I'm pretty resistant to non-London grime - historically it never works for me - but Mumdance has been harassing me about some Birmingham MCs recently and this stood out:
I think it's the bit at 1m40s when he flips into storytelling mode that takes it up a notch for me.
Listening to the last Mark Radford show, some of these track have a slight bleepy feel to them which is kinda cool. The gigs Radford plays sound rammed (no surprises there then !).
@continuum: totally. Some of the production values frowned upon by early dubsteppers were exactly what made early grime so good. It's very subjective...
One nuance, which reinforces your point: software (Logic et al) have lowered the *barrier to entry* to music production but not really changed how hard it is to be a talented musician or a good sound engineer. Hence lots of hard-limited ("Oi M8 do you even compress?") & cheap sounding tracks...
When i get stuff like this day in day out in my inbox it's like someone's persecuting me, psychologically. This thread is my only hope for sanity...
"We are an up and coming Texas based production duo recently exploring new ideas in trap music. We incorporate live guitar-playing into our...
things to ponder, when thinking about re the issue of pure DJs not emerging...
1. the barrier to entry to DJing has lowered massively in the last 10 years, skill wise. decks/ableton/software are still expensive but it's technically never been easier to mix. i saw a guy mixing on his iphone on...
"Meticulously molding and mixing across House and Techno, the journey will leave you in no question that once again, John Digweed is presenting the freshest music in his unequivocal trade mark style."
not another "this is how we roll" but...
keysound allstars 2
A1 etch "scattah"
A2 walton "homage"
B1 visionist "from a place"
B2 fresh paul "sunblazed"
LDN037 12" and digital. out may 28th.
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