...there's certain things not worth bragging about knowing, that's probably one of them
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 29 September 2011 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
James Blake grousing in pitchfork:
“I think the dubstep that has come over to the US, and certain producers-- who I can't even be bothered naming-- have definitely hit upon a sort of frat-boy market where there's this macho-ism being reflected in the sounds and the way the music makes you feel. And to me, that is a million miles away from where dubstep started. It's a million miles away from the ethos of it. It's been influenced so much by electro and rave, into who can make the dirtiest, filthiest bass sound, almost like a pissing competition, and that's not really necessary. And I just think that largely that is not going to appeal to women. I find that whole side of things to be pretty frustrating, because that is a direct misrepresentation of the sound as far as I'm concerned.”
― rustic italian flatbread, Thursday, 29 September 2011 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
who I can't even be bothered naming
strawman argument
there's this macho-ism being reflected in the sounds and the way the music makes you feel. And to me, that is a million miles away from where dubstep started
sissy argument
And I just think that largely that is not going to appeal to women
sexist argument
― funk master friendly (moonship journey to baja), Thursday, 29 September 2011 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
Sounds like an excuse for the weak, anaemic "blubstep" of his own album.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Thursday, 29 September 2011 17:51 (twelve years ago) link
saying stuff like this is such a bad look
― so i had sex with a piñata (mh), Thursday, 29 September 2011 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
i don't know many dubstep fans irl, but it never really struck me as a genre that had an exorbitant amount of female fans
― yung huma (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 29 September 2011 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
you know what, can a mod delete my last post and just replace it with this
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lobw3bQP7F1qec8vqo1_250.gif
― yung huma (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 29 September 2011 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
of course it has (maybe not exorbitant whatever the quantifier for that is) but a good amount
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 29 September 2011 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
also from what i can tell, girls really like stadium dubstep raves
james blake just offtm in general
― yung huma (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 29 September 2011 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
I'd imagine Skrillex has more female fans than James Blake does. Granted, he obviously has a lot more fans in general
― Number None, Thursday, 29 September 2011 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
should expand the nomenclature of brostep to be less sexist.
― rustic italian flatbread, Thursday, 29 September 2011 18:26 (twelve years ago) link
sororostep
greekstep
campuslifestep
― rustic italian flatbread, Thursday, 29 September 2011 18:27 (twelve years ago) link
wubstep
― Number None, Thursday, 29 September 2011 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
chugstep
― funk master friendly (moonship journey to baja), Thursday, 29 September 2011 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
northern cali heads <3 nugstep
Feel like Blake was on the right track for a second and then totally lost it... Someone on twitter wrote that maybe dubstep is our nu-metal. But maybe it's more like metal, i.e. a broad genre with tons of shitty stuff and a few gems. And dismissing it entirely is like saying "I don't like metal (or electronic music, or rap, or whatever)". I mean, I can understand not liking any of it, but dismissing all of it because of bro-step icons like Skrillex, who are really just continuations of 2k5 screamo, is ridiculous.
― HANDSTAND, Thursday, 29 September 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
could it be like saying "i don't like trance" because really i'm always fine with saying that
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 29 September 2011 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
with this Skrillex/Korn collab I almost want to call it (or Skrillex's stuff at least) "mall-step" now
― Chris S, Thursday, 29 September 2011 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
or tween-step, hot topic-step, nu-step, nu-wobble, wobble-core
― Chris S, Thursday, 29 September 2011 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
tons of girls like metal and nu-metal.
― funk master friendly (moonship journey to baja), Thursday, 29 September 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
tons of tween girls like metal and nu-metal
― funk master friendly (moonship journey to baja), Thursday, 29 September 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
on an unrelated note, saw a twink wearing silver aviators, diesel jeans, a red bandana and a black t-shirt w/ LISTEN TO DUBSTEP printed on it in silver foil, in a crowded gay bar at 4 pm on a saturday. they were not playing DUBSTEP at the bar.
