Horsepower: looking for feedback

we eat our young · Post by **we eat our young** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 2:43 pm

I always liked that Horsepower remix of New Flesh as well.

Good luck with the new stuff. Sure it will teach the new breed a thing or two!

autonomic · Post by **autonomic** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 3:03 pm

Benny - Like others have said, any return of the Horsepower would be fantastic. On your questions...

Vocals - Yes. It may not be to everyone's tastes and I think you'd want to avoid the blandness that Goldie got into for instance, but there's definitely a need for variety. One of my recent favourites was Distance's "Saints and Sinners" laregly on the strenght of the vocal.

Halfstep - Is fine but it's true that it can become monotonous. I liked Burial's comments on keeping that slinky sexiness in dubstep's rhythms. If there's anyone that can do that it's Horsepower.

Dark/Light - Dubstep's taken on a dark tone almost exclusively which was novel when it was in response to lighter stuff but it's almost become the rule. There have been some lighter tracks recently - D1 "Identify," the Distance track, Macabre's "Lift Off," and some others - that have felt like a breath of fresh air. I'd like to hear more alongside the dark but not to it's exclusion.

bad touch · Post by **bad touch** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 7:07 pm

Just anything new from Horsepower would be wicked. classic delux still my favourite tune full stop.

oh and those tunes with goldspot were awesome, just keep playing about with it.

and what he said about not listning to stnuc in the internet

easy

tha_illsta · Post by **tha_illsta** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 7:37 pm

O.K......

Mad props go out to all those who have posted on this thread so far....

All your comments have been noted.

For all those who say we should not listen to twats on the internet, well....don't think we are going to follow exactly what peeps are saying, we're just throwing it out there that's all

Expect the unexpected

BENNY

ghettobot · Post by **ghettobot** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 11:23 pm

first of all...RESPECT! i play a lot of your old tracks all the time in my sets. it really livelies the place up with the shffling slinky beats! the turn u on releases and dub war record are teh sound that got me into this, way before i knew odf anything called dubstep. thank you!
i am so happy to hear you are returning to the fray!!!
i personally don't like a lot of vocals, but some wisps here and there is cool, more as a musical element than words and singing.
i hope that you keep your identity and not meld into what everyone else is doing.

dept of hell science · Post by **dept of hell science** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:25 am

THA ILLSTA wrote: Expect the unexpected

BENNY

I'm expecting Christina Aguilera remixes, collabs with BT and quarterstep...

hectik · Post by **hectik** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:52 am

i no who you are and you lot are shit hot as far as wot way you should goin the scene
i think go with wot you feel i love female vocals it think there the best vocals out there
and as for old skool samples it a dieing sound that will never come back you cant get raw beats like that any more
all you ? sound 2 me like your on the right track
just mak the fucker if it comes out dark then well lght then fuckit you guys no wot your doing
peace
ps let me no when its made
pps im going traveling for a year oz tye etc if you no of any tours let me no

gravious · Post by **gravious** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 2:14 am

Obviously you should do what you want, but you wouldn't have posted if you didn't want to hear opinions so....

Vocals: Theres a bit of anti-mc/vocals feeling, but theres definately room for this kind of stuff. They can add so much to the sound/vibe of a track. For example Roni Size - New Forms, bahamdias vocals turn that from a good track to a legendary track! Skream's remix of almighty father also come to mind. Also Kode9 and Spaceape stuff. Theres so much uncharted territory here though really, some pushing out of boats needs to be done..

Beats: Theres loads of half-step, and nots so much old school at the mo it seems. But honestly, I love both when done well.

Dark/light: I think the best music plays these elements off each other, gets a balance. Hours of utter darkness is boring. Likewise for light/fluffiness. Its all about mixing the ratios around. Or something. Just like the guiness I have embibed before unleashing my thoughts on an unsuspecting world.

Mmmmmm....

....guinessss

spaceboy · Post by **spaceboy** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 11:43 am

dubway wrote:
Spaceboy wrote:dubstep suffers from too much reggae sounding stuff and to me thats not original, the reggae masters did that
i love reggae but i have to agree with this (i was thinking about this too.. few weeks ago..)

certain sets i downloaded i was like boy this is all the same! where's the originality...

numaestro · Post by **numaestro** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 11:51 am

Vocals would be good - Love to hear sb on a consciousness type vibe (New York has to be the place to find vocalists!!) Love to hear a bit of nu-soul sensibility.
Beats - well both. Half step don't have to be dirge step. just drive at about 70 some of the time.
Hovering on the edge of darkness is the place to be. But then again you know this already! Looking forward to hearing new stuff - massive respect

joseph-j · Post by **joseph-j** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:40 pm

Ah, vocalists. Not sure about this one. Log On and Stick & Move worked really well, but I have issues with a lot of UK hip hop vocalists. Just as long as it doesn't go too commercial, I'm sure it will be good. If dubstep wants to avoid the pitfalls of dnb, don't go down the 'Shake Ur Body' path.

I've never seen Horsepower as particularly dark actually, and likewise they've never really followed fashions and done their own thing beat-wise.

I guess what I'm saying is that as long as the new Horsepower 12 isn't signed to Positiva with its eye on the charts, it'll keep me happy, I'm sure.

Rock on.

lohan · Post by **lohan** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:29 pm

Big up Horsepower each and every time!

True origionators, you lot are partly responsible for me getting into this music mate.

There are no rules to what you SHOULD or SHOULDN'T produce, did I miss a meeting or something? Why do people think there's this mould that must be adhered to with dubstep?

Im looking forward to hearing ANYTHING from you lot benny mate. Don't lose the music man. Big up.

amen-ra · Post by **amen-ra** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 4:34 pm

Peace Lohan- one of the wisest tings said on this thread.

Peace to Culprit on some nex tip- easy!!

Benny- you're a don

dubsta · Post by **dubsta** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:20 am

Big up Horsepower Crew, you are the originators

Nowadays everybody produces halfstep. But from you I would rather love the dark 2step sound you made earlier. Film-details, skankin rhtym-sections, far-eastern samples, nice wobbling basslines. Don't care of the trends of sound and you will stay true to yourself.

r33lc4sh · Post by **r33lc4sh** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:37 am

dubsta wrote:Big up Horsepower Crew, you are the originators

Nowadays everybody produces halfstep. But from you I would rather love the dark 2step sound you made earlier. Film-details, skankin rhtym-sections, far-eastern samples, nice wobbling basslines. Don't care of the trends of sound and you will stay true to yourself.

Rob H · Post by **Rob H** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:23 am

Dept of Hell Science wrote: your elephant man rmx is still in my top 10 ever

fuck id forgotten about that tune

showerification!

andythetwig · Post by **andythetwig** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:34 am

i find happy, bouncy tracks get the best response from my crowds, but I think that maybe because they work in juxtaposition to all the darkness...

The most popular songs have been light or aggressive. the halfstep ambience is better for the vibe.

straight vocals are definitely needed if you want to take the sound somewhere else and appeal to a wider audience, but I don't think it would appeal to many people already in the sound.

christ, anything has it's place in dubstep, that's why it's so great!

anok · Post by **anok** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 1:45 pm

moving_ninja wrote:Given how much of an influence the early horsepower stuff had on me actually getting into this sound, I'd say just do what you do naturally and only good things will from it.

Looking forward to hearing anything thats coming out of the Horsepower studio in future.

Big up

Say no more

luke.envoy · Post by **luke.envoy** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:21 pm

i have full faith in horsepower doing whatever they want

conspira · Post by **conspira** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:25 pm

luke.envoy wrote:i have full faith in horsepower doing whatever they want

Same!

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