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Originally Posted by Derek
Anyone on this board making fun of Skrillex is like when people who aren't young girls make fun of Justin Bieber. They're both terrible of course, but it's not music made for us. These type of artists get so much attention because people take them seriously despite being completely innocuous.
Can I also mention that Skrillex is probably one of the easiest targets in music today and it'd probably be a better use of your time criticizing the new insanely mediocre Animal Collective songs?
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as someone who spends a lot more time on dubstepforum than on SYG these days (in fact, it's the first time in a while I've came on here) - even though I'm more into the whole "bass music" thing than strictly dubstep at the moment -, I've seen plenty of hate regarding Skrillex and it's not really the same thing as Bieber hate. The problem most people see is that Skrillex is being pushed as THE dubstep artist, thus people thinking dubstep = skrillex, wobz wobz & stuff, whereas most of his tracks aren't even dubstep - they're actually closer to electro house, as they are around 125BPM and have no bass whatsoever. Thus - finally - you get comments on Shackleton being shit because there's no wobble in his music, which may get annoying after a while.
Now after having said that - I honestly do not give a fuck at all personally, I think he's shit but why should I care if people like him? If anything it gives me an occasion to recommend Vex'd and Distance if people on facebook post about him looking for agressive electronic music.
I don't really see the link with those Animal Collective tracks either - but they're indeed really mediocre.
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Originally Posted by boxofburton
Does anyone have any suggestions for dubstep artists other than Burial?
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depends on what you're looking for, as the scene is really vast these days - making dubstep either a really strict or a really loose term depending on how you look at it.
But if you want some Burial-type bass music, you should listen to stuff like VVV's album on Fortified Audio or Sully's album on Keysound. Sepalcure's self-titled record was also really good, but they've drawn in newer influences on top of that "future garage" feel.
If you want some "proper" dubstep (ie heavy bass-centered electronic music around 140BPM), check the new Goth Trad album, which proves that there can still be forward-thinking old-school dubstep in 2012 (because even though there's still a lot of good stuff in the genre, most of it has become quite formulaic - hence me being more into bass music as a whole). Youngsta's Rinse: 14 mix which was released last year was also fantastic - atmospheric, deep and dark -. Icicle just got a mix released on the same tip (Rinse: 19), but it also includes techno and d&b (though really, he succeeds in keeping the whole atmosphere throughout the whole mix).
If you want to find out about "bass music" as a whole, you'll have a lot of work as it's getting wider everyday (with artists/labels taking elements from many styles - dubstep, house, garage, jungle, minimal techno, juke/footwork, disco, deep house, electro, d&b, idm, etc - to create their own sound), but hessle audio, night slugs, hyperdub, swamp81, r&s, ramp, keysound, 50 weapons, punch drunk, exit, rinse (all their mixes are huge), etc etc etc are labels you could investigate to start with. this is where the most exciting developments in modern music are imho.
if you want something else or more or something, don't hesitate, i should be able to help you as bass music is 80% of what i listen these days
also you need to get the new shackleton boxset which you cannot confine in one genre but is the sheer expression of what "genius" should mean.
