my idea of hell is being stuck in a room listening to this
― Lazarus Niles-Burnham (res), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
describe this room
― modrić in paradise (blueski), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:18 (2 years ago) Permalink
Chiming in on this being my favourite thing in the dubstep/bass continuum so far. Early dubstep I found a bit slow and dull, didn't mind the nosebleed Caspa stuff but it got boring after not very long at all, then all the Zomby/post-step stuff came out and was pretty good but seemed a bit IDM-y and missed the point of "bass" music. This is great stuff - a nice mixture of colour, danceability, poppiness and menacingness. Love the way dance music is going at the moment.
― What are you doing here? (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
That Brenmar track is fun, I like it. All these dudes need to stop fannying around with samples and instrumentals and start working with some actual vocalists a bit more.
I like the Velour EP as well, Booty Slammer and Kick It Til It Breaks in particular.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
All these dudes need to stop fannying around with samples and instrumentals and start working with some actual vocalists a bit more.
Haha I said almost these exact words to Steve Braiden on the radio.
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
Like it feels like British dance music is approaching some kind of Wild Bunch style tipping point but not getting there due to a) lack of vocalists, b) lack of record labels to put the good stuff out (WHY are there no dedicated funky record labels?) and c) a residual hangover from dubstep that values bass over beats and hooks. It's getting there though.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
the vocalists closer to this scene that spring to mind - ahu, fatima - tend to veer towards off-kilter/abstract/skewed hip-hop stuff themselves rather than club bangers
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
i have said to girl unit that what i really want to see, maybe in about a year's time, is for the "wut" ep to be scored for orchestra
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
Scoring dance music for orchestra never really works, it either sounds like remedial classical music or loses something else in translation. Unless they're going to somehow orchestrate for an airhorn and pitched up vocals it would just ruin it.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 17:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
i was listening to the night slugs comp today and my itunes jumped from Jacques Green to the Jonzun Crew, which was kind of mind blowing
― /\/K/\/\, Thursday, 9 December 2010 02:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
Umm... On "Booty Slammer" by Velour, is the sample saying "Inside of Me" or "Sodomy"?
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Monday, 2 May 2011 14:49 (2 years ago) Permalink
It's definitely saying "inside of me". Isn't it...?
― Number None, Monday, 2 May 2011 15:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
Just got the Egyptrixx album, pretty great upon first listen. Also, lots of excellent mixes are available on the night slugs web site.
― Moodles, Monday, 2 May 2011 15:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Number None, Monday, 2 May 2011 16:17 (1 hour ago) Bookmark
I don't know... is it?
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Monday, 2 May 2011 16:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
i suppose you think the cover art is phallic symbolism too huh
― gainfully trˆᴥˆlled (blueski), Monday, 2 May 2011 16:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
Probably not that many songs mentioning sodomy they could have sampled it from
― Number None, Monday, 2 May 2011 16:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
bury fc's 92-93 away shirt successfully reminding me of both night slugs and teh lex
tags: too much time on ilx, kind of lol but mostly sad, funky house sceptics let me draw your attention to this
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
That's an MIA shirt, not a Night Slugs shirt. Maybe a Klaxons shirt as well.
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://assets.gearlive.com/music/blogimages/MIA.jpg
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
!!!
even spells my name right
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
i see the NS thing, i'm fairly sure i've seen bok bok wearing a shirt with a similar pattern
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
enjoy wonky beats and the rinse fm breakfast show?
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
talking of dva i am totally in love with this release on his label - http://soundcloud.com/scratchadva/dva008-shy-one-the
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
http://www.classicfootballshirts.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/0dc2d03fe217f8c83829496872af24a0/i/m/image_17343.jpg
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
^^^ The 1994 mediocre Premiership goalkeepers jersey is surely one of the most unnoticed fashion influences of our time.
Pretty sure there's an actual dubstep record sleeve with that exact pattern on it.
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
on reflection matt might be right and mia might even have designed that shirt herself ...in 92 she'd have been what... 35?
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
fucking hell those shirts
― LocalGarda, Monday, 9 May 2011 17:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
thought this revive was gonna be about the claude von stroke 'wut' remix
― Let me help you with your URL problems (blueski), Monday, 9 May 2011 17:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
bahahaha
re mia
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
the "uncle who is a pimp" look
― LocalGarda, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
Kinda puts a new complexion on the brostep debate.
― Tim F, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
Belter.
― Matt DC, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:09 (2 years ago) Permalink
mate of mine's actually got this one - exquisite
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
"roman glass" is a pretty little pair of words imo
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Monday, 9 May 2011 18:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
think if i ever did go night slugs again i'd have to wear this with a screwface
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:40 (2 years ago) Permalink
"not that kind of musician", they'd tell me
― r|t|c, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Evil Eau (dog latin), Monday, May 2, 2011 10:49 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Had this exact same discussion at age 12 with friends about Smashing Pumpkins' "Disarm".
― skip, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
think if i ever did go night slugs again
...again? :o
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
this is more like night slugs uniform
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 May 2011 18:48 (2 years ago) Permalink
rite so im playing the night slugs comp
mosca - like this, it's colourful and ~classy~ and vaguely minatory
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Monday, 9 May 2011 23:52 (2 years ago) Permalink
lil silva - like the ardkore stylings, it's the sort of thing hacks would describe as 'dayglo' had the klaxons never existed
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Monday, 9 May 2011 23:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
girl unit (bok bok rmx) - oh no, dubstep
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Monday, 9 May 2011 23:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
kingdom - the part where the vocal gradually materializes through the distortion abt two minutes in is rather impressive, otherwise less so
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Monday, 9 May 2011 23:59 (2 years ago) Permalink
l-vis 1990 - synthy ardkore peaks nice, rest a bit thin for five minutes
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
jam city - clear standout, gazing with cold dead eyes upon the night slug lessers like a hungry kestrel on a telegraph pole
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
I really dig (Baby I Don't Know) What You Want by Jacques something.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 00:12 (2 years ago) Permalink