Anyone going to Shambhala? Nice looking lineup of dubstep, drum & bass and glitch hop at the Village this year:![]() I made a thread about the fest in Goon Meets as well, hit it up if you're going: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3298747&pagenumber=1&perpage=40#post376140362
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Dell_Zincht posted:Speaking of High Contrast remixes, this is brilliant. This is amazing. I'm hearing some really good stuff thanks to this thread. My all time favourites: Aphrodite - Lava flow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS5uFtef3p4 just before the 2 minute mark J Majik - Solarize http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPXWGjvXXqs
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I'm really into Rockwell and Alix Perez, I like this new stuff (Rockwell's mix on DNB TV was good, and I like Alix Perez's latest tune The Observer a lot). Got any more recommendations for me?etard knievel posted:That is the ugliest event poster I have ever seen
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Anyone gonna see Bassnectar in San Diego on June 5th? http://resetfest.com/
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rustyw posted:I'm really into Rockwell and Alix Perez, I like this new stuff (Rockwell's mix on DNB TV was good, and I like Alix Perez's latest tune The Observer a lot). Got any more recommendations for me? Sabre, Icicle, System, Code 3 and Ulterior Motive. You might like Stray and Triad too. Also keep an ear open for Hybris, a friend of mine who moved from DC to Prague a few years ago. He used to go by Evancipation and was part of Robot Death Squad. He has a single coming out on Critical's new sub-label, Modulations.
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Hex Darkstar posted:New Panacea is out there currently, "Chiropteran" is the name. Not really sure about it i've given it a listen I don't hate it but I don't love it either. I like it.
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Hook me up with some dancehall/ragga flavored Jungle. I heard that's how jungle got started in the first place, and I been listening to tons of Buju Banton lately. I'd love some jungle with riddims and toasting. ![]()
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dethkon posted:Hook me up with some dancehall/ragga flavored Jungle. I heard that's how jungle got started in the first place, and I been listening to tons of Buju Banton lately. I'd love some jungle with riddims and toasting. Tester has a ton of stuff from his label available for download here. I haven't listened to ragga in a while, but here are some older choons that are pretty classic... Rhygin - Destroy Dem Sixteenarmedjack - Mash Up The Place Jahba & Sumone - Informa Fi Dead Remarc - Sound Murderer And of course Shy FX - Original Nutta Other artists to check out are Krinjah, Debaser, Twinhooker, Paulie Walnuts, and everything on this site http://www.ragga-jungle.com/
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dethkon posted:Hook me up with some dancehall/ragga flavored Jungle. I heard that's how jungle got started in the first place, and I been listening to tons of Buju Banton lately. I'd love some jungle with riddims and toasting. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3050117 this thread has a ton of great old school, new school, and ragga jungle.
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EMUpirate posted:Tester has a ton of stuff from his label available for download here. Also Liondub, the guy played a well good set at Sub Dub this weekend.
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BRRAAAP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YBcjBQLnZE
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Neurophonic posted:Also Liondub, the guy played a well good set at Sub Dub this weekend. I hate I haven't gotten a chance to see him in action. Last I remember (like two years ago or more) he formed Big Tune Records with Tester. Now ear' dis... Renegade - Terrorist Does anybody still have Konkrete Jungle events in their city?
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Dramatika posted:Can anyone recommend some good mixes? I'm specifically looking for darker dirtier style stuff. I usually listen to dubstep, but I've always been a little interested in DnB, just never knew where to start. Get a DJ Hype mix. I'd say one of those Dubplate Killaz sets might be an excellent intro EMUpirate posted:I hate I haven't gotten a chance to see him in action. quote:Does anybody still have Konkrete Jungle events in their city?
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ManoliIsFat posted:I can never go out in NYC they're on Wednesday or something. Are there any weekend events in NYC? Just moved up here thinking 'Ahh it would be so cool to find DnB on a Friday night, surely in NYC...' Well, no luck so far.
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Ya, there's a bunch of little stuff all over. Check Resident Advisor or something. I just get random facebook invites and I don't know how I ended up on their lists, so I'm not the best person to ask.
