In defence of post dubstep

pattycakes_

pattycakes_

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Leo said:
LOL! Blake tours the world, received a Grammy Award nomination, and has collaborated or done production work for Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé, Vince Staples, Frank Ocean and Bon Iver. I bet lots of others wish they could faceplant like that!
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Mercury approved, art school spawned, Arthur Russell wannabe. Tastefully dropping his namby pamby IKEA beats for graphic designers the world over to feast upon like flies on scheiss. Put him in the file with Nicolas Jaar and seal it tightly shut. Success on that level with those artists is a red flag.
 
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thirdform

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Leo said:
LOL! Blake tours the world, received a Grammy Award nomination, and has collaborated or done production work for Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé, Vince Staples, Frank Ocean and Bon Iver. I bet lots of others wish they could faceplant like that!
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noone remembers James Blake in London and won't in 10 years time. he is like the XX in that regard.
 
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im not even against tasteful rare groove inflected beats i mean the bukem sound was still good until end of 95/96.

but James Blake just reminds me of daytime radio 1.
 
pattycakes_

pattycakes_

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thirdform said:
arthur russell is fucking great tho. James Blake's production is super conservative.
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For real, and James Blake ripped off his singing style note for note. He eventually started citing Russell as a major inspiration when this was pointed out.
 
pattycakes_

pattycakes_

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Still love Bukem. Was too young to be attached to any of the drama that went on to give a shit about the crossover into the smoother sounds. I just know that when I got hold of logical progression level 1, it was everything I was looking for at that age. 1st half of that mix still sends shivers. Led me to listening to 1 in the jungle every week.

And I'd never connect Bukem and Blake in any way.
 
Corpsey

Corpsey

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pattycakes_ said:
Still love Bukem. Was too young to be attached to any of the drama that went on to give a shit about the crossover into the smoother sounds. I just know that when I got hold of logical progression level 1, it was everything I was looking for at that age. 1st half of that mix still sends shivers. Led me to listening to 1 in the jungle every week.

And I'd never connect Bukem and Blake in any way.
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Music for graphic designers wasn't it

You were just too young to know it

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he's back
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also corpsey i got banned on 555-5555 even tho i haven't said a word in nearly 3 months and i didn't even talk about bukem.
 
Leo

Leo

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I'm not making a value judgement on James Blake's "worth" (or saying I like his stuff), but to describe him as being a forgotten artist is ludicrous in light of what he's done. views of the cognescenti don't always carry over to the real world.
 
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CrowleyHead

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Personally I'm more interested in how Blake was never properly recognized for being a gentrified version of Joker before the thought of a art student liking Arthur Russell would give me pause but hey
 
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thirdform

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why would they recognise it? UK dance music doesn't work like that anymore. haters gonna hate means the most genteel language is allowed. like i said, got banned from 555-5555 despite not posting since july.

they even want to deconstruct gabba now, ignoring that gabba has always had an experimental vanguard, I mean La Peste and the michelson sisters have basically been making musique concrete hardcore for years, and the fact maggerati is talking about gabber eleganza or whatever. like about 20 years out of fucking date.
 
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version

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CrowleyHead said:
Personally I'm more interested in how Blake was never properly recognized for being a gentrified version of Joker before the thought of a art student liking Arthur Russell would give me pause but hey
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I remember hearing the Untold remix on radio at the time and assuming it was Joker doing another variation on Gully Brook Lane/Holly Brook Park.
 
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version said:
I remember hearing the Untold remix on radio at the time and assuming it was Joker doing another variation on Gully Brook Lane/Holly Brook Park.
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really? the first thing i heard from him was cmyk. it was ok at the time. revolting now.
 
Corpsey

Corpsey

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I think Coki is a genius

I was gonna do a top 50 DMZ tunes when I was working at a music website/promoter and I started by listening to a loooooad of coki tunes. His fusion of dub bass/drums with extreme, grinding buzz saw synths is singular, though much imitated...

Mala was more conservative, no doubt about it, although I think he's a genius too...

(Try not to use the word genius too much cos it only applies to a select few really but you get my drift)
 
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thirdform

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came up for some future directions of electronic music.

Coki in the style of Florian Hecker.

101 trance anthems in the style of Russell Haswell

bonkers 1 cd2 sharkey mix in the style of Bernard Parmegiani.

gay hard house in the style of Ilhan Mimaroglu.

neurofunk in the style of Masonna.
 
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