Nothing gives you a profile in dance music like obscuring a face or identity that no one would care about otherwise.
― Matt DC, Thursday, August 11, 2011 9:28 AM (10 hours ago) Bookmark
truth bomb
― some dude, Friday, 12 August 2011 00:35 (thirteen years ago) link
this guy seems p cool, like hes just about the party or w/e, making cool beats and shit
― buttbuttbuttbuttbuttbuttbuttbuttbuttbuttbuttbuttbuttbuttbuttbuttbuttbutt (Lamp), Thursday, August 11, 2011 2:45 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark
how does this not describe every guy in dance music ever
― some dude, Friday, 12 August 2011 00:42 (thirteen years ago) link
uh ... well ... there's this thing called prog ...
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 12 August 2011 01:50 (thirteen years ago) link
anyway it's harder for me to figure out the appeal of uk funky to hipsters than deadmau5 to norms
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 12 August 2011 01:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Non tim f / ilm hipsters like uk funky??
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Friday, 12 August 2011 02:26 (thirteen years ago) link
afaict
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 12 August 2011 02:28 (thirteen years ago) link
uk funky to uk hipsters than deadmau5 to US norms
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 12 August 2011 02:31 (thirteen years ago) link
US norms not us norms mind you
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 12 August 2011 02:32 (thirteen years ago) link
― moonship journey to baja, Thursday, August 11, 2011 9:50 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
i guess this is sarcastic but i honestly don't know what the word "prog" means in relation to dance music. is that on some idm bedroom techno tip? i meant like actual dance music that people dance to.
― some dude, Friday, 12 August 2011 03:08 (thirteen years ago) link
oh i dunno, maybe compared to a conceptual artist like moby?
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 12 August 2011 03:18 (thirteen years ago) link
you're certainly right though, some actual dance music is on the cool beat tips.
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 12 August 2011 03:21 (thirteen years ago) link
oops, i meant cool beats tip
maybe i should break it down for you. a lot of "hip kids" in certain high schools (maybe the sort where kids can afford to go to coachella), and when i say hip kids, i mean the sort of kids who are into screamo and go to shows are really into "dubstep". and i put it in quotes because it's a particularly abrasive variant of the sound. this is a bit of history repeating, as i can recall post-college, lots of kids who were into metal or industrial or post-hardcore were also into really tough, angry "drum and bass". on the other hand, a lot of kids in high school, and these might be your more "popular" kids, they are just into whatever mershy dance music is on the billboard chart. in a lot of ways, deadmau5 meets the two in the middle.
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 12 August 2011 03:26 (thirteen years ago) link
cool beats tips: don't be danceable
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 12 August 2011 03:26 (thirteen years ago) link
so like, hip kids like deadmau5 because it sounds like their hip dubstep music, and popular kids like deadmau5 because it sounds like the popular music of the billboard charts, and everyone wants to be hip and/or popular, so everyone listens to deadmau5.
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 12 August 2011 03:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Otm, but i have no idea what you were on about previously.
― The Reverend, Friday, 12 August 2011 03:28 (thirteen years ago) link
one day im going to grow up and get to watch goldie perform all of timeless at a new mexico city atp
― bb (Lamp), Friday, 12 August 2011 03:29 (thirteen years ago) link
xp Before your last two posts, I mean.
― The Reverend, Friday, 12 August 2011 03:29 (thirteen years ago) link
there are also "trendy" "hipster" kids now who listen to things like MGMT and daft punk and justice, and they like deadmau5 too, because at times it sounds like that, too
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 12 August 2011 03:31 (thirteen years ago) link
prog means that dudes are always going to try to make some sort of "serious statement" collaborative music
same way you might call kanye "prog-rap", ig uess
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 12 August 2011 03:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Crossover with unhip tiesto prof and jam bands, tho
― lol is not enough (blank), Friday, 12 August 2011 03:42 (thirteen years ago) link
prof = prog
lamp was talking about the deadmau5 guy's personality/vibe, so i was comparing to other dance music artists. i feel like you're talking about dance music fans?
― some dude, Friday, 12 August 2011 03:42 (thirteen years ago) link
I guess it's an electronica thing.
― lol is not enough (blank), Friday, 12 August 2011 03:43 (thirteen years ago) link
no, i'm not
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 12 August 2011 03:43 (thirteen years ago) link
fair enough, it's pretty clear i'm never going to have an idea of what you're talking about so i'll stop pretending i can figure it out
― some dude, Friday, 12 August 2011 03:44 (thirteen years ago) link
t/s deadmau5 vs MOOMBAHTON
though it distresses me to take diplo's side on anything, the latter most definitely.
