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The Nameless One
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I did a search for my old thread from aeons ago but couldn't find it. I thought it'd be cool to start some banter about electronically produced choons that get your booty movin' 8-)
I'm massively into drum and bass and took the plunge and bought myself some decks last Jan (2006) for my 30th b'day. Best purchase evar! The creative outlet is something that's enriched my life considerably :^: I have no real "superstar DJ" aspirations but I've played at a couple of nights here in Sydney and it's a lot of fun so I'm hoping to get some chances to do so again in the future.
Anyone else here into dnb? Other stuff? What are the scenes for the respective genres like in your necks of the woods? Sydney is pretty much all about lowest common denominator house and electro and it's fucking disgusting. The dnb scene is loyal but still fairly small; a big part the problem lies in the close-minded mentality of some of the DJs and a lot of the fans. They love the underground nature of it but stupidly don't realise that it needs new blood or else it'll die in the arse...bah!
Anyhoo, I also thought that this would be a good place for me to (shamelessly) pimp my mix efforts. I've been pretty prolific lately and I actually recorded a nice dark and dirty one the other night. Here ya go
http://www.sendspace.com/file/4wo3rf
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Enjoy!
(and let's get chatting)
I'm massively into drum and bass and took the plunge and bought myself some decks last Jan (2006) for my 30th b'day. Best purchase evar! The creative outlet is something that's enriched my life considerably :^: I have no real "superstar DJ" aspirations but I've played at a couple of nights here in Sydney and it's a lot of fun so I'm hoping to get some chances to do so again in the future.
Anyone else here into dnb? Other stuff? What are the scenes for the respective genres like in your necks of the woods? Sydney is pretty much all about lowest common denominator house and electro and it's fucking disgusting. The dnb scene is loyal but still fairly small; a big part the problem lies in the close-minded mentality of some of the DJs and a lot of the fans. They love the underground nature of it but stupidly don't realise that it needs new blood or else it'll die in the arse...bah!
Anyhoo, I also thought that this would be a good place for me to (shamelessly) pimp my mix efforts. I've been pretty prolific lately and I actually recorded a nice dark and dirty one the other night. Here ya go
http://www.sendspace.com/file/4wo3rf
i-dub ~ Alien Latency ~ Nov 07
Tracklist wrote:0:00:00 Ed Rush, Optical & Fierce - Alien Girl [Prototype]
0:04:25 Silent Witness & Ercola - Pick Up [DNAudio]
0:08:06 Tactile - Can't Stop [Dispatch]
0:11:06 Break - No Company [Shadow Law]
0:14:27 Fierce & Break - Hold It Now [Quarantine]
0:17:45 Spinor - Absolom [Citrus]
0:19:58 Break - Submerged (Calyx & Teebee remix) [Subtitles]
0:22:10 Break - The Drone [Symmetry]
0:26:35 Lynx - Inhale Exhale [31 Records]
0:30:16 Verse & SP:MC - Surrender [Crunch]
0:32:30 Noisia & Phace - Homeworld [Citrus]
0:37:17 Calyx & Teebee - The Quest (Break remix) [Subtitles]
0:40:35 Noisia & Phace - Outsource [Citrus]
0:44:38 Break - Day One [Quarantine]
0:47:11 Kryptic Minds & Leon Switch - Dark Flower Remedy [Defcom]
0:51:36 Survival - Gravity Bourne [Play:Musik]
0:54:54 Survival - Exile [Dispatch]
>>>>> Mist:ical ft DRS - The Eleventh Hour [Soul:R]
0:59:18 Survival - U457 (Born Adrift) [Exit]
1:02:46 Saburuko - Latency [Horizons]
Enjoy!
(and let's get chatting)
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What does that mean exactly?
I've been listening to some Pendulum and some of their lyrics reference drum and bass.
It's techno at a high BPM that is heavy on the drum break beats and bass lines.
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I love the more melodic dance/techno/electronica/whatever stuff - I don't know the lingo, but stuff like Frou Frou, Telepopmusik, Freezepop... Ian Van Dahl is pretty crappy but it's tolerable, pre-Vegas Crystal Method, that sort of stuff. I really can't get into the pure back-beat stuff; there's just not enough substance for me to sink my teeth into.
