[Stijn]

skrillex is the voice of our generation

[stu666]

Originally Posted by SONIC GAIL

Hahahahahahahaha!!!!!! I waz bitching about how Pandora kept pulling skillrex (mispelling intended) on fb a few months ago. I am personally not a fan.

Skillrex (I'm gonna call him that from now on!) is on the radio over here all the time and it fucking annoys me, he's shit....

[Glice]

You used to be cool before you became a mod. You've sold out, man.

[boxofburton]

Does anyone have any suggestions for dubstep artists other than Burial?

[stu666]

Originally Posted by Glice

You used to be cool before you became a mod. You've sold out, man.

I'm not cool because I don't like Skillrex?!!!

I wouldn't really give a shit about the guy but it's on the radio all the time at work which I have no control over, It seems like they only play about 5 songs all day but on repeat....

I don't care if other people like him, but I don't.

[_slavo_]

Originally Posted by Dr. Eugene Felikson

Lmao, you haven't talked to a teenager in a very long time, have you?

... don't forget chasing hoola hoops with sticks, and pac-man video games!

i hope that neg rep you just gave me made you feel just a little bit less worthless. go spin some good Insane Clown Posse, you dick.

[Severian]

Originally Posted by boxofburton

Does anyone have any suggestions for dubstep artists other than Burial?

Nobody knows any dubstep artists other than burial.

[louder]

Originally Posted by boxofburton

Does anyone have any suggestions for dubstep artists other than Burial?

get the compilation "5 Years of Hyperdub" if you're interested.

[SpaceCadetHayden]

Originally Posted by Derek

Anyone on this board making fun of Skrillex is like when people who aren't young girls make fun of Justin Bieber. They're both terrible of course, but it's not music made for us. These type of artists get so much attention because people take them seriously despite being completely innocuous.

Can I also mention that Skrillex is probably one of the easiest targets in music today and it'd probably be a better use of your time criticizing the new insanely mediocre Animal Collective songs?

What Glice and Derek said but especially this part about the new AnCo can we talk about how boring those songs were for just a moment please.

[Dr. Eugene Felikson]

I didn't know Animal Collective made anything that wasn't insanely dull within the last few years - let alone whatever album you two are going on about.

Sung Tongs or die

[pad_023]

Originally Posted by boxofburton

Does anyone have any suggestions for dubstep artists other than Burial?

Zomby is worth checking out. One of the more interesting UK electronic artists.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQf0S2lU4Ug

Judging by this article it would appear the kids who are into Skrillex are not ok....
http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/skril...-february-2012

Not that it makes any difference to me either way. I do agree that it's quite pointless discussing him. He's not going to have
much relevance to anyone who posts here so it seems fairly redundant.

[SYRFox]

Originally Posted by Derek

Anyone on this board making fun of Skrillex is like when people who aren't young girls make fun of Justin Bieber. They're both terrible of course, but it's not music made for us. These type of artists get so much attention because people take them seriously despite being completely innocuous.

Can I also mention that Skrillex is probably one of the easiest targets in music today and it'd probably be a better use of your time criticizing the new insanely mediocre Animal Collective songs?

as someone who spends a lot more time on dubstepforum than on SYG these days (in fact, it's the first time in a while I've came on here) - even though I'm more into the whole "bass music" thing than strictly dubstep at the moment -, I've seen plenty of hate regarding Skrillex and it's not really the same thing as Bieber hate. The problem most people see is that Skrillex is being pushed as THE dubstep artist, thus people thinking dubstep = skrillex, wobz wobz & stuff, whereas most of his tracks aren't even dubstep - they're actually closer to electro house, as they are around 125BPM and have no bass whatsoever. Thus - finally - you get comments on Shackleton being shit because there's no wobble in his music, which may get annoying after a while.

Now after having said that - I honestly do not give a fuck at all personally, I think he's shit but why should I care if people like him? If anything it gives me an occasion to recommend Vex'd and Distance if people on facebook post about him looking for agressive electronic music.
I don't really see the link with those Animal Collective tracks either - but they're indeed really mediocre.

