the genre known as dubstep - search and destroy

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I'm more on the Dickies and a hoodie end of things.

I've met Mala and Joe Nice, I don't know, they dress like DJs I guess?


Yeah, unfortunately.


Keep your ears open for Apocalypse by Whiteboi and Kommonazmuk.

Its Tech Itch style dnb at 140.

Pisses me off.

Siah Alan (Siah Alan), Sunday, 4 February 2007 02:33 (seventeen years ago) link

And House was "look like you just had a 3 way w/ 2 models."

Gotta love the stereotypes.

Siah Alan (Siah Alan), Sunday, 4 February 2007 02:34 (seventeen years ago) link

haha yeah!!

only thing i can think for dubstep = dreadlocks is a must

vahid (vahid), Sunday, 4 February 2007 03:17 (seventeen years ago) link

For those complaining that halfstep is too slow you may be happy to know that tracks with swing are enjoying a revival.

Check out TRG and Shonky, and Intoccabile.

To be fair you won't hear half of this shit out at a a dance! (in my experience).

jimn (jimnaseum), Sunday, 4 February 2007 03:45 (seventeen years ago) link

Bunch of them are forum producers giving out 320s now I look at the list again. Not that I'm being critical of you or the mix (which I'll give a listen to when I get up tomorrow)! Just saying, maybe there are swinging tracks, but they're not the mass of what's getting played out.

jimn (jimnaseum), Sunday, 4 February 2007 03:53 (seventeen years ago) link

I think TRG's stuff is starting to get some play, he's got a couple of 12"s coming out as far as I know.

But yeah I'm half a continent away from the nearest dubstep night, and across the world from the UK.

I'm going by 2nd hand testimony here.

Siah Alan (Siah Alan), Sunday, 4 February 2007 04:14 (seventeen years ago) link

Contrary to my own prediction I really dislike DJ Clever's Science Faction mix ("Qawwali" excepted) - dire dour dirgy techstep without the speed as compensation. I guess that's what happens when you can only source tracks from Planet Mu and Hotflush.

I'm pissed that I spent money on it.

Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 8 February 2007 12:40 (seventeen years ago) link

dirgestep is the future.

titchyschneider (titchyschneider), Thursday, 8 February 2007 12:43 (seventeen years ago) link

God I hope not.

Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 8 February 2007 13:09 (seventeen years ago) link

maybe deadstep. i think its gonna get a lot more variations. dubstep could actually be quite fruitful and spawn a lot of its own microgenres. i wouldnt be surprised.

titchyschneider (titchyschneider), Thursday, 8 February 2007 13:12 (seventeen years ago) link

much better

a (rslvd), Thursday, 8 February 2007 13:38 (seventeen years ago) link

I didn't like that DJ Clever mix much either... I should really give one of those Tempa mixes a go someday!

about:coffee (fandango), Thursday, 8 February 2007 14:11 (seventeen years ago) link

Peverelist - he really really likes minimal techno doesn't he?

gekoppel (Gekoppel), Thursday, 8 February 2007 15:04 (seventeen years ago) link

dunno... to me it sounds more like Convextion/Deep Space-era Model 500 worship (plus a healthy dose of the Hard Wax axis) than any modern day 'minimal'

a (rslvd), Thursday, 8 February 2007 16:03 (seventeen years ago) link

although I'm thinking more in terms of texture than rhythm

a (rslvd), Thursday, 8 February 2007 16:06 (seventeen years ago) link

two weeks pass...
Just saying, maybe there are swinging tracks, but they're not the mass of what's getting played out.
I've kind of already been completely proved wrong about this (saw Benga playing out, listened to a bunch of recent rinse sets). Dirgey halfstep hegemony = false alarm.

jim, Monday, 26 February 2007 01:29 (seventeen years ago) link

peverelist: finally, the sabres of paradise have fanboy imitators!!

moonship journey to baja, Monday, 26 February 2007 05:33 (seventeen years ago) link

Name too much like pervert list for my liking.
Example of some new Skream that is absolutely killing me: http://www.bowzer.net/temp1/skream-oscillator_preview.mp3

jim, Monday, 26 February 2007 10:24 (seventeen years ago) link

dmz second birthday last night was fucking large.

jim, Monday, 12 March 2007 01:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Fuck, this is turning into one of those rolling thread soliloquy things, isn't it?

Blackdown was right on his Pitchfork column. Joker's Kapsize EP is great. First track "Stuck in the system" is the standout.

JME's Derkhead is also great, I know I'm a little late getting to that but it's true.

Dodo-dodo-doo-doo-doo-doo-dooooo. Benga and Coki - Night is still great.

jim, Saturday, 24 March 2007 01:01 (seventeen years ago) link

"Bury The Bwoy" is really good as is this Skream vs. G-Squad thing.

Alex in SF, Saturday, 24 March 2007 01:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Anyone get wind of this "thugstep" thing yet?

Stevie D, Saturday, 24 March 2007 01:25 (seventeen years ago) link

An ill wind!

jim, Saturday, 24 March 2007 01:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Holy shit this Joker EP is great. "GRIMEY PRINCESS"!

