First time Skrillex listener. Trying Quest for Fire rn. These "songs" are awfully short. There are a lot of ideas packed into a few minutes, and the pace can feel frenetic. Would be nice to let some of these tracks breathe a bit.
― Indexed, Thursday, 23 February 2023 23:07 (one year ago) link
skrillex is machine tooled for party kids who need something new to happen at least every four measures. tiesto has been doing shorter club tracks with charli xcx, black eyed peas, etc., on the same tip. i used to grumble about this trend because i love getting lost in a groove and because sometimes i need an extra minute or two to find what to play next, but the lack of dead time in these sub-3-minute blasts really helps when you're trying to energize a dance floor.
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 23 February 2023 23:36 (one year ago) link
I've had "Butterflies" with Four Tet constantly on repeat since it dropped.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PEe6TP1kCc
― I can't tell if he's trolling or not (ilxor), Friday, 24 February 2023 19:12 (one year ago) link
holy crap - just saw some recent photos of Sonny Moore and he looks way different since he's cut his hair. Looks almost like Shia LeBeouf and it's freakin me out
https://www.billboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Skrillex-2022-cr-Marilyn-Hue-billboard-1548.jpg
― octobeard, Sunday, 26 February 2023 04:55 (one year ago) link
in the video I posted you can see he still has the same hair, it's just tied back
incidentally I bet the clip mark e mentioned is after 38:00 in this video of the three of them DJing in a bus in Times Square
― least said, sergio mendes (sic), Sunday, 26 February 2023 19:03 (one year ago) link
Ah yeah I see that now, but perhaps it's the facial hair and coupled with him tying it back now. Also the eyes are strikingly similar too - and this was obscured by Sonny's previous use of the thick rimmed glasses. Apparently Shia has long hair too now?
https://i.imgur.com/VQGk3lg.jpg
― octobeard, Sunday, 26 February 2023 21:52 (one year ago) link
His DJ presence is just so different now with this look than back in the day when his boyish looks with his hair down exuded this enthusiasm and giddiness. I guess I'm just expressing a personal bias against his current look, as it reminds me of someone who is way douchier, which is shitty, so I'll shuffle off now...
― octobeard, Sunday, 26 February 2023 21:56 (one year ago) link
his boyish looks with his hair down exuded this enthusiasm
he's 35 years old, grinning, jumping up & down and dancing on top of the decks in his shorts, waving and cheering his collaborators, doing call-and-response moves with the crowd... plenty of boyish enthusiasm on display imo :)
― least said, sergio mendes (sic), Sunday, 26 February 2023 23:33 (one year ago) link
anything over age 30 is decrepit iirc
― mh, Monday, 27 February 2023 16:23 (one year ago) link
This is an excellent album.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 28 February 2023 10:13 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/Snz4srT/george-santos2-640x480-49636597.jpg
"I said boy-ish."
― least said, sergio mendes (sic), Tuesday, 28 February 2023 19:48 (one year ago) link
never thought I would enjoy a skrillex album but... fun so far
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 28 February 2023 20:51 (one year ago) link