dubstep at WMC 2006?

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 1:45 pm

anybody heard anything?

luke.envoy · Post by **luke.envoy** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:07 pm

good point

pete_bubonic · Post by **pete_bubonic** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:29 pm

What American nights are big enough or have enough representation? Would DMZ be able to organise something, it's a lot of of money involved.

adruu · Post by **adruu** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 4:37 pm

and nothing at SXSW...fuck miami though...

bob grommit · Post by **bob grommit** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 5:15 pm

SxSW?? are you from Austin?

adruu · Post by **adruu** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 5:26 pm

oh, not now, but I am a texas-ex...and I have some crew there as well...think i recognize your name from the purrin lion / matrix crew days...

sxsw was always a little long on picking up new dj's though...someone should have grabbed joe this year though..

bob grommit · Post by **bob grommit** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 5:30 pm

I will be playing the first night of SxSW at Plush.
All dubstep all night.
If you have friends in the ATX looking for the sound, tell them to make it out to Plush on Wednesday 03/15.

adruu · Post by **adruu** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 5:53 pm

on it

luke.envoy · Post by **luke.envoy** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 9:33 pm

Bob Grommit wrote:I will be playing the first night of SxSW at Plush.
All dubstep all night.
If you have friends in the ATX looking for the sound, tell them to make it out to Plush on Wednesday 03/15.

bigups!

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Sun Feb 19, 2006 11:53 pm

pete bubonic wrote:What American nights are big enough or have enough representation? Would DMZ be able to organise something, it's a lot of of money involved.

well, a DMZ night at WMC would've been amazing. WMC is the biggest electronic/dance music conference that we've got in america. it's every feb/march, and has been going for about ten years now. it's largely dominated by techno/house/DNB and soul. it's a shame nothing's happening this year on the dubstep front.
http://www.wintermusicconference.com

stealth · Post by **stealth** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 10:38 am

Who gives a flying fuck !?

Surly the winter music conference is about house dj's poncing around on coke, believing they are the saviour of dance music because they have sampled some shit tune from the 80's ?

At this time, with Dubstep being SUCH a small scene, I can't see what good it would do to have something at the WMC. There is fuck all money to be made in this genre at the moment, so it's unlikely to be picked up on by the industry big-wigs.

adruu · Post by **adruu** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:34 pm

seconded...eff* miami...

casino addict · Post by **casino addict** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:42 pm

WMC is all about comparing g-strings while poncing around the poolside innit?

adruu · Post by **adruu** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:48 pm

also, hanging out with pauly shore and licking PCP off of your diamond encrusted Sidekick...

mint green · Post by **mint green** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:04 pm

so negative.
there is lots of good house music, and there are some really good djs there.
and there used to be monsterous jungle parties there.

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:12 pm

wmc is a bit cheezeball and all that, but on the other hand everysingle radio dj and electronica magazine is there as well. put the g-strings and cocaine aside...it would be great exposure for this sound. the ultra festival had over 13,000 people a few years back.

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:17 pm

STEALTH wrote:There is fuck all money to be made in this genre at the moment, so it's unlikely to be picked up on by the industry big-wigs.

it's not just a bunch of superstar dj's and their friends. people drive thousands of miles to see the shows. forget the big wigs, it's about the people in the audience.

adruu · Post by **adruu** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:22 pm

i know it sounds negative, but to clarify - I think it's INEVITABLE that there will be some sort of dubstep representation @ WMC either this year at the last minute or definitely next year, and whoever puts it together is very smart.

but that place is super political, and I'd like to see more local events pop off, or people booking the talent we have close by than jumping right into the viacom/cornerstone/industry party sharkdens...

anyways, I remember hearing about the jungle parties in 96 or 97, like Jeffee/ak1200 and them...but it didnt take long after that for the negative shit to creep in...

casino addict · Post by **casino addict** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:32 pm

I rarely make such a negative post on forums, especially about an event I've never attended... but the coverage I've seen over the years of the WMC makes me want to distance myself as far as possible from any 'electronic music' scene. No doubt there are some good parties, and it's also true that some music forms are given a platform for exposure they wouldn't otherwise have - but the ethos of an event like this seems as polarised as you can get from the kind of grassroots network I see spreading this music.

Maybe I'm wrong.

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