“I think the dubstep that has come over to the US, and certain producers — who I can’t even be bothered naming — have definitely hit upon a sort of frat-boy market where there’s this macho-ism being reflected in the sounds and the way the music makes you feel. And to me, that is a million miles away from where dubstep started. It’s a million miles away from the ethos of it. It’s been influenced so much by electro and rave, into who can make the dirtiest, filthiest bass sound, almost like a pissing competition, and that’s not really necessary. And I just think that largely that is not going to appeal to women. I find that whole side of things to be pretty frustrating, because that is a direct misrepresentation of the sound as far as I’m concerned.”
From my interview with James Blake in this week’s Phoenix. I particularly recommend reading up to the last two questions where he talks about covering female pianists (Feist, Joni Mitchell) in the ‘American frat-boy dubstep market’. (His words not mine.) He was really stoked on talking about this.
Interview: James Blake’s dub soft-shoe | September 30th, 2011 | The Boston Phoenix .
He looks like a sad second year. Also he’s totally right.
Major Lazer- Keep It Going Louder (So Shifty Remix) | maddecent
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South Rakkas Crew- Gangsta Revival | maddecent
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The Office does Seurat’s “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte” (better known as that painting Cameron stares at in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off).
I wonder how many Americans actually get this reference?
