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paolo

Mechanical phantoms
Distance and Cyrus played a belter of an old skool show on Rinse last night, loads of their old dubs plus 03-06 ones from Mystikz, D1, Loefah etc
 
Sectionfive

Sectionfive

bandwagon house
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http://shop.all-cityrecords.com/ViewDetails.asp?hfldUnitID=20597&source=newsletter
 
computer_rock

computer_rock

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i like this bit

It’s a sound built from electronic music’s detritus: bad synths, corny Jamaican sound and lyric references, Romantic piano melodies, chipmunk vocals, and blow-this-shirt-to-shreds action-film sound effects. But brave as such a stance might sound, Skrillex is not doing it for art. As he’s often said, he’s doing it for fun. And for that reason, Skrillex is pretty punk.
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SecondLine

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Blackdown said:
Which bits?
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this bit in particular got my goat:

Skrillex’s music is the worst nightmare of electronic music aesthetes because he doesn’t give a shit about the carefully enforced micro-genres, cultural hierarchies, and bro/nerd distinctions that characterize producers, D.J.s, clubs, and every other facet of contemporary dance music life.
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It's the insinuation that Skrillex's music breaks free of strictures, which is to suggest that it's somehow radically innovative and that's why it's unpalatable. Whereas for me at least, his music is shit because it's massively 2 dimensional and really pretty rigidly formulaic. Also hate the offhand portrayal of anybody deeply involved in dance music as being committed to 'carefully enforcing' genre divides and things...I mean I guess people on here are by and large 'dance music aesthetes' and they are generally inquisitive about all manner of different kinds of music.

This:

Skrillex is not doing it for art. As he’s often said, he’s doing it for fun. And for that reason, Skrillex is pretty punk.
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is just stupid. Was/is punk about fun as opposed to art? I don't think punk was/is remotely concerned with that binary...maybe only in the most superficial sense whereby 'art' = prog seriousness and 'fun' = knowing amateurishness. Though I'm no expert there

also stupid shit like referring to Richard D. James as 'the guy from Aphex Twin'...but that's just pedantry really
 
Leo

Leo

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carl cox in time out!
http://www.timeout.com/london/feature/2233/a-big-ask-carl-cox

‘Well, I will always push things forward – it’s not about being complacent. But sometimes it’s too far forward. I was playing dubstep three years before anyone even decided to call it dubstep, but I never got known for playing that style. I don’t mind the now generation being seen as the pioneers, but there had to be a Carl Cox pushing the doors open for these guys.’
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LOL...wonder what he was playing?
 
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