Brostep / Skrillex and the Forum.

[joeki]

I might be misinterpreting here, but seems like you just contradicted yourself?
It seems like jokes because it was totally different from the current situation.

[wub]

[Forum]

[joeki]

that's right snort at people who've been supporting this culture for years, listening to radio shows, putting up nights, buying records from their last dimes, travelling to London and the rest of Europe just to go to a night. I can proudly say I'm one of those.
I wonder how much of that culture is still present in the current state of affairs.

And then when you utter some complaints, with well grounded reasons (perhaps you've not been outside of your London bubble for a while, but it's getting pretty hard to find good or varied nights in most of the rest of the world). And then you get treated like an asshole by some mod (who's post I can appreciate most of the time by the way). You're simply wrong mate. Breakstep was half a dozen producers and three or four labels. How you can possibly compare that to this situation is beyond me.

Sure, oldskool dubstep (let's call it that to keep the peace) will continue to grow in the underground, with new styles. BUT:
I just, only a page ago, politely said I don't think DSF needs to distinguish between bro and dubstep and there should be a place for both, but people are getting forced to listen to this at nights because there are so little alternatives out there. And it are always the same people who have to take the bad with good. Sure, it might all be temporarily and have some sort of happy ending, but right now that's not helping many people out there.

You might not agree, but the lassitude by some "important" figures in the scene towards that new movement didn't do an important section of its fans any fucking good this day. And if subject matter like that can't be debated in threads like these....

But please continue smirking

[wub]

And then you get treated like an asshole by some mod (who's post I can appreciate most of the time by the way). You're simply wrong mate. Breakstep was half a dozen producers and three or four labels. How you can possibly compare that to this situation is beyond me.

Wasn't meaning to treat you like an asshole mate, apologies if that's the way it was interpreted.

The reason this thread exists, as Pete & I discussed we when first came up with the idea, is that it's a catch all place for Skrillex/Brostep related chat. It's either this, or the half dozen or so weekly threads about the subject that descend into clusterfucks. This thread keeps the clusterfuckery all in one place.

[joeki]

I couldn't agree more on that. Maybe I got two posts mixed up there as well, sorry for that.

[wub]

I couldn't agree more on that. Maybe I got two posts mixed up there as well, sorry for that.

Wanna hug?

[joeki]

[espire]

I've read some really funny stuff here. I'm happy with this thread. I wouldnt like it any other way.

[seckle]

so little alternatives out there. And it are always the same people who have to take the bad with good.

I'd say there are more alternatives now than ever in terms of the actual music. The issue now is that promoters cannot get large venues, good enough to represent the music properly, without taking a big risk that the night won't make its minimums without a commercial well known headliner for the draw. Its exactly the same thing that jungle faced, between venue size/ venue soundsystem vs risk / reward. Jungle ( amen era) was then forced into 2nd room / 2nd stages and drum and bass (mainstream sound) took over main rooms / main stages.

Things are bigger, theres more money to made, the audiences are younger, the agencies charge more,djs ask for more, etc etc.

Exactly the same as jungle/dnb.

[joeki]

agree wholeheartedly, which is why I'm pleading constantly for more risks to be taken. But it's hard to find a balance. I mean, who will budge? You can't expect an artists to play for free (I've done it plenty of times, but for me it's all about the fun and I'm not signed to say Hessle Audio or something).

Second rooms are an option, but you wouldn't believe the shitstorm they stir up here. Few weeks ago Untitled! did an upstairs room with the Numbers label night, the blatantly uneducated masses did nothing but complain about "the amount of techno being spun at a dubstep event"

it's such a delicate balance, it are exciting but difficult times.

[_cheef_]

Korn self titled was definitly better than Untouchables and Issues but I can't call them weak tho. The one after that was my last album that I've bought and then they started to get quite horrible. Looking In the Mirror if I can recall correctly.

"Life is Peachy"

Also, "J Devil"???

[JLA]

I seriously just read maybe 10 pages of this whole thread and it was really interesting and I totally get where everyone is coming from, pretty sure. And personally I identify and agree with the underground-old-school-dubheads more. But that's not going to be my point here.

I guess my point is going to be it's astonishing that you are all discussing this so much.... over 100 pages??????

For a group of people who like to flaunt their love for tunes and promoting the little guys at the same time, that's sure A LOT OF CONCENTRATION on a trivial topic that only provides anti-support for basically the entire genre.....

