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Hi everyone. I know dubstep isn't greatly appreciated on dakka, but When I was at pukkelpop a few days ago (where people have died because of a serious storm) I saw Modestep live. These guys really got me into dubstep.
Here's the youtube vids of the show.
I have to admit, the guy can sing very good as well.
What about the rest of dakka? What do you think of dubstep?
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I have a love/hate thing for dubstep, I hate when people make dubstep remixes of songs and feth them up, but I like some stuff, not all, I do like skrillex.
captain fantastic wrote: Seems like this thread is all that's left of Remilia Scarlet (the poster).
remilia_scarlet wrote:I have a love/hate thing for dubstep, I hate when people make dubstep remixes of songs and feth them up, but I like some stuff, not all, I do like skrillex.
Same here, but there are exceptions. Watch part 1 of the two modestep vids. Their intro includes 'Chase the devil' from Max Romeo. Everybody, including me, were surprised to hear this and we happily sang along. After that, we all went wild.
Im a big fan of dubstep. So I love these threads as I usually get to find 1 or 2 more groups I really enjoy. And I have to say, Modestep is pretty good so far, Thanks Scrazza
Just want to add, Im not a big fan of Skrillex
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First got into dubstep back in 05 and nobody I knew had heard about it apart from a few friends who introduced it to me. Now it's huge. Love it. Was into DNB before that but it was becoming stale and just churning out the same old stuff again and again. Dubstep was fresh, was experimenting and didn't have stupidly high paid producers calling the shots.
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I have always been a fan of most all techno/electronica, and recently become a fan of Deadmau5. But I have to say that what Dubstep I have heard knocks the socks off of "other" techno that Ive heard.
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blackclaw1 wrote:I quite like dubstep which is unusual considering my usual metal based tastes , i like this guy , he a mate of mine does some good stuff
Erm, I am aware Reso is chiefly a dubstep artist. But the track you posted is drum and bass. It's made quite clear by A. the fact it's well over 160 bpm and B. the youtube video you linked to is posted on the UKF Drum and bass channel, not the UKF dubstep channel.
Ftr this is dnb too. Not glam rock.
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KingCracker wrote:Uh oh, we've hit that wall. You know the one.....where we start arguing that said music isnt said music.
So all death metal is DNB too? Its usually over 140bpm right?
Indeed, the 'scientific' definitions applied to the various dance musics in an attempt to absolutely define them are about as useful as the 'clear' delineations of various forms of metal and rock. I think, personally, that there are massive grey areas.
KingCracker wrote:Uh oh, we've hit that wall. You know the one.....where we start arguing that said music isnt said music.
So all death metal is DNB too? Its usually over 140bpm right?
Indeed, the 'scientific' definitions applied to the various dance musics in an attempt to absolutely define them are about as useful as the 'clear' delineations of various forms of metal and rock. I think, personally, that there are massive grey areas.
If you like you could give that 160bpm+ record to a dj playing a sub 140bpm dubstep set and let him tell you it's not dubstep after he's tried to mix it and can't match the beat without slowing the record down to a stupid pace.
Since when was bpm important in death metal?
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whatwhat is correct. The BPM count is central to most genres of electronic dance music, for the reasons he points out. It's one of the prime identifiers. Tracks within the same genre tend to have the same or similar BPM counts so that they can be beat-matched during a DJ set.
Automatically Appended Next Post: @whatwhat - Actually I've heard metallers extolling the virtues of drummers that can play at high bpm. It's for kids who make a fetish of raw technique, as opposed to anything compositional.
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These two should show you the difference in pace. 1st is an original dnb tune by ruffige kru. Second is from Skream's album 'Watch the Ride' and has been slowed down to fit with the rest of the album. Pace is completely different and it only works because for one Skream is a brilliant DJ, and therefore can mix it with the true dubstep tracks either side of it, and for another it's not badly suited to be played at such a slow pace. Play most DNB at that pace and it will sound like junk, even worse if there are vocal elements.
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