― Tim F, Friday, 12 August 2011 03:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Was curious about this outfit too, given his/their placement on the Lollapalooza poster.http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/uploads/f7/42/f742572d02112c8fe47c02b811841876/lolla1.jpg
― saint dominic's p4k review (Eazy), Friday, 12 August 2011 04:02 (thirteen years ago) link
― some dude, Friday, August 12, 2011 3:42 AM (40 minutes ago) Bookmark
seems like they're saying 'his vibe is x and you can tell because of the people he attracts'
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 12 August 2011 04:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Deadmau5 and Foster the People feat Pitbull
― errant flynn, Friday, 12 August 2011 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link
next year we're going to be having this same thread for Pretty Lights instead. all my burner friends loooooooooooooooooooooooooove him.
― the tingly effervesence of a thousand tiny butterfly farts (jamescobo), Friday, 12 August 2011 16:38 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.starthrillerbrandonlee.com/images/myca.jpg
So does she!
― kkvgz, Friday, 12 August 2011 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Don't think the burner/jam crowd really go for Deadmau5. They love that Bassnectar asshat.
― errant flynn, Friday, 12 August 2011 16:52 (thirteen years ago) link
thought i mentioned pretty lights upthread, i guess not. a friend of mine teaches high school drumline and all of the kids (who also go to jam band shows etc) freak out over them. listened to a track on youtube and it was corny as hell, but i guess it's about the eponymous live show.
it seems like the one artist who crosses over between the kiddie dubstep scene and the beat scene/critics/pitchfork etc is Eskmo.
― hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Friday, 12 August 2011 16:54 (thirteen years ago) link
was that bassnectar dig insinuating that he's somehow sooo below deadmau5 cuz that's lol
― fauxmarc, Friday, 12 August 2011 16:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, totally!
― errant flynn, Friday, 12 August 2011 17:22 (thirteen years ago) link
pretty lights >>> deadmau5 > bassnectar
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 12 August 2011 19:26 (thirteen years ago) link
deadmau5 has like one memorable jam and a ton of LCD shit. bassnectar is all LCD.
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 12 August 2011 19:27 (thirteen years ago) link
I think Deadmau5 is exactly where I draw the line. If you are better than Deadmau5, I fuck with you. If you are worse than Deadmau5, fuck outta here.
― The Reverend, Friday, 12 August 2011 19:29 (thirteen years ago) link
bassnectar is all LCD.
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, August 12, 2011 7:27 PM (20 minutes ago) Bookmark
waht
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 12 August 2011 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
lowest common denom
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 12 August 2011 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link
checked w/my 15 year old music geek friend abt this thread and he thinks Deadmau5 is "OK" but really what he digs is Skrillex.
― sleeve, Friday, 12 August 2011 20:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Skrillex is p much the worst shit ever.
― The Reverend, Friday, 12 August 2011 20:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Skrillex really is entirely bewildering to me.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Friday, 12 August 2011 20:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Bassnectar? moar liek Assnectar amirite
and yes, Skrillex is the worst (QED)
― the tingly effervesence of a thousand tiny butterfly farts (jamescobo), Friday, 12 August 2011 21:48 (thirteen years ago) link
i can see bassnectar being "all lcd" if you never regularly listened because you think he's all brostep and whatnot (and maybe he is all that now) but pre-that he was great funk + breakbeat party along the lines of the bassbin twins.
"all lcd" is flat out nah
― fauxmarc, Friday, 12 August 2011 22:10 (thirteen years ago) link
wherein i've seen absolutely nothing redeeming of deadmau5. i don't know the grown up frat-bros at the porn company i used to work at in south beach would not stop talking about him.
― fauxmarc, Friday, 12 August 2011 22:14 (thirteen years ago) link
...i actually kind of want to be proven wrong and want a good deadmau5 track or mix and i browsed through thread and if that generic "faxing berlin" is really his finest moment i'm totally at a loss as to how anyone is deadmau5 before anyone
AND THAT IS WHAT I FEEL ABOUT DEADMAU5
Q.E.D.
― fauxmarc, Friday, 12 August 2011 22:18 (thirteen years ago) link
fauxmarc, are you talking about Underground Communication-era Bassnectar? listening to that on Spotify now
― CLUB PISCOPO (DJP), Friday, 12 August 2011 22:20 (thirteen years ago) link
the opening to DeadMau5's "Some Chords" is nice but I'm expecting it to be ruined any second
― CLUB PISCOPO (DJP), Friday, 12 August 2011 22:21 (thirteen years ago) link