--- cutup <cutup@andythepooh.com> wrote:
quoted 12 lines I mean I was making a gross generalization about
> > I mean I was making a gross generalization about
> the 2-step thing, but
> > that's because everyone and I mean EVERYONE in
> d'n'b is doing 2-step now.
> > I stopped paying attention to club oriented d'n'b
> 2 years ago so I could
> > be wrong, but all the stuff I've heard since then
> has been 2-step.
>
> How can you say you stopped paying attention 2 years
> ago, then also make a
> generalization?
Probably a generalization based on some emails about
people complaining about 2-step beats.
quoted 2 lines The breaks are more interesting now than they've
> The breaks are more interesting now than they've
> been since 94, IMHO.
I'm definitely excited about the stuff coming out.
Especially, looking forward to more Digital & Spirit
tracks.
quoted 8 lines Check out the stuff coming from UFO and the
> Check out the stuff coming from UFO and the
> Pneuma/Thermal/Green labels,
> even most of the UK stuff is mixing it up with
> different variations, bongo
> drums,
> ram, badco, spirit, dillinga...really most of the
> big producers are off of a
> straight 2-step sound.
True.
quoted 6 lines Now i wouldn't say there's anything completely
> Now i wouldn't say there's anything completely
> revolutionary coming out of
> the core of drum+bass right now, but there's def
> some incredible sounding
> tracks...
> its definitely *not* dead as a genre.
I think if you were to compare the progression of
genres pushing boundaries... drum n bass would
definitely be ahead of the pack.
IDM and techno/house haven't exactly been churning
anything "revolutionary".
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