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Help. I've gotten the itch to just start following the scene again. I was a pretty busy regional DJ from about 01 to 05 or so, then a girl came by and I've been distracted since. What powers the scene/new tracks now? Are there any good dnb blogs that are worth following (for tracks/promos/previews, etc, I have 9157578541817 mix sets and don't need any more)? And finally, what are the prospects of a dj who played heavily out of a: GLR and some stateside intel (also, does that vibe still exist or did everybodyg go glitch), b: late 90's and early 01 neurofunk, lots of virus + bad company type stuff, and c: tech itch/dom+ roland style stuff? I quit when Pendulum exploded. I hate all that poo poo. JUST STICK TO THE WHITE KEYS AND TURN UP THE COMP RATIO EH. Maybe I'm bitter.
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EMUpirate posted:Does anybody still have Konkrete Jungle events in their city? DC's second run of the name is wrapping up in a week or so, but the guys that ran it are going to continue doing a dnb/dubstep night at the same venue, same consistancy, just a different name. The main Konkrete was hitting them up for dues (something like $100 a month to use the name), and the guys in DC were doing the party as a free event for over the past year. There is a Konkrete Jungle Baltimore too, but those line-ups look fairly different from the DC ones, and different people are running that. Jonny 290 posted:What powers the scene/new tracks now? Are there any good dnb blogs that are worth following (for tracks/promos/previews, etc, I have 9157578541817 mix sets and don't need any more)? Check out Dubplate Digest (http://www.dubplatedigest.net/). DnB Arena and DOA are still around, but I don't know how good DnB Arena is. Also, Blame and Matrix make dance floor tunes, and dBridge is very avant garde & experimental.
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ManoliIsFat posted:Get a DJ Hype mix. I'd say one of those Dubplate Killaz sets might be an excellent intro Seconding Dubplate Killaz, specifically volume one. Back when I started getting into D&B this was one of the first mixes I listened to and it really sparked my interest. Edit: what is everyones opinion on MCs when it comes to D&B? I've heard some good ones but I've also heard some awful ones. Pile Of Garbage fucked around with this message at 17:39 on May 4, 2010 |
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cheese-cube posted:Seconding Dubplate Killaz, specifically volume one. Back when I started getting into D&B this was one of the first mixes I listened to and it really sparked my interest. MC's are like the effects button on a Pioneer 600. If it sticks out like a sore thumb, you're overusing it. Actually with the Pioneer effects button, if you touch it at all, you're overusing it, but you get the gist of what i'm sayin. I can't listen to Dieselboy mixes any more because of his flanger humping.
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Immunize was played last night on Zane Lowe's Drum n Bass Takeover. For those not in the know, it's the collaboration between Pendulum and Liam Howlett of The Prodigy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pF3w10FYHs It's loving naughty.
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Dell_Zincht posted:Immunize was played last night on Zane Lowe's Drum n Bass Takeover. For those not in the know, it's the collaboration between Pendulum and Liam Howlett of The Prodigy. loving NICE. This should silence the naysayers. Also, this is probably my most anticipated album of the entire year. I've loved their first two albums for years, and everything I've heard off Immersion so far points to it being loving stellar.
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It's definitely my most anticipated album of 2010, I'm really looking forward to hearing the studio version of Ransom, that track has been the one I keep going back to the most. EDIT - Just realised Ransom's been taken off the album. Gutted ![]() Dell_Zincht fucked around with this message at 18:59 on May 4, 2010 |
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Apparently Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree) and In Flames will also be making appearances on that album. You'd think by now I'd be used to weird Steven Wilson collaborations...
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Incoherence posted:Apparently Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree) and In Flames will also be making appearances on that album. You'd think by now I'd be used to weird Steven Wilson collaborations... Oh my...I can't wait to hear this.
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Incoherence posted:Apparently Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree) and In Flames will also be making appearances on that album. You'd think by now I'd be used to weird Steven Wilson collaborations... I read that on their Wiki the other day and was wondering how the hell that would come out. I don't think there are any versions out yet to sample, though.
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Wait what? Am I still in the drum and bass thread?
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:I read that on their Wiki the other day and was wondering how the hell that would come out. I don't think there are any versions out yet to sample, though. Have a three second teaser of the chorus. The song will be called Self Versus Self, by the way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK-Zq_RQlPo
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EMUpirate posted:Wait what? Am I still in the drum and bass thread? So not-rude
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cheese-cube posted:Edit: what is everyones opinion on MCs when it comes to D&B? I've heard some good ones but I've also heard some awful ones. I think MCing is essential dnb stuff and think you gotta open up to it.
