Corpsey
bandz ahoy
I'm not going to really bother defending deep tech cos although I did get excited about it around the time and I think there were a lot of legit bangers coming out of it for a while, it has faded from my memory now. It's fair to say that dissensus was thirsting (as it always is) for something new and exciting to emerge so probably a few of us got overexcited.
Actually, though, regarding the first point - the same is true for dubstep, which I was MUCH more into. Neither I nor any of my friends who were going to DMZ/FWD regularly, buying all the records and so on seem to EVER listen to those records now. Not that we're the litmus test for everything of course but it's notable that we listen to garage records and even UK Funky records on a fairly regular basis but never the dubstep records.
I put it down to dubstep not really being party music, not music you can put on and chat over. It requires focus. I think that's why it lost a bit of steam once the smoking ban kicked in and people switched from smoking weed to boozing and doing pills at dubstep nights. Could be a cart before horse thing but I think that had something to do with the shift to wobble/jump up dubstep, too.
Actually, though, regarding the first point - the same is true for dubstep, which I was MUCH more into. Neither I nor any of my friends who were going to DMZ/FWD regularly, buying all the records and so on seem to EVER listen to those records now. Not that we're the litmus test for everything of course but it's notable that we listen to garage records and even UK Funky records on a fairly regular basis but never the dubstep records.
I put it down to dubstep not really being party music, not music you can put on and chat over. It requires focus. I think that's why it lost a bit of steam once the smoking ban kicked in and people switched from smoking weed to boozing and doing pills at dubstep nights. Could be a cart before horse thing but I think that had something to do with the shift to wobble/jump up dubstep, too.