― funk master friendly (moonship journey to baja), Thursday, 29 September 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
crowded gay bar at 4pm on a saturday is always going to bring some interesting looks ime
― so i had sex with a piñata (mh), Thursday, 29 September 2011 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
my ex-coworker's current fb status is "DUBSTEP ALL DAY"
he's a tech nerd
― fauxmarc, Thursday, 29 September 2011 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
i'd rather listen to james blake than skrillex so i agree with james blake (i don't really like his music much)
there are definitely massive amounts of female dubstep fans, all born after 1990
― witchho (zachlyon), Thursday, 29 September 2011 20:31 (twelve years ago) link
also the whole "LISTEN TO DUBSTEP" thing is weird, because it really is all so interchangeable to just call it by its genre (LISTEN TO R&B) except what the people who listen to it think of as "dubstep" is just a tiny thing compared to everything that's ever used that name, w/r/t the range of sound etc it covers. weird to me how LISTEN TO DUBSTEP people have no idea who like katy b is, or any of the other major artists of the past decade. do brostep bros have any british presence or is it mostly america?
― witchho (zachlyon), Thursday, 29 September 2011 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
just started teaching sound engineering / music production to mostly 18-19-year-olds in Dublin. They are all into "dubstep", meaning Skrillex - several different students have recommended his stuff to me. Not sure what other dubstep they're into. they all wanna know how to make wobble basslines.
My class is 95% male so can't comment on Skrillex's appeal to female fans. James Blake on the other hand - he was standing beside us at the bar after his last gig here and there was a steady stream of girls approaching him/posing for photos etc
― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Thursday, 29 September 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lks8cu6wPT1qisd2to1_500.jpg
― max, Thursday, 29 September 2011 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
who knew that i would be pining for the days when tech nerds were content to listen to idm all day
― it's time for the purpculator (psychgawsple), Thursday, 29 September 2011 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
Skrillex was the singer in some heartthrob emo band a couple of years ago. He's got his fair share of groupies.
― dog latin, Thursday, 29 September 2011 23:14 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Gn7lm4CFGg
BROCK OUT!!!!
― errant flynn, Friday, 30 September 2011 01:59 (twelve years ago) link
puddle of muddstep is next level
― some dude, Friday, 30 September 2011 02:34 (twelve years ago) link
lol was gonna say grungestep but ^
― Chris S, Friday, 30 September 2011 02:36 (twelve years ago) link
is there christian brostep?
― funk master friendly (moonship journey to baja), Friday, 30 September 2011 04:12 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDeqjmdHkrw
DJ Triune is the founder and owner of ChristStarr® Entertainment a Christian DJ Service out of Southern California and ChristStarr® Ministry, a Christian DJ & Outreach service out of Southern California.
― errant flynn, Friday, 30 September 2011 04:23 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/sep/29/skrillex-dubstep-interview
― dog latin, Friday, 30 September 2011 08:43 (twelve years ago) link
http://nndb.com/people/336/000026258/sg1-sized.jpg
― it's time for the purpculator (psychgawsple), Friday, 30 September 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
saragilbertstep?
― rustic italian flatbread, Friday, 30 September 2011 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lscuvxXB8B1qkvtqmo1_500.png
― Ford Cumlord (The Reverend), Friday, 30 September 2011 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
yessss
― fauxmarc, Friday, 30 September 2011 23:11 (twelve years ago) link
checked out skrillex's wiki today and now he is apparently a complextro producer??
― dayo, Saturday, 1 October 2011 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.reddit.com/r/Complextro/
complextroll, complexbro, complexbrostep, etc.
― dayo, Saturday, 1 October 2011 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
What is Complextro?: A new genre that stemmed from 'electro'.This genre is complex, hence the name, with artists producing basslines/leads that are very intricate sometimes involving 8+ different synth sounds per 2 bar loop. Artists like Feed Me, Skrillex, Uppermost, Wolfgang Gartner and even Deadmau5 have all taken shots at producing it. (With Grand Results)
bullshit
― owenf, Saturday, 1 October 2011 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
nah that's no good
― yung huma (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 1 October 2011 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
8+ different synth sounds per 2 bar loop
wow!!! :-)
― dayo, Saturday, 1 October 2011 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
a' cabrostep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcutAZHIiE8
re: complextro etc
i don't know if this was the board/thread in which i already mentioned how much wolfgang gartner is one of my favorite house producers ever, joey youngman! (aka mario fabriani, white collar criminals, frequent flyers, etc). it's like he spent a good half-decade or so banging out jackin tracks, got bored of only being acknowledged by house nerds and went for the money w/electo and bro-y stuff. he used to be all:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULojxZpNhl4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itScDe1T9Gc
then at one point he was selling full packs of all of his samples and the next year was onto wolfgang gartner.
― fauxmarc, Saturday, 1 October 2011 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
'complextro'?!?!
the worst
― geeta, Saturday, 1 October 2011 18:19 (twelve years ago) link