still waiting for the drop!!
― mh, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
where's the drop? What is this???
― I want your nose, your shoes and your unicycle (dog latin), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 15:14 (twelve years ago) link
Put a banging drop on it.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
i just made a slow, pretty brostep track to see if it would work. minimal ambient wobbles.
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
but does it have a drop?
― owenf, Tuesday, 17 January 2012 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
yes but it is very soft and polite
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
a drizzle
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
Skrillex is gonna be the new Gerry Rafferty in 10 years time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVSTr7rb1_Y
― I want your nose, your shoes and your unicycle (dog latin), Tuesday, 17 January 2012 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
Wondering where this ranks on the brostep charts (at least there's a drop):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mDdP82eBLM&feature=related
― EDB, Thursday, 19 January 2012 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
dont really feel like thats brostep
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 19 January 2012 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
Not even remotely
― Number None, Friday, 20 January 2012 11:44 (twelve years ago) link
http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/2892/missum.jpg
― memoirs of an obtuse angle (tpp), Friday, 20 January 2012 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_JUlXh7sP8
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 20 January 2012 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
^^^love that
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Friday, 20 January 2012 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
omg markers = skrillex
― Another Wein bites the dust (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 20 January 2012 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
and here it is: http://theprojectlodge.bandcamp.com/track/halogen-2
― the third kind of dubstep (Jordan), Monday, 23 January 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
fwiw, thats a 'shop: skrillex posted an aphex twin song not "miss you"
― ⚓ (gr8080), Monday, 23 January 2012 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
dave cool elsewhere in the world:
I'm trying to be the guy that defends brostep, but you guys are making it extra fucking hard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpXEXBZH-VE
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 16 February 2012 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2QT_jaf2-c
― ⚓ (gr8080), Sunday, 19 February 2012 04:12 (twelve years ago) link
#SKRILLWAVE
#DROPCORE
#MALLSTEP
― Chris S, Sunday, 19 February 2012 12:38 (twelve years ago) link
on a big genre coinage trip lately
― Chris S, Sunday, 19 February 2012 12:39 (twelve years ago) link
this isn't brostep but man it feels like it
Avicii - "Levels"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ91VPOgasQ
this is going to soundtrack so many questionable mardi gras moments it's not even funny
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 13:52 (twelve years ago) link
i know "Levels" is a few months old now, but i just finally realized that this song i'd been hearing everywhere actually is a song that has a name and not kind of background memory-amalgam of every other middling euro anthem i've ever heard
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 13:53 (twelve years ago) link
i've never actually heard the original just remixes before, i'd actually picked up quality's raved-out bmore club mix
http://soundcloud.com/unorthodoxquality/aviici-levels-qualo-more-remix
re: the original it sounds more standard clubhouse / trance than *step though
― fauxmarc, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 15:07 (twelve years ago) link
k
― fauxmarc, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
big, loud, obnoxious, electronic, not dubstep
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 18:05 (twelve years ago) link
not brostep*
closer to david guetta ibiza-fart
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
ibiza bloodfart
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
lol was that the original term whiney coined?
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
yeah
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
lol gr8 term
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
can I just
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bEDM4bsfWg
― the tune is space, Saturday, 25 February 2012 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
I mean that video / "song" / look / aesthetic combo is like a perfect storm of bad taste of Chernobyl proportions so . . . be warned
but does it technically belong here because it uses that dubstep-lite beat ala Magnetic Man "I need Air", even thought it doesn't have a wub wub drop?
― the tune is space, Saturday, 25 February 2012 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, it's attractive
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Saturday, 25 February 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
no wub no wub
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Saturday, 25 February 2012 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4TnMHwikRY
― Chris S, Saturday, 14 April 2012 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
everything about that is brostep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIv-qsH40m0
― fauxmarc, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 23 May 2012 18:17 (eleven years ago) link
It's been a long time since a blogpost made me do a complete 180 on a genre, but this piece from Leaving Earth on wobble is officially my favorite thing ever right now - 10 WOBBLE RECORDS
Some of Taninian's recommended jams from 21C rave:
Wicky Lindows label
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74oSuCAu1Jk
Nevamis: Nevamis EP (Down South Dub, 2008)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PDavUTeRYY
Akira Kiteshi: Pinball (Black Acre, 2009)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veupiMmt6gg
Borgore: Borgore Ruined Dubstep part 2 (Buygore, 2010)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFOnFdLPZ1Q
Silent Frequencies/Document One: Game Over EP (Neostep, 2011)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Gjk0QbQ_I
― MikoMcha, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
"What did the dj play at your prom," I asked. "Too much brostep," my son responded.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
Kids today.
― MikoMcha, Wednesday, 6 June 2012 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
What I like about this account is that hardcore continuum discussions in my experience have tended to emphasize the UK pirate radio thread the past few years, from breakbeat through to jungle, d'n'b, ukg, dubstep/grime, etc. So that this style could only ever be viewed as an outside influence highjacking the sound and 'ruining' it. But that post from Taninian makes a compelling case for this being the return of Eurorave and trashy glory era of hardcore, especially things like Belgian hardcore based on electronic dance riffs (with the wobble replacing the mentasm), and a rollercoaster madness of spectacular special fx with b-grade sci-fi/horror samples. Plus a deliberate attempt to break all categories of taste and generally piss people off.
Leaving the Earth more or less makes the case above. Maybe this is all really obvious, but I honestly hadn't bothered paying attention to dubstep for a long while, and when this stuff started coming out, I was equally indifferent until I had to develop some opinion on Skrillex.
One thing that maybe changes, however, is that wobble/brostep fully embraces digital and networked technologies, so it has this hiding in the light quality, and an output on YouTube, soundcloud, MP3 mixes, etc. that dwarfs earlier excesses of rave over-production, also probably a wider hit to miss ratio.
Anyway, Reynolds has some thoughts over here: http://blissout.blogspot.nl/2012/06/and-from-one-black-sheep-of-postrave.html - including a shout-out to the 'ambient/intelligent' response to wobble with dungeon-style dubstep, which after some Googling I discover is also a thing that exists. I've gotta say, this sample track is dope:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=AZ-Cv8SG0KU
Anyway, sorry for the semi-serious post btw, not even sure this is the right thread to post on. Probably not. It's just some of this stuff has got me amped the past day or so, I don't have a blog so I post here. Not sure if any ilxors actually listens to any of this style?
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 7 June 2012 09:30 (eleven years ago) link
Anyway, sorry for the semi-serious post btw
Nothing to feel sorry about
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 7 June 2012 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
not exactly his fault but lol @ SR doing another wobble-themed blog post yesterday and banging on about eastern European cinema rather than the actual source of the title, Nathan Barley
― geezargh butlargh (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 7 June 2012 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
SR very much in character
― mh, Thursday, 7 June 2012 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
I know people who make this style of music, run nights and play it out here in Amsterdam. And I have to admit I was really beyond dismissive. Now I'm thinking there's certainly more going on. Not sure if I'm ready to check it out live though!
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 7 June 2012 15:57 (eleven years ago) link
Re: SR in character, yeah but this is when he's actually worth reading. I'd even say that Leaving Earth out-Reynolds him on this! ;) That grunt-step quote about the cyber-pigs with the green ooze for this Tomba track below is classic. I've been thinking about it all week...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq7z6TEpGOw
― MikoMcha, Thursday, 7 June 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
Not being at work to listen to these, I'm not sure I understand... Are people saying that this kind of music is now worth listening to? Or is this a different style? Cos I'd hate to say I told you so...
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Thursday, 7 June 2012 16:09 (eleven years ago) link