Alex in SF, Saturday, 24 March 2007 02:45 (seventeen years ago) link

new Distance cd is great. new MRK-1 cd is almost as good.

fave track at the moment though is Blackout by Moving Ninja.

koogs, Saturday, 24 March 2007 11:17 (seventeen years ago) link

the joker ep is excellent, dubstep that is actually kinda funky and not joyless.

titchyschneiderMk2, Saturday, 24 March 2007 11:55 (seventeen years ago) link

It's not dubstep.

Are you some kind of bot automated to post the biggest amount of shite possible?

jim, Saturday, 24 March 2007 17:28 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.thegreenhead.com/imgs/robby-the-robot-1.jpg
"Yes I am, Jim".

jim, Saturday, 24 March 2007 17:30 (seventeen years ago) link

three weeks pass...
D1 - Trial run ep is pretty great. The highlight being coincidentally enough the D1, Mind and soul, a fantastic bit of vocal dubstep (vying with Burnin' and Tes la rok's "Round the world girls" for my favourite vocal dubstep tune at the moment) with slinky keys and quite cheesy but cool synth stabs. Vocals on a female r'n'b/chipmunk mode.

jim, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 21:59 (sixteen years ago) link

on another ilx thread someone recomended a mix by christine vacine called "medicate with bass weight". downloaded it and been listening to it for ages. it's so... twinkly. dubstep often seems a bit er "grey" can anyone recomend me more stuff in this vein? prettier, perhaps more psychadelic even.

acrobat, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 23:52 (sixteen years ago) link

at last

while it's nice that people don't have to shell out for individual 12"s anymore to hear this stuff in a proper fidelity, i reckon the music will suffer through being collected on 70+ minute CDs. it's going to make for a much more monotonous listen than throwing on individual sides, which aren't necessarily THAT consistent in quality anyway... (the 'review' comparing this to the rhythm and sound collection cds is well off the mark, they work perfectly)

pity there wasn't room for Skull Disco 6 either; definitely the best release on the label since 3 (Blood On My Hands + etc).

resolved, Friday, 27 April 2007 20:35 (sixteen years ago) link

correct link

resolved, Friday, 27 April 2007 20:38 (sixteen years ago) link

vansan ftw

Belisarius, Friday, 27 April 2007 20:41 (sixteen years ago) link

uh ... doesn't it include "blood on my hands"??

moonship journey to baja, Friday, 27 April 2007 21:16 (sixteen years ago) link

oh wait, i get what you're saying now

moonship journey to baja, Friday, 27 April 2007 21:17 (sixteen years ago) link

http://www.skulldisco.com/node/92

Alex in SF, Friday, 27 April 2007 21:24 (sixteen years ago) link

weird... I thought it hadn't included that either, resolved has to be WELL OTM about this format for Dubstep though.

I guess it's good for collectors and true fanatics but DO NOT WANT HAVE PATIENCE personally. Appreciate it's probably easier to archive stuff this way and keep in print but...

A label mix might have been better maybe?

fandango, Friday, 27 April 2007 21:29 (sixteen years ago) link

yeah sorry for the awkward phrasing up there, I just meant that Skull Disco 6 is easily the best release on the label since the Blood On My Hands EP so it's unfortunate it hasn't been included.

resolved, Friday, 27 April 2007 21:41 (sixteen years ago) link

?? This is a label mix! It's everything the label has released!

Alex in SF, Friday, 27 April 2007 21:44 (sixteen years ago) link

a mixed mix I meant ;-)

fandango, Friday, 27 April 2007 21:45 (sixteen years ago) link

Eh there was an mp3 one of their site a little while ago. I'm sure it's easily findable. I think this release is really cool and I find Skull Disco's stuff eminently listenable for hours on end.

Alex in SF, Friday, 27 April 2007 21:47 (sixteen years ago) link

"one on", ahem.

Alex in SF, Friday, 27 April 2007 21:47 (sixteen years ago) link

or perhaps I'm talking absolute cock as I regularly listen to Blood On My Hands++ 12" on it's lonesome and love it...

(on preview I'm agreeing with that, I loved that mix yeah!)

fandango, Friday, 27 April 2007 21:49 (sixteen years ago) link

is there still talk of a Shackelton album btw?

fandango, Friday, 27 April 2007 21:50 (sixteen years ago) link

I listen to the individual 12"s all the time too, I love the label. maybe I'm just trying to make myself feel better about spending all of that money.

resolved, Friday, 27 April 2007 22:00 (sixteen years ago) link

All what money? It's £10.99 for two discs! That's dirt cheap!

Alex in SF, Friday, 27 April 2007 22:05 (sixteen years ago) link

what was that shackleton mix called??

moonship journey to baja, Friday, 27 April 2007 22:09 (sixteen years ago) link

the mp3 one that somebody had up? it was great.

moonship journey to baja, Friday, 27 April 2007 22:09 (sixteen years ago) link

10.99 is dirt cheap. what I spent ((7 * 5.99 12") + (7 * 1 p+p) = 48.93), not so. my own volition obv, though.

I think the Shackleton mix was just called Shackleton mix by Dubsta (or something equally descriptive).

resolved, Friday, 27 April 2007 22:22 (sixteen years ago) link

Yeah that sounds right to me.

Alex in SF, Friday, 27 April 2007 22:29 (sixteen years ago) link


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