Modern d'n'b is rubbish - tune ID and a moan from an old man
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john eden
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mixed_biscuits
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That 0=0 mix was lovely and hearing "Taught" first up sort of took my breath away for a moment - it's such a beautiful tune and certainly one of my favorites in the last few years. When I still had my weekly dj night two years ago I played it almost every week. Another interesting moment in that 0=0 mix was hearing him mix out of Jason oS' "I Know" (bit of a flub there beat-matching wise, mr 0=0, haha) which is definitely one of my favorite tunes in recent memory.
As for the Polska record not making a bigger splash, in addition to UFO's comments, the record turned out to be somewhat weighed down by quite a few not-so-memorable downtempo tunes. I reallllllly wanted to fall in love with the record, and I did consider it one of my favorites from last year, but somehow something seemed to be missing in the compositions and production - or maybe I was just so smitten with "Taught" and "Burning Sun" that I failed to fall for the album. In any case, echoing UFO, Polska is indeed a bit reclusive, though he's been known to send discs unsolicited to friends overseas
and there's no doubt in my mind but that he'll continue to develop his own unique signature sound in the future. There's also a fantastic Naphta b2b with Polska set floating around, has been ages since I heard it though (first half Naphta, second Polska, def worth checking).
fokse vektaire xeven
Arab Nazi
because it sounds just like that steve alexander crap reinforced released about 10 years ago, and no one was into it then.
fokse vektaire xeven
Arab Nazi
I stand corrected- at least three people were into it
i thought it was a good example of what bassnation was talking about in the dubstep thread- a point where muso tendencies override the idea of making music for people to dance to. but tbh i'd nearly stopped paying attention by then.
in any case- there are precedents for what we might broadly call "this kind of thing" not finding a non genre audience.
i thought it was a good example of what bassnation was talking about in the dubstep thread- a point where muso tendencies override the idea of making music for people to dance to. but tbh i'd nearly stopped paying attention by then.
in any case- there are precedents for what we might broadly call "this kind of thing" not finding a non genre audience.
mixed_biscuits
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cf. Squarepusher
I stand corrected- at least three people were into it
i thought it was a good example of what bassnation was talking about in the dubstep thread- a point where muso tendencies override the idea of making music for people to dance to. but tbh i'd nearly stopped paying attention by then.
in any case- there are precedents for what we might broadly call "this kind of thing" not finding a non genre audience.
I dont think Polska really fits in with what you're calling "this kind of thing".
I haven't heard his downtempo stuff (except the first ep on kin) but going by his releases on inperspective and bassbin, I would associate him with other producers who ditched some of the most obvious cliched signifiers of the genre but still remained within its confines. I'm thinking here of Photek, Omni Trio, Goldie and maybe Paradox, all of whome's tunes can tear up a dancefloor, and get deserved props from non-dnbers.
subvert47
I don't fight, I run away
I'd agree generally with the muso thing (worst case: Bukem's Journey Inwards LP which was truly dire), but Steve Alexander's records were a bit different since it was the opposite way round: a session drummer coming in and making sort-of-dnb (actually more uptempo downtempo, if that makes any sense). I guess it didn't sell very well (it was completely contrary to the ubiquitous banging techstep), so presumably SA went back to session drumming. A shame really :slanted:
Jungle/DnB was always very forward thinking, someone would come up with something new and everyone else would take that and add something new to it, the problem came when D'n'B got massive aboard & most of the dj/producers ended up spending more time on planes and partying in switzerland than locked in their studio for the whole week thus imo the music became static, formularic & even poppy
sodiumnightlife
Sweet Virginia
i just heard that marcus intalex fabric mix and i love it. Bit too jazzy in places perhaps, but too jazzy wins out over too comedy screwface anyday.
wonk_vitesse
radio eros
Disco Dodo, by lynx, i'm a bit behind the times as i'm sure people will have heard this one but it really is something different in terms of sound/rhythm/structure , at last , i agree there's so much rubbish d'n'b around though it's hard to find the good stuff. Alot of this stuff on Melting pot records is bangin too but more on a noisy fuked tip.
fokse vektaire xeven
Arab Nazi
my flatmate's been battering this for a little while. it is good!
subvert47
I don't fight, I run away
dunno. it just sounds like speeded up dubstep to me
wonk_vitesse
radio eros
UFO over easy
online mahjong
I'd like you to expand on this statto.. especially since you've said you liked clarendon/shroud and a host of other much more dubsteppy/half-step led drum and bass tunes. I'd even say that dissident tune you released sounds far more like dubstep than this.. the pounding 4/4-ness of it makes it sound more like totally banging techno, I could see surgeon playing it.
bassnation
the abyss
for a genre so rigid as d'n'b that's pretty radical.
the best jungle makes dubstep drum programming sound pedestrian mate. its just not in the same league and hasn't really tried to be, in that regard.
bassnation
the abyss
i'd just like to point out (like the jungle pedant i am) that clarendon has a stepping rhythm (remember hardstep anyone? nope?) and this style of programming predates dubstep by at least ten years.