Originally Posted by boxofburton

Does anyone have any suggestions for dubstep artists other than Burial?

depends on what you're looking for, as the scene is really vast these days - making dubstep either a really strict or a really loose term depending on how you look at it.
But if you want some Burial-type bass music, you should listen to stuff like VVV's album on Fortified Audio or Sully's album on Keysound. Sepalcure's self-titled record was also really good, but they've drawn in newer influences on top of that "future garage" feel.

If you want some "proper" dubstep (ie heavy bass-centered electronic music around 140BPM), check the new Goth Trad album, which proves that there can still be forward-thinking old-school dubstep in 2012 (because even though there's still a lot of good stuff in the genre, most of it has become quite formulaic - hence me being more into bass music as a whole). Youngsta's Rinse: 14 mix which was released last year was also fantastic - atmospheric, deep and dark -. Icicle just got a mix released on the same tip (Rinse: 19), but it also includes techno and d&b (though really, he succeeds in keeping the whole atmosphere throughout the whole mix).

If you want to find out about "bass music" as a whole, you'll have a lot of work as it's getting wider everyday (with artists/labels taking elements from many styles - dubstep, house, garage, jungle, minimal techno, juke/footwork, disco, deep house, electro, d&b, idm, etc - to create their own sound), but hessle audio, night slugs, hyperdub, swamp81, r&s, ramp, keysound, 50 weapons, punch drunk, exit, rinse (all their mixes are huge), etc etc etc are labels you could investigate to start with. this is where the most exciting developments in modern music are imho.

if you want something else or more or something, don't hesitate, i should be able to help you as bass music is 80% of what i listen these days

also you need to get the new shackleton boxset which you cannot confine in one genre but is the sheer expression of what "genius" should mean.

[SYRFox]

also if you want some badman uk funky/grime/bass music/whatever riddim check this out: http://soundcloud.com/mixmag-1/notion-icicle
sickest tune at the moment (and it's a free download!)

[raindrop]

well the way i look at it, skrillex is america's answer to deadmau5, who is canadian. i think deadmau5 is paving the way for new music and i like the way skrillex takes no hostages with it. i'm just as excited for their future as i am fond of crystal castles.

[keep poppin pimples]

Originally Posted by pad_023

He's not going to have
much relevance to anyone who posts here so it seems fairly redundant.

just because somebody posts here doesn't mean automatically mean we think pavement and the fall are the apex of music.


also the vice article is stupid. skrillex music consists largely of wobbly, heavy drops. so why(for example) is the vlad guy "not ok" for answering that they like the music because of heavy drops? that sounds like a pretty normal reason to like something, would you insult people for liking black sabbath for having heavy riffs?

[pad_023]

Originally Posted by keep poppin pimples

just because somebody posts here doesn't mean automatically mean we think pavement and the fall are the apex of music.


also the vice article is stupid. skrillex music consists largely of wobbly, heavy drops. so why(for example) is the vlad guy "not ok" for answering that they like the music because of heavy drops? that sounds like a pretty normal reason to like something, would you insult people for liking black sabbath for having heavy riffs?

Of course not, the forum has quite a broad spectrum of tastes. There is still a discernible difference though.

With the vice article, I know it's stupid and trashy. They always play on stereotypes. I'd just thought i'd post it because people were arguing about what skrillex fans were like. Apart from that I don't really have an opinion on it.

[SYRFox]

Originally Posted by raindrop

well the way i look at it, skrillex is america's answer to deadmau5, who is canadian. i think deadmau5 is paving the way for new music and i like the way skrillex takes no hostages with it. i'm just as excited for their future as i am fond of crystal castles.

it's okay to like deadmau5 and skrillex but deadmau5 is definitely not paving the way for new music.

[Severian]

I hate to say it, but the new Animal Collective songs *are* mediocre. If this is "back to their roots," then I say keep branching out.

[Severian]

Who the hell told them to get "back to their roots" anyway?

[louder]

i don't really like their early albums. i dug the accessibility of MPP though.
not interested in hearing the new songs, but i'll check out the album once it drops.