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Dell_Zincht posted:Have a three second teaser of the chorus. The song will be called Self Versus Self, by the way. Well that was....something ![]()
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Dell_Zincht posted:EDIT - Just realised Ransom's been taken off the album. Gutted Really? This is horrible news ![]()
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EMUpirate posted:Tester has a ton of stuff from his label available for download here. chrix posted:BRRAAAP Thank you, my new friends! Informa fi Dead and Bam Bam are my favs, I love those riddims. Oh, and I found this lurking ragga-jungle.com: quote:JUNGLE ARE DI BADDEST SOUND INNA DI WORLD OF MUSIC> NUFF POP TING AH GWAAN. NUFF RAP TING AH GWAAN> NUFF ALL OTHER SORTS AH REY REY AH GWAAN BUT JUNGLE MUSIC ARE DI ROUGHEST GUNARK IN ALL DI SOUND FORMS. FI REAL! 96 - 99, YOU AH NEVER HEAR DEM SOUNDS BEFORE INNA YA LIFE, AND YOU AH NEVER HEAR DEM AGAIN.
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cheese-cube posted:Edit: what is everyones opinion on MCs when it comes to D&B? I've heard some good ones but I've also heard some awful ones. Echo'ing Manoli, there are a lot of really bad MC's at local or rave events. I've been to quite a few shows where the MC didn't know when to shut up and would throw some random lines at really odd times then run around like he was a bad rear end. The pro's know the right time to get everybody hyped up and when to shut up. Also your example is kinda strange, do you just mean vocals in dnb period? or vocals by MC's? I'm by no means in the "everything high contrast touches is gold" crowd, but High Society is a great tune. To get it out of the way, I enjoy High Contrast album material, his whitelabels and remixes just sound so darn...poppy? Maybe that's the point though, whatever though.
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For gently caress's sake can we please not allow this thread to go the same way the electro/synth thread always does? DnB has gone mainstream. Get over it.
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Dell_Zincht posted:For gently caress's sake can we please not allow this thread to go the same way the electro/synth thread always does? Its hardly mainstream just because one group which sounds nothing like any other dnb got into the charts ... I don't think anyones annoyed that its mainstream, more the fact its really bad music. Andy C - Body Rock got in the charts back in the day and its considered a pretty good tune, and as stated by EMUpirate High Contrast is very poppy and mainstream yet is well respected by most dnb fans. If they stop attempting to 'sing' or at least get someone else to do it, and stop reusing that same loving identical breakbeat over and over then it would be a bit better at least. Btw EMUpirate if you want ridiclous clownstep Nightwalker is the worst: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp8Oz4wrE9Y
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EMUpirate posted:I hate I haven't gotten a chance to see him in action. Last I remember (like two years ago or more) he formed Big Tune Records with Tester. They just started up recently in Ottawa, and they've really brought the Jungle/D+B scene together.
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EMUpirate posted:Echo'ing Manoli, there are a lot of really bad MC's at local or rave events. I've been to quite a few shows where the MC didn't know when to shut up and would throw some random lines at really odd times then run around like he was a bad rear end. The pro's know the right time to get everybody hyped up and when to shut up. Also your example is kinda strange, do you just mean vocals in dnb period? or vocals by MC's? I'm by no means in the "everything high contrast touches is gold" crowd, but High Society is a great tune. To get it out of the way, I enjoy High Contrast album material, his whitelabels and remixes just sound so darn...poppy? Maybe that's the point though, whatever though. Yeah my example wasn't that good that song just sticks out in my mind whenever I think of MC's. Dynamite MC is pretty good however the actual lyrics in High Society were pretty daft.
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Like THIS is substandard MCing and I still think it rules http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74Z6dqOwiqA
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I am an alien and we are not the same I am amazing and you're just lame ![]()
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live, the only time i can't stand MCs is when they're going at 500 words per minute, only stop to breath every 30 seconds, and you can't tell what the gently caress is happening. other than that, assuming they know when to shut up, even average MCs are good for adding a bit of texture to a breakdown, or when you've been dancing to big rollers for thirty minutes straight and just want that random human element somewhere.
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