- Joined
- Oct 18, 2004
- Location
- London on the Wisla
Right, I'm pissed off.
This is what I wrote in another thread:
"This dubstepping of dnb tunes is fucking shite and cheapens both styles.
When dnb was young, it stole samples and riffs from all styles of music but it didn't grow through remixes.
Making a dubstep version of a dnb track is a piece of piss and it may be throwaway catchy but it will ultimately kill both styles of music. I could sit down tonight and make a dubstep version of Inner City Lights - and Goldie would be right to throw me down three flights of stairs."
Who agrees with me or disagrees with me?
I have nothing against other styles of music drawing inspiration from dnb. I feel that dnb almost died because it became insular and stale when it started drawing inspiration (or rather not drawing inspiration) only from itself. But making fucking dubstep versions of dnb tracks is a cheap trick that doesn't expand either dubstep or dnb. Dubstep producers should take beats, basslines or other elements of dnb to utilise in dubstep tracks but they shouldn't rework entire tracks. Easy and ultimately self-destructing.
Garage, dnb's bastard child almost murdered dnb but is dead itself. Will dubstep die likewise? I'm sure it will if we're getting dubstep versions of Original Nuttah and Where's My Money.
And before I get slagged off as a dubstep hater, I'll state that I love fresh new dubstep with an original vibe like jungle back in the day. But versions -
This is what I wrote in another thread:
"This dubstepping of dnb tunes is fucking shite and cheapens both styles.
When dnb was young, it stole samples and riffs from all styles of music but it didn't grow through remixes.
Making a dubstep version of a dnb track is a piece of piss and it may be throwaway catchy but it will ultimately kill both styles of music. I could sit down tonight and make a dubstep version of Inner City Lights - and Goldie would be right to throw me down three flights of stairs."
Who agrees with me or disagrees with me?
I have nothing against other styles of music drawing inspiration from dnb. I feel that dnb almost died because it became insular and stale when it started drawing inspiration (or rather not drawing inspiration) only from itself. But making fucking dubstep versions of dnb tracks is a cheap trick that doesn't expand either dubstep or dnb. Dubstep producers should take beats, basslines or other elements of dnb to utilise in dubstep tracks but they shouldn't rework entire tracks. Easy and ultimately self-destructing.
Garage, dnb's bastard child almost murdered dnb but is dead itself. Will dubstep die likewise? I'm sure it will if we're getting dubstep versions of Original Nuttah and Where's My Money.
And before I get slagged off as a dubstep hater, I'll state that I love fresh new dubstep with an original vibe like jungle back in the day. But versions -
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