tunes. its similar to how some people like flylo cause of the cool-kid factor, or burial or w/e...
End of the day though, you cant fuck with kode's production. ace shit.
Oh and kai, do some research, kode9 teaches music theory and production for a living, he says himself he just throws all that out the window when he writes, no need to cry about it, turn it off and move along. (deleted obnoxious things cause legnd4ry's right, totally not worth it.)
^ Lol. that was Joker saying that in reference to some other retarded post.
As always, some folks work to move the world forward... while others chat bollox on the internet.
The end result is all that matters; whether or not Kode (or anyone) knows his m7ths from his maj9s is irrelevant. The end product is either awesome or not...
And all is right with the world.
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Don't like my views? Tough. I don't care. The thread is entitled "What’s your opinion of Kode 9 (as a producer)?" - I don't see the words "praise him/his music/the taste of those who like his music or don't post" in there do you?
Coincidentally, you guys aren't any better than I am given all the snide comments and jabs that have been thrown at me since my post
kaiori breathe wrote:Don't like my views? Tough. I don't care. The thread is entitled "What’s your opinion of Kode 9 (as a producer)?" - I don't see the words "praise him/his music/the taste of those who like his music or don't post" in there do you?
Coincidentally, you guys aren't any better than I am given all the snide comments and jabs that have been thrown at me since my post
Sorry for making you all butthurt.
We deleted the snide comments, wtf you tlakin bout willis?
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I think Kode9 is overrated, but i have huge respect for the man in terms of what he has achieved. just not so keen on his music.
Can't stand Spaceape, it makes me cringe - but i suppose this is a reaction Kode9 wouldn't really mind.
Anyway Spaceape's style seems to be influenced by Linton Kwesi Johnson?
The sound effects are amazing, the drums are borderline perfect, the synth is simple as fuck but glues it all together, and regardless of whether he practices what he teaches in terms of theory, it gets stuck in my head, and that lfo does wonders... The vocals are really well used, haunting shit. And then that harmonica sorta thing comes in, and carries you away.
kaiori breathe wrote:Don't like my views? Tough. I don't care. The thread is entitled "What’s your opinion of Kode 9 (as a producer)?" - I don't see the words "praise him/his music/the taste of those who like his music or don't post" in there do you?
Coincidentally, you guys aren't any better than I am given all the snide comments and jabs that have been thrown at me since my post
Sorry for making you all butthurt.
We deleted the snide comments, wtf you tlakin bout willis?
In seriousness guys,
My original post does contain my real views, I won't lie and say it doesn't, I really can't stand kode 9, and it does annoy me that he is praised as he is given that his music sounds to me like the result of somebody testing the 'monkeys in a room will write shakespear' theory, however, my original post wasn't mean to be as serious as a lot of you guys seem to have read it, I wasn't angry when I wrote it, I wasn't pissed off or moody or on a man period (when have you ever seen an angry guy manage to use gary glitter similes, reference the Alien movie and talk about cheese graters in one go) the post had my real views but they were laced with ridiculousness and stupid metaphors - I tend not to express any view seriously so the things I dislike end up voiced in ridiculously over the top ways and the things I like equally get the same exaggerated treatment - it wasn't meant to offend, I assumed at worst somebody might get a bit moody over it, shrug and ignore it muttering the words "what an idiot" to themselves - I thought the post was sufficiently preposterous for people to realize I was exaggerating a lot of the views in it and not get offended by it, but apparently not and i'll take the hit for that, and I do apologize for offending people here. My views could have been aired more diplomatically.
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