Rolling Dance Partisans 2012

Bringing that gritty funk from the mean streets of Vancouver.

http://www.misfitopia.com/uploads/1250621854/gallery_1_1_11337.jpg

I'm torn between my desire to hate on the Red Bull Music Academy and my desire to give them a thumbs up for giving away free FLACs.

http://www.spin.com/blogs/edm-las-vegas-desert-mirage

If EDM is this decade's alternative rock, does that make Skrillex: Eddie Vedder?

My mate Sully was good enough to pop down and do a set for us on Saturday. I may be biased, but the guy needs his own Fabric cd - very cool blends of uk bass and us-style house, lots of cut-up mixes etc.

I know dungeon dubstep is backward looking and not very exciting to most but I'm determined to plumb the depths.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO7hAvREQRw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcaET63Udhw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fePcmU8drI

Ok this isn't dungeon, but it's weird and good.

that's cool but also almost entirely based on what is known in my circle as 'the forbidden rhythm'

What kick on the 1 and 2 and snare on the 3 ?

is that the lambada rhythm?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyXVwuDJXwE&feature=related

This one? Sounds sort of like a clave, slower reggaeton kind of thing.

Swindle is probably referencing soca more than anything but I'm not 100% sure on that.

Speaking of latin rhythms and dubstep, so psyched for the new Mala album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyCRbgN2zdQ

da da da-da da

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuQMaUGmEn0&feature=related

Seriously listen to the last minute and a half on that one.

forbidden rhythm =

1   2   3   4
x-x-xx-x-x-xx-x-

super curious why it's forbidden

yup, especially the first half:

1 2 3
x-x-xx-x-

it's like the go-to unfunky clave for fake latin beats. sure it can be voiced well or disguised/extended but i try to stay away from it when possible.

aka 'the white man's rhythm'

is there a link to an mp3 where i can hear that rhythm? i am terrible at reading tab for beats.

It works well in that track.

yeah agreed.

my mind is going blank for classic examples but i will post one when i think of it.

Those mala tracks sound great. I was wondering what he's been up to, so bring on the album.

I guess I should listen to those Mala tracks now. I only had time to listen to one track before I left for work and I was intrigued by the forbidden rhythm, which now that I think of it, might be kind of similar to a montuno rhythm in how it switches from on- to off-beat?

ha ok, here is an audio example of the forbidden rhythm: www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=h3JFEfdK_Ls#t=145s

don't know why that didn't embed, but check the piano lick in chorus of billy joel's 'my life'.

ha

I think the difference is it being just one layer of polyrhythm in the Swindle versus being the sole point of rhythmic interest in the Billy Joel.

can't believe nobody's ever sampled the first minute of that billy joel track, never heard that part before

oh, you're just talking about the hat rhythm at the beginning of the swindle track?

bum bum badabum bum?

can't believe nobody's ever sampled the first minute of that billy joel track, never heard that part before

had the same thought

oh, you're just talking about the hat rhythm at the beginning of the swindle track?

nah, the main handclap rhythm that comes in at :38 and then gets passed around to the bass > synths > everything

heh that rhythm is quite overused in grime

i mean ffs how often do you hear a wide-open break like that?

re: billy joel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNqTz2mMwNE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDNrvZI7jkc

Billy Joel and the Great Forbidden Rhythm Swindle.

http://www.djtechtools.com/2012/06/17/the-age-of-the-edm-rockstar/

Finding the sudden popularity of "EDM" sort of depressing, but not nearly as depressing as all the crappy articles popping up in my Facebook page. This doesn't feel like winning.

Let's combine all the worst excesses of disco, rave and festival cultures and call it a trend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAZDF7nqCF0

Need some easy listening music to relax.

super bangin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBo0ZlVIbZw

This might have a little crossover with the Interzone Bubblers thread, but the new LOL Boys Enter the Unknown mix for UTTU is pretty stunning: http://boomkat.com/cds/533842-lol-boys-enter-the-unknown

It's got a lot of stuff going on in the mix but what strikes me most is how it reminds me a lot of 92/93 hardcore.

"Moments In Heartbreak" sounded better the first time I heard it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4j52okTgO8&feature=related

But yeah, UTTU really is a great label.

some nice rave vibe here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgJtq5oL8Q4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4aEvXZGwAo&feature=player_embedded

Sonic the Hedgehog grime with Atlanta inspired snares.

I absolutely refuse anything that wasn't made in Atlanta "trap" music.

you're in for a fun year then

Currently holding my hands over my ears and yelling "La La La".

purely and simply music for dickheads