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    The non-shitty dubstep/abstract electronica thread

    What have you?

    I'm talking dark, slow, abstract electronic: Benga, Mount Kimbie, Eleven Tigers, Clams Casino, have you guys heard of Burial ;P, James Blake, etc.?

    If anyone starts posting some lame-ass, post-candy-raver, 303-laden hot-pop-track remix BS I will publicly humiliate your little sister with her pink streaks in her hair and her fairy wings at EDC.

    Bring it, with YouTube if available.
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    maybe this helps
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    Quote Originally Posted by dblatto View Post
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    maybe this helps
    So it went from pitiful sausage fest to teenybopper "cred?"

    Good lord someone give me a guitar riff. From a guitar.

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    I heard a sweet Damian Marley dubstep remix the other day. Can someone find that?

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    Holy Other. Cloaks. Goth Trad. Intrusion. Mohn. Onmutu Mechanics. Pinch & Shackleton. Swarms. Shed.

    Or man up and crank Pole. Or Monolake. Or Plastikman.

    Or go gritty with later Muslimgauze. Or Witchman. Or Goldwater.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flyoverland Captive View Post
    Holy Other. Cloaks. Goth Trad. Intrusion. Mohn. Onmutu Mechanics. Pinch & Shackleton. Swarms. Shed.

    Or man up and crank Pole. Or Monolake. Or Plastikman.

    Or go gritty with later Muslimgauze. Or Witchman. Or Goldwater.
    +1 on goth trad. Also, Maurizio and the others on pretty much every basic channel release ever.

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    The new Polish Ambassador EP Superpowers is sexy as hell. You can download all his stuff for free too on his website or stream it on SC.

    http://soundcloud.com/dubstep-colora...ish-ambassador


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    I'm definitely into Holy Other and the entire Tri-Angle catalog, that label is putting out some really quality releases these days.

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    fuck yes on Plastikman & Maurizio

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    Dubstep? That's cute.


    Leftfield was one of the originators. This is from 13 years ago to the day.


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    Take a look at Box Clever:









    Also check out Desolate, it's a bit like Burial...


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    Leftfield was the fooooooooooking shit!!!!!

    "Leftism"- first artist album I ever heard ... Inspection, Check 1...still gives me tingles in my body.

    "Rhythm & Stealth" was good, but no Leftism...not sure anything ever will be

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    when did dubstep become the catchall phrase?

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    Quote Originally Posted by SKIORFORGETIT View Post
    Leftfield was the fooooooooooking shit!!!!!

    "Leftism"- first artist album I ever heard ... Inspection, Check 1...still gives me tingles in my body.

    "Rhythm & Stealth" was good, but no Leftism...not sure anything ever will be
    'Open Up' was my pre-party song for many years... still sounds timeless today with so many others including the 1992 release, 'Song of Life'. Sasha said this about 'Leftism' when it first came out: "If aliens landed on the planet and asked, 'What is dance music?' I would give them that album."



    Quote Originally Posted by Hugh Conway View Post
    when did dubstep become the catchall phrase?
    Dubstep was so last year. It's all about trap now.

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    Actually, "dubstep" is so 1998...

    and it's all "jungle" if you really wanna get technical about it. Just seems like every new generation feels the need to come up with a catchphrase for the same old music. It's like Tricky once said "Brand new, you're retro...". Or, basically, everything old is new again and everything new is old.

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    Trap is ancient, too. T.I., Three Six Mafia, UGK, Gucci Mane, and the whole Swisha House crew played that ish out years ago.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PappaG View Post
    'Open Up' was my pre-party song for many years... still sounds timeless today with so many others including the 1992 release, 'Song of Life'. Sasha said this about 'Leftism' when it first came out: "If aliens landed on the planet and asked, 'What is dance music?' I would give them that album."




    Dubstep was so last year. It's all about trap now.
    While I was never the biggest Sasha fan except when it was him during early mornings/afternoons in Twilo, I agree with him on that.

    well said dookey

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    Quote Originally Posted by dookey67 View Post
    Actually, "dubstep" is so 1998...

    and it's all "jungle" if you really wanna get technical about it. Just seems like every new generation feels the need to come up with a catchphrase for the same old music. It's like Tricky once said "Brand new, you're retro...". Or, basically, everything old is new again and everything new is old.

    PS:
    Trap is ancient, too. T.I., Three Six Mafia, UGK, Gucci Mane, and the whole Swisha House crew played that ish out years ago.


    could you imagine some of these people thrown in a jungle room @ a party around 95? ha!

    those dustheads & their jungle

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    Quote Originally Posted by dookey67 View Post
    Actually, "dubstep" is so 1998.
    Early 90s when it was dub at roughly the same tempo and without the old man farting noises if you want to get ultra upper nose on the subject.

    And SHM was played out back in 2004 when they were all separate. Basically, they played the music DJ Sneak did but with less taste and a better grasp of the whole social media thing.

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    The semantics of the thing can be a real bitch. There are some killer producers out there right now making breaky-blippy harmonious stuff that has almost come full circle back to Aphex and his early Ambient works, however, they're still lacking the depth and nuance that RBJ put forward in the 80s. My thought is that ProTools has had a lot to do with this killing of the nuance. It effectively wiped away the analog grit, wax to mp3. I'm still hopeful for what can become of electronic music. Bring it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dblatto View Post
    I'm definitely into Holy Other and the entire Tri-Angle catalog, that label is putting out some really quality releases these days.

    The thread title intrigued me - I still don't believe there's such a thing as "non-shitty dubstep." However, I like that^^ but that's not dubstep, is it?

    I'm sooo confused.
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    Anyone have the link of one of the DJs explaining the different families of music beats? I think that could help some of the less experienced.

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    Basically broke down house and break beat... and all the sub-families.
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    Well I've finally come around to the whole brostep thing and have actually played these while teaching yoga ... more on the ambient side of things.







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    These types of threads inevitably end up as a pissing match between people championing their own genres... the term dubstep is pretty toxic... but along the OPs line.

    Some free downloads (legal ones) i have enjoyed in the last little while, essentially house, but hey, most underground stuff is nowadays, give it a chance.

    http://soundcloud.com/fnshblog/laury...wop-pedestrian

    http://soundcloud.com/cyrilhahn/dest...ld-say-my-name

    Some hyped tunes in the UK







    But really all this stuff should be listened to in a mix, thats how the songs are produced, and with a tracklist you can find the ones you like. Here are some goodies for the upcoming season. Rinse fm podcasts are the best source for fresh UK cuts.

    (shameless mix plug, let me know what you think)
    house/garage
    http://soundcloud.com/tutuko/percolatin-1
    house/ techno/garage
    http://soundcloud.com/mixfeed/joy-or...sident-advisor
    house/garage/dubstep
    http://soundcloud.com/pearsonsound/p...-bbc-essential
    house/dubstep/trap
    http://soundcloud.com/hudsonlotus/rustie

    And naturally
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