MAH enthusiatic? never. (congrats)
hmmm, not quite convinced, the filter sounds grate on me, the bassline just sounds a bit louder than straight up house and the rhythm didnt do much for me, i was expecting it to go a bit soca. i'l have a listen at the weekend on a rave and see how it fairs then
yeah speed smashes it. can you reccomend any better d1 tracks in a similar vein?
hyperdub are rinsing it beyond belief too, the new Darkstar 12 is amazing, everything they bring out is spot on
elgato said:but i certainly think that his music has a lot to do with dubstep. not in its dub reggae incarnation
honestly I think starkey's music has more to do with dubstep than dubstep in its dub/reggae incarnation has to do with dubstep.
anyway that remix of l-vis 1990 is outrageously good, beautiful tune
the dubstep label hate is kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy I reckon, and that ^^ is a pretty good example of it. dubstep as a scene used to be fairly all-encompassing, within a certain tempo anyhow. Perceived constraints which never really existed will lead to real constraints if we start encouraging the labelling of something that sounds a bit different as 'not dubstep,' when it used to be exactly that freedom which defined it in the first place.
I mean fair enough, people might have found themselves involved with a scene which they don't really relate to much anymore, but acting embarassed about it and declaring that even calling something dubstep is a negative thing has got to be just as damaging as those who are actually making the swag beats most of us try and ignore.
It's like all those grime dudes saying they're not on grime, they do MUSIC... fucked.
er. back on topic - starkey is rude
edit - I just clocked maybe he's making loads of beats outside of 140 which I haven't heard and maybe that's why the label is a disservice to him. Ah well, either way I see what I wrote happening quite a lot..
and your statement that "the health of dubstep is not ideal" is just as damaging than all the producers who have flooded the scene with shite is clearly bullshit. we need more people, not less to stand up to the mindless cloning - it's this unthinking 'it's all good' attitude that doesnt cut it.