again, teebee seems pretty fresh to me.
blake/
--- William Samuels <w_technoir@yahoo.com> wrote:
quoted 133 lines --- cutups <cutup@andythepooh.com> wrote:
> --- cutups <cutup@andythepooh.com> wrote:
> < I can't really reply to everybody's different
> opinions about the state of drum and bass because
> inevitably what people like all kind of different
> things about it. >
>
> I think if the music was still pushing forward there
> would be more interest regardless of the style
> (subgenre)
>
> < But as somebody who goes out every week to d+b clubs
> (in the us), and spins it, i can say there is still
> very good D&B coming out. >
>
> Sure there is stuff that's listenable, but the older
> records were better. Compare Dom & Roland's newest
> material to an older single like "The Storm". His
> older stuff is great, his newest stuff is totally
> boring. I just don't think anyone is inspired in that
> scene. That's probably why a lot of the producers
> have moved on to broken beat or 2 Step or in Photek's
> case back to his roots of techno/house.
>
> Look at Dillinja he's been rehashing all of his own
> tunes for a while. I quit buying his records because
> they just sounded like reworks of previous singles.
> Same with a lot of Digital (although I haven't heard
> Dubzilla yet).
>
> No one makes "Timeless" tunes anymore, they are just
> disposable tunes.
>
> < But its a matter of taste in the end. Alot of
> flavors have died and been replaced with other mutated
> forms taking strains from other forms of music and
> even other forms of breakbeat (al-la the "rave" sound
> revival). >
>
> The whole 92 techno turned dnb was a sickening period.
> The Rnb dnb era sucked in my opinion. What's the
> flavour right now?
>
> < Personally i think in the past year and a half D&B
> has been better than it was in the two years before
> that, but at any time, there's going to be a crop of
> good tunes, and alot of rip-off or boring tunes... >
>
> Where are the good tunes? I haven't heard anything
> particularly interesting. I like Polar (bored of his
> beats...but nice melodies).
>
> < for stuff that might appeal to the idm list kids -
> artists - Klute, Polar, K, Teebee, John Tejada, Kemal,
> Stakka, Juju labels - Certificate 18, Subtitles,
> Phuturo, Socio, Commercial Suicide>
>
> Klute's usually pretty good, but he's starting to put
> out some cheesy trance-influence dnb. The best tune
> he's put out imho is "Splendor" which is the B-side on
> his Metalheadz release. And of course his last album
> was really nice, but that was a while ago. I don't
> know that i would recommend some of his newest
> singles.
>
> I'm looking forward to Polar's next release "Out Of
> The Blue" because it's suppose to be more of a
> downtempo release.
>
> Kemal. & juju..pass
> Teebee buy his older releases, pass on the newer
> stuff.
>
> I can't comment on some of the other listed because I
> don't want to offend them, because they are friends.
>
> > for new smooth, housy "dancefloor intelligent"
> > artists - high contrast, caliber, marcus intallex,
> > peter k, addiction
> > labels - hospital, infrared, soul:r
>
> Infrared has really gone to crap! J Majik use to be
> one my favorites, now he sounds like everyone else.
>
> Marcus Intalex all you need is two singles and I think
> you can pass on everything else. "How You Make Me
> Feel/Neptune" on 31 Records, and "Universe / Loose
> Control" on Metalheadz.
>
> Pieter K's album will be great! Metaformal is on a
> great start as a label! Expect good stuff from Pieter
> K. He's definitely about making good music, not just
> dancefloor fodder.
>
> < even alot of the stuff by the bigger producers has
> more diverse beats and flavors, digital, total
> science, john b, cause 4 concern.>
>
> John B use to be interesting, his more recent releases
> have been nauseating. Extremely cheesy
>
> Total Science...rehashing
>
> Cause 4 Concern has actually done some ok stuff. I
> was surprised they sampled Carl Craig on one of their
> more recent singles. Didn't feel it was a necessary
> purchase.
>
> < I wouldn't say D&B is nearly as vital as it was in
> the past, but there's still some good stuff coming
> out. >
>
> It seems like dnb's audience wants the heavy metal
> tunes. Which is fine by me if it's innovative (and
> it's not), but then again alot of the kiddies don't
> know the difference because they don't have the
> history so you can pretty much play anything
> regardless of quality...just as long as it's hard &
> dark. Now there are mosh pits at dnb events. I'm
> waiting for the djs to start biting the heads off bats
> or painting their faces up like King Diamond/ICP
>
>
>
>
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