Other than that rant, I'm glad we have a Dance music thread again. My favorite genre of dance music is Happy Hardcore because I relish the cheesy lyrics and insanely fast beats. I haven't really been into DnB for a while, however I listen to Grime very occassionaly. The last good DnB preformances I saw were Dieselboy, Aphrodite, LTJ Bukem and DJ Hype around 4-5 years ago. I still love good old House music when I want to get my groove on as it's generally the easiest music to dance to. I also love the influx of dance influenced rock band like The Go! Team, The Sounds, and MGMT.
Oh yeah, and I finally get to see my favorite electronic band of all time on Dec 15. Basement Jaxx!!!
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Preferably with examples to listen to.
http://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/
and of course the best place to go for electronic streaming internet radio is Digitally Imported at www.di.fm
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This is the correct suggestion. Daft Punk's Alive 2007 is coming out on December 4th in North America. Purchase it.
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I've never gotten into this from the actual music perspective though.
While we're on the subject, break beats. Who's good in the genre? It's my favorite part of any mix session, but I don't have any to actually listen to.
The listing of various genres looks good, but his description of Gothic Rock smacks of incredible ignorance and bias I had to laugh.
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Who are popular and defining artists that I should look into?
*he was responsible for their only good song, Pop.
Man I've been through that whole site and I still can't figure out where Telepopmusik fits except that it's probably some derivation of House, except not at 200BPM.
Ishkur's Guide is pretty dated at this point, it's missing a bunch of stuff like indie-tronic (or whatever you want to call The Postal Service, Hot Chip, Junior Boys, etc.) and mash-ups (Girl Talk, DJ Shadow, The Avalanches, etc.) for starters.
krapst78's link is good, but remember that they're more styles than subgenres and many of the best artists don't really fall into any particular subgenre. I'll use BT as an example because he's one of my and cj iwakura's favorite artists - he's usually labeled "progressive house" (which is a more melodic form of house music) even though he only had one album that was 100% progressive house (IMA) and his earlier and later albums are not as easily categorizable (though most of his albums have a number of tracks that tread squarely along the progressive house trail) even though they all have a very noticeable style that you listen to it once and you think "wow, that's BT" (especially when he uses his trademark stuttering vocoder effect that other producers have started copying).
In Tha M0de is a fabulous album, but it's definitely meant to be a follow-up to New Forms, as a couple of the songs on In Tha M0de (notably Railing Pt 2) are obviously meant to reference songs from New Forms.
And we can't talk about drum and bass without mentioning Black Sun Empire. Seriously, find them on MySpace or Beatport.com. Their 2005 album Cruel & Unusual was amazing.
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And speaking of Beatport, if you don't have an account with them, sign up. Seriously. Legal 320kbps DRM-free MP3s on independent electronica acts, and a supposedly-monthly-but-updated-whenever-the-fuck-they-feel-like it podcast that's pretty good.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
DFA1979 remix album
LCD Soundsystem
MSTRKRFT
The Chemical Bros
The Rapture
Warp records (!!!, Aphex, others)
Ed Banger record label (Justice, SebastiAn, etc)
Kitsune record label (Digitalism, Simian Mobile Disco, etc)
these are just the more obvious things to dance to
I saw Daft Punk live for one of the stops for their alive concert. So let me assure you, it kicks fucking ass.
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Mmm, the hectic drums...
I popped in Mirabillis after I bought their CD and my sister down the hall thought I converted to some weird ass religion with all the chanting going on.
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Yeah I agree, it was more of a guideline to show the connections between different types of EDM genres during the early 2000s. A lot of the music nowadays has evolved and become so specialized that they no longer neatly fall into any of those old categories (except for the big ones like Trance, House, Techno, and DnB). You also have a lot of artists experimenting across different genres so again the labels no longer apply. Feral brought up an excellent example with BT who I originally thought of as a Trance producer because I first became familiar with him in 1999-2000 (Dreaming, Flaming June, and Godspeed). However, BT's range of music is MUCH more expansive than just Trance and to pigeonhole him as a trance producer would be equivalent to calling Ronaldinho a guy that can kick a ball. However, some artist basically define their genre like Fatboy Slim (big beat) and Daft Punk (French Disco House) and if another artists sounds similar to them, will probably fall under that genre.
