Benny Bunter
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also, I love Wiley as much as the next man but does no one else think this eski thing has been done to death by now?
sorry but this is pure waffle man
Vic, sorry I'd had a glass of wine last night, thats why i was a bit rude.
I think that when you’re talking about this in terms of “130!” or it just being a “keysound” thing it’s getting oversimplified really. After the past few years’ sea change toward London being all about the house thing, and the UK sound in general, I’d say that this is more reflective of a lot of new producers coming through with a more “classic” dubstep or grime influence to their sound.
It seems to me from the stuff I’m hearing and being sent that the grime influence is really prominent of late, whether it’s at actual grime tempo (so many good producers coming through man) or the seemingly magical 130 number and downwards. But it’s not just this little pocket in one camp; if this is a thread about the extended keysound label then fair enough but this is definitely bigger than that.
Pinch talks sense when he talks about how music is best suited to being categorised using mood rather than bpm.
Mind you, following this logic and given that this thread is basically about the music on your label (and is quite a small scene right?) you've actually got more right than anyone to name this genre Martin, I'd go for it!
This stuff only draws inspiration from a very specific part of funky, which was basically the part that sounded most like early dubstep anyway - dark rolling drums, brooding bass etc...but there was always much more to funky than that. Its much more a dubstep thing, I mean we're talking about Blackdown here!
its fan fiction basically
Tracklisting:
Rabit – Abandoned - (Dub)
Facta – Montpelier - (Forthcoming)
Wen – In - (Dub)
Facta – Kobra - (Forthcoming)
Epoch – The Steppenwolf - (Forthcoming Keysound)
Sepia – Outbreak - (Dub)
Etch – Scattah - (Dub)
Karma – Armshouse Dub - (Dub)
Facta – Watertank - (Dub)
Facta & K-Lone – Voodoo - (Dub)
Facta – 36th Chamber - (Dub)
Kobra is a fucking beast
So what we get are all these records that, in coming so close to what they are inspired by, never sound quite right somehow. If a fan knows too much about their subject....
It sounds to me like you know too much about the subject.