I know I'm new to this forum (well, I've lurked for a good long time over years) but it'd be cool if this wasn't that big of a deal.

If Skrillex never got popular, this wouldn't matter. His popularity does NOT warrant all this debate/side taking/etc. It's just silly and I honestly don't see how any of these posts are even really relevant to the music at all......Frankly it just all kind of hits me as elitist bullshit. Even Skrillex himself and the other producers that you are all rolling eyes at aren't making that bad of a name for themselves. I mean jeez.

But cheers :-\

[daeMTHAFKNkim]

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... r-20120301

A pretty interesting 4-page read of 8-days/nights with Skrillex and reasoning for his hair and other random shit.

[Today]

I seriously just read maybe 10 pages of this whole thread and it was really interesting and I totally get where everyone is coming from, pretty sure. And personally I identify and agree with the underground-old-school-dubheads more. But that's not going to be my point here.

I guess my point is going to be it's astonishing that you are all discussing this so much.... over 100 pages??????

For a group of people who like to flaunt their love for tunes and promoting the little guys at the same time, that's sure A LOT OF CONCENTRATION on a trivial topic that only provides anti-support for basically the entire genre.....

I know I'm new to this forum (well, I've lurked for a good long time over years) but it'd be cool if this wasn't that big of a deal.

If Skrillex never got popular, this wouldn't matter. His popularity does NOT warrant all this debate/side taking/etc. It's just silly and I honestly don't see how any of these posts are even really relevant to the music at all......Frankly it just all kind of hits me as elitist bullshit. Even Skrillex himself and the other producers that you are all rolling eyes at aren't making that bad of a name for themselves. I mean jeez.

But cheers :-\

thread's been merged, mate.


reading its contents sequentially and attempting to understand it will only cause your brain to melt and ooze out yer ear drums

[Forum]

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... r-20120301

A pretty interesting 4-page read of 8-days/nights with Skrillex and reasoning for his hair and other random shit.

Him and Ellie Golding deserve each other

[JLA]

I seriously just read maybe 10 pages of this whole thread and it was really interesting and I totally get where everyone is coming from, pretty sure. And personally I identify and agree with the underground-old-school-dubheads more. But that's not going to be my point here.

I guess my point is going to be it's astonishing that you are all discussing this so much.... over 100 pages??????

For a group of people who like to flaunt their love for tunes and promoting the little guys at the same time, that's sure A LOT OF CONCENTRATION on a trivial topic that only provides anti-support for basically the entire genre.....

I know I'm new to this forum (well, I've lurked for a good long time over years) but it'd be cool if this wasn't that big of a deal.

If Skrillex never got popular, this wouldn't matter. His popularity does NOT warrant all this debate/side taking/etc. It's just silly and I honestly don't see how any of these posts are even really relevant to the music at all......Frankly it just all kind of hits me as elitist bullshit. Even Skrillex himself and the other producers that you are all rolling eyes at aren't making that bad of a name for themselves. I mean jeez.

But cheers :-\

thread's been merged, mate.


reading its contents sequentially and attempting to understand it will only cause your brain to melt and ooze out yer ear drums

Ahhhh! Well that's a bit more reasonable then xD even though I suppose that's still collectively a lot of what I was saying...

But that does make me feel a bit better Honestly I was reading through it like "Seriously it's THIS MUCH of a big deal???" ahaha

[fractal]

na, this thread is the trashcan for this stuff, lol

[ultraspatial]

Korn self titled was definitly better than Untouchables and Issues but I can't call them weak tho. The one after that was my last album that I've bought and then they started to get quite horrible. Looking In the Mirror if I can recall correctly.

"Life is Peachy"

Also, "J Devil"???

Take a look in the mirror is the album he's talking about. Though I agree they turned to shit after Life is Peachy

[_cheef_]

Korn self titled was definitly better than Untouchables and Issues but I can't call them weak tho. The one after that was my last album that I've bought and then they started to get quite horrible. Looking In the Mirror if I can recall correctly.

"Life is Peachy"

Also, "J Devil"???

Take a look in the mirror is the album he's talking about. Though I agree they turned to shit after Life is Peachy

oops, yeah you're right shows how much I've kept up with korn

na, this thread is the trashcan for this stuff, lol

lol more like a landfill at this point