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Outside of the bigger categories (trance, DnB), I really have no idea how the EDM scene(s) break down these days--too much music and not enough time to keep track of all of it. All I know is that I've liked a lot of the music for a long time now.
I simply cannot listen to any genre (of EDM or any type of music) exclusively for a long time--I just get burned out on it. I'm physically incapable of listening to a lot of D&B and most Big Beat right now, as Fatboy Slim's You've Come A Long Way, Baby spent spent nearly 10 months straight in my CD player and was on non-stop. Of course, DeeJay Punk Roc is a huge exception, since he is a fucking god.
Singles on my heavy rotation right now:
“Scream,” Starkillers
“Wet N Wild,” Kim (Adam Freeland’s Midnight Juggernauts Mix)
“F.U.N.K,” General Midi
“Are You the One?” The Presets
“Shiny Toy Guns,” Le Disko
Additional info:
“Anarchy in the UK,” Freddie Filter vs. The Sex Pistols: Wow. I heard this for the first time about a month ago and absolutely loved it. Great song to add to the collection for any punk/EDM fan.
“Ant Music,” Hyper: See above. A very fun cover of a classic tune.
Some other current favs that I've been listening to a lot over the last couple of years:
I Am X
Goldfrapp
M83 still gets a lot of play--Digital Shades Vol. I is a wonderful ambient work
I Monster
Client
So... any Illbient fans out there? That's another one I stopped listening to, but I have a lot of respect for DJ Spooky and absolutely loved Riddim Warfare and Songs of a Dead Dreamer.
Finally, here's a question: anybody have info on Tsewer Beta? I only caught one song on a friend's satellite radio, but it sounded very cool. I just haven't been able to track down much info.
Sorry for the rambling. There's a lot of ground that can be covered with EDM. 8-)
Edit: Squarepusher is good, but I really love Aphex Twin. "Start As You Mean To Go On" still kicks my ass when I listen to it.
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This is a severe understatement. Seeing Daft Punk was some of the greatest two hours of my life. They're retiring their pyramid setup after this year, and I feel a deep sadness for anyone who missed out on it.
His album covers are motherfucking creepy though.
Also Basement Jaxx's "Remedy' is possibly the best party CD ever made.
I haven't been listening to shit for electronic music recently. Though, I do enjoy the hell out of dnb and some trance and even a bit of house here and there.
I've never been able to get into daft punk, and I've tried really hard. I've listened to all there albums several times. In a panoply of states of consciousness, and it just doesn't work for me. I kinda like technolgic, but that's it, out of like a bajillion songs.
I was gonna say that. SEVERE understatement. If you saw the show (I did absolute front and center @ Seattle), you saw one of the greatest live shows in the history of live music.
The set goes from darker, older speed garage (from about 97-99) till when I made it in 05. The reason for my love of 'dance' music? Well to dance of course. To me music is for dancing, it may be a shallow view but it's mine. All the music I enjoy has a beat that I enjoy and if I'm not bopping my head to the rhythm then it's not for me. About the OP asking about dnb, I have been getting more into it as I hear sets but I can't get my dancing down to the tune and just doesn't 'make me want to dance'. Though since I'm stuck way up north I'll take listening to cheesy happy house over the country stuff that assaults my ears daily.
PS dance music is a horrible title for this thread, can you at least call it electronica, or techno if you must but that's a whole genre of eletronica really? They have those shitty Much Dance 200X cd's that are all rap/rnb stuff that is hardly what comes to my mind when I think of dance.
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I'd recommend everyone check out Visage for dance music. Don't expect anything too fast though.
I saw them live when they rolled through Red Rocks here in Colorado. Best venue with the best show I have ever seen in my life.
I didn't realize you guys brought up this guide, it's still around? I hadn't seen it in years since the guy first made it. Ishkur used to be a very vocal party kid (least on the msg boards) from Vancouver but since I moved away from Victoria I hadn't really kept up with the scene out there.
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Hmmm. Neat remake of that song, though not sure if I prefer the original